Code | Description |
LAFS.6.RL.3.7: | Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch. |
LAFS.6.RL.3.9: | Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. |
Access Point Number | Access Point Title |
LAFS.6.RL.3.AP.7a: | Compare the similarities of reading a story or drama to listening to or viewing an audio, video or live version of the text. |
LAFS.6.RL.3.AP.7b: | Contrast the differences of reading a story or drama to listening to or viewing an audio, video or live version of the text. |
LAFS.6.RL.3.AP.9a: | Compare texts from different genres that have a similar theme or address the same topic. |
LAFS.6.RL.3.AP.9b: | Contrast texts from different genres that have a similar theme or address the same topic. |
Name | Description |
Picture This: Visualization: | Students will practice visualizing and understanding that visualization is an important comprehension strategy. Students will share their visualization of the story through original artwork. |
Views on Freedom: Part 2 of 3: | In this second part of a three-part unit, students will read and analyze the folktale "The People Could Fly" for its use of figurative language and literary elements using a chart similar to the poetry chart from Lesson #1 (resource ID 43909). Short answer questions have also been included. In the closure activity students will compare and contrast the folktale with a poem they read in the first lesson in the unit as to how each text approaches the topic of freedom. |
Name | Description |
Analyzing the Mystery Novel "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin: | This is a sixth grade unit on the mystery novel "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin. Students will analyze the character's motives, identify clues to solve the mystery, make predictions about the conclusion, and identify 'red herrings'. This unit on detective fiction includes a complete packet with graphic organizers, a pacing guide, and an assessment with answer key. |