Number: LAFS.6.RL.4
Title: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Type:
Cluster
Subject: English Language Arts - Archived
Grade: 6
Strand: Reading Standards for Literature
Related Standards
This cluster includes the following benchmarks
| Code |
Description |
| LAFS.6.RL.4.10: | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. |
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Access Points
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| LAFS.6.RL.4.AP.10a: | Read or listen to a variety of texts or adapted texts, including historical novels, fantasy stories and novels, poetry, fiction and nonfiction novels. |
| LAFS.6.RL.4.AP.10b: | Use a variety of strategies to derive meaning from a variety of texts. |
Related Resources
Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.
Original Student Tutorials
| Name |
Description |
| A Navajo Chant and Refrain in "The Twelfth Song of Thunder": | Explore the poem “The Twelfth Song of Thunder” from the Navajo Mountain Chant. In this interactive tutorial, you'll examine how a refrain in the poem better develops a theme of the poem. |
| Following "The Road Not Taken": | Explore the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and learn how the poem’s structure develops theme, setting, and plot as you complete this interactive tutorial. |
| A Closer Look: Understanding Themes in Poetry: | Practice identifying themes in poetry and how they're conveyed to readers. In this interactive tutorial, you'll practice identifying the examples of imagery and diction within several classic poems. These include "The Guest House" by Rumi, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, and "Take Home a Smile" by Edgar Guest. You'll examine how authors use both imagery and diction to help express their intended theme. |
Lesson Plans
| Name |
Description |
| Philosophical Chairs with Tom Sawyer: | In this lesson, students will close read a short section (chapter 23) of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, gathering and organizing evidence to collaboratively defend a position with textual support in a debate-style activity. They will use this experience to assist with the creation of an extended written response addressing the development of theme in Twain's novel, this time citing evidence in writing to support their assertions. |
| Out of the Dust: Visions of Dust Bowl History: | This is a Library of Congress lesson plan about "seeing" the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl through the eyes of children by reading the novel Out of the Dust. |
Student Resources
Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this topic.
Original Student Tutorials
| Title |
Description |
| A Navajo Chant and Refrain in "The Twelfth Song of Thunder": | Explore the poem “The Twelfth Song of Thunder” from the Navajo Mountain Chant. In this interactive tutorial, you'll examine how a refrain in the poem better develops a theme of the poem. |
| Following "The Road Not Taken": | Explore the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and learn how the poem’s structure develops theme, setting, and plot as you complete this interactive tutorial. |
| A Closer Look: Understanding Themes in Poetry: | Practice identifying themes in poetry and how they're conveyed to readers. In this interactive tutorial, you'll practice identifying the examples of imagery and diction within several classic poems. These include "The Guest House" by Rumi, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, and "Take Home a Smile" by Edgar Guest. You'll examine how authors use both imagery and diction to help express their intended theme. |
