Number: LAFS.6.RI.4
Title: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Type:
Cluster
Subject: English Language Arts - Archived
Grade: 6
Strand: Reading Standards for Informational Text
Related Standards
This cluster includes the following benchmarks
| Code |
Description |
| LAFS.6.RI.4.10: | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction 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.RI.4.AP.10a: | Read or listen to a variety of nonfiction texts, including biographies, essays, speeches, journals, news articles and nonfiction novels. |
| LAFS.6.RI.4.AP.10b: | Use a variety of strategies to derive meaning from a variety of print and non-print texts. |
Related Resources
Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.
Original Student Tutorial
| Name |
Description |
| Robots Come to Life: | Learn to identify the central idea of an informational text. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read an article about cutting-edge robots. Using this text, you'll practice identifying important details in the article to help determine the central idea. |
Text Resource
| Name |
Description |
| How the Civilian Conservation Corps Worked: | This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the Social Studies content area. It is most appropriate for 6th-8th grade students enrolled in a U.S. History class. In this essay, the author details the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, explaining to readers how the organization formed, functioned and operated during its heyday in the 1930s. |
Unit/Lesson Sequences
| Name |
Description |
| Examining an Autobiography: "The Lost Garden" by Laurence Yep: | This is a sixth grade unit on Laurence Yep's autobiography, The Lost Garden. Students analyze author's purpose and the key characteristics of an autobiography. This unit contains a student packet, pacing guide, and an assessment with answer key and sample student responses. In addition, this unit includes instructional techniques such as a PIES chart, a T chart, and more! |
| Analyzing an Autobiography through "Rosa Parks: My Story": | This sixth grade unit on Rosa Parks is a thorough examination of an autobiographical novel and includes the study of author's purpose, main idea, and fact and opinion. It includes a student packet, graphic
organizers, a pacing guide, and a unit assessment with sample responses. |
Student Resources
Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this topic.
Original Student Tutorial
| Title |
Description |
| Robots Come to Life: | Learn to identify the central idea of an informational text. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read an article about cutting-edge robots. Using this text, you'll practice identifying important details in the article to help determine the central idea. |
