North Dakota State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 6

ND.6.1. Research: Students engage in the research process.

6.1.1. Planning Research: Pose relevant research questions.

6.1.2. Accessing Information: Use sources that are appropriate for the research purpose.

6.1.3. Evaluating Research Information: Differentiate between accurate and inaccurate information.

6.1.4. Organizing Research Information: Use information from several sources.

6.1.5. Presentation: Write a research report.

6.1.6. Evaluating the Research Process: Assess research process.

6.1.7. Evaluating the Research Process: Evaluate a research product using a rubric.

ND.6.2. Reading: Students engage in the reading process.

6.2.1. Literary and Informational Genres: Identify characteristics of a variety of fiction genres; e.g., short stories, mysteries, poetry, fables, myths.

6.2.2. Literary and Informational Genres: Identify characteristics of a variety of nonfiction genres.

6.2.3. Word Recognition/Vocabulary: Use word recognition skills and vocabulary building strategies to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and make sense of text; e.g., synonyms/antonyms, prefixes/suffixes, multiple meaning words, context clues, word reference aids - dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, base words.

6.2.4. Reading Strategies for Interpreting Meaning of Texts: Use graphic organizers and summarizing to enhance comprehension.

6.2.5. Reading Strategies for Interpreting Meaning of Texts: Use prior knowledge and experiences to aid text comprehension.

6.2.6. Purposes for Reading: Read to be informed, entertained, and persuaded.

6.2.7. Purposes for Reading: Read to develop life-long reading skills and habits.

6.2.8. Literary Elements and Techniques: Identify literary elements, including plot, setting, characters, conflict, resolution, dialogue, and flashback.

6.2.9. Literary Elements and Techniques: Identify figurative language, including personification, simile, metaphor.

ND.6.3. Writing: Students engage in the writing process.

6.3.1. Informative Writing: Produce informative writing; e.g., research-based report, instructions.

6.3.2. Narrative Writing: Produce narrative writing; e.g., short story, descriptive, play, poetry.

6.3.3. Persuasive Writing: Produce persuasive writing; e.g., opinion, essay, business letter.

6.3.4. Prewriting: Use prewriting strategies; e.g., brainstorming, graphic organizers, outlining.

6.3.5. Prewriting: Use strategies to write for different audiences and purposes.

6.3.6. Drafting: Use prewriting strategies to create draft.

6.3.7. Drafting: Incorporate grade-level appropriate vocabulary in writing.

6.3.8. Revising and Editing: Use criteria to evaluate own and others' writing; e.g., stay on topic, organization, effective details, clarity of message, word choice, sentence fluency.

6.3.9. Revising and Editing: Use feedback and multiple drafts to clarify language and intent.

6.3.10. Revising and Editing: Edit for grammar, mechanics, usage, spelling.

6.3.11. Publication/Presentation: Incorporate visual aids into written work.

ND.6.4. Speaking and Listening: Students engage in the speaking and listening process.

6.4.1. Planning for an Audience/Purpose: Speak with a purpose using delivery techniques appropriate for different audiences to inform, demonstrate, entertain, or persuade.

6.4.2. Planning for an Audience/Purpose: Use supporting materials for topic development; e.g., research, personal experience, literature, interview.

6.4.3. Planning for an Audience/Purpose: Incorporate literature in presentations, such as book reports.

6.4.4. Conversation, Group Discussion, and Oral Presentation: Summarize key ideas of a speaker.

6.4.5. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Use appropriate volume and eye contact when speaking.

ND.6.5. Media: Students understand media.

6.5.1. Media Genres: Identify existing and developing media.

6.5.2. Using Media for a Purpose: Use technology according to the district's appropriate use policy.

6.5.3. Using Media for a Purpose: Construct media messages; e.g., slide shows, brochures, newsletters, commercials, advertisements.

6.5.4. Interpreting Media: Identify the point of view of a media message.

6.5.5. Interpreting Media: Identify bias in media messages.

6.5.6. Interpreting Media: Define plagiarism and its consequences.

ND.6.6. Language: Students understand and use principles of language.

6.6.1. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use grade-appropriate conventions of sentence structure; i.e., simple, compound sentences, fragments, run-ons and declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory.

6.6.2. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use grade-appropriate conventions of grammar; i.e., eight parts of speech and simple and perfect tense.

6.6.3. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use grade-appropriate mechanics and usage; i.e., Capitalization: I, Proper Nouns, Proper Adjectives, and in sentences; Punctuation; end marks, quotation marks in dialogue, comma in a compound sentence, items in series, apostrophe, Usage: homonyms, spelling strategies for grade appropriate conventions of spelling.

6.6.4. Figurative Language: Identify and use similes, metaphors, idioms, alliteration, personification, and onomatopoeia.