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California Common Core Content Standards - 6th grade

6.L | Language

6 Conventions of Standard English 6.L.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

6.L.1.a: Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).

6.L.1.b: Use all pronouns, including intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves), correctly.

Pronouns and antecedents

1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent EXW

Subject and object pronouns

2. Choose between subject and object pronouns RUD

3. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 85C

4. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns TLV

Possessive pronouns

5. Use possessive pronouns N82

Personal and reflexive pronouns

6. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns A5T

7. Use reflexive pronouns PC6

Relative pronouns

8. Use relative pronouns: who and whom CSF

Pronouns and antecedents

1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent EXW

Pronoun number and person

2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person HTL

Possessive pronouns

3. Use possessive pronouns N82

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6.L.1.c: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.

6.L.1.d: Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).

6.L.1.e: Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.

6.L.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

6.L.2.a: Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.

6.L.2.b: Spell correctly.

Reflexive pronouns

4. Use reflexive pronouns PC6

Personal and reflexive pronouns

5. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns A5T

1. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person HTL

1. Identify vague pronoun references MGF 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents RYQ

1. Which sentence is more formal? R5Q

1. What does the punctuation suggest? CVE 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements PZY 3. Use dashes TGX

Frequently confused words

1. Use the correct frequently confused word ZK7 2. Correct errors with frequently confused

words QGB

Homophones

3. Use the correct homophone XN5

Plurals

4. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y TPG

5. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 3C6

6. Form plurals: review NLA 7. Form and use plurals: review KSA 8. Form the singular or plural possessive 7U7

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California Common Core Content Standards - 6th grade

6 Knowledge of Language 6.L.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

6.L.3.a: Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/ listener interest, and style.

6.L.3.b: Maintain consistency in style and tone.

9. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns PMQ

Past tense

10. Irregular past tense: review 9P7

Adjectives and adverbs

11. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives JG5

12. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs RMB

Contractions

13. Pronoun-verb contractions 89Y 14. Contractions with "not" 2BV

Sentence variety

1. Create varied sentences based on models YJK 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, or

complex? WA8

Conjunctions

3. Use coordinating conjunctions N62 4. Use the correct pair of correlative

conjunctions 9TP 5. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction DT6

Transitions

6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs FG8

1. Which sentence is more formal? R5Q 2. Compare passages for tone ZBZ

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California Common Core Content Standards - 6th grade

6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use 6.L.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

6.L.4.a: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

6.L.4.b: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).

Vocabulary in context

1. Find synonyms in context YBA 2. Find antonyms in context 28D 3. Find words using context LQN 4. Determine the meaning of words using

synonyms in context GYH 5. Determine the meaning of words using

antonyms in context R7J 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a

word 5UB

Figurative language

7. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source GZF

8. Interpret figures of speech FWM

Academic vocabulary

9. Vocabulary review: Read and understand informational passages Y47

Domain-specific vocabulary

10. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures N5K

Homophones

11. Which definition matches the sentence? DXX 12. Which sentence matches the definition? RMZ

Idioms

13. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 FQN

14. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 42L

Greek and Latin roots

1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words N5R

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California Common Core Content Standards - 6th grade

6.L.4.c: Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.

6.L.4.d: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).

6.L.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

6.L.5.a: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.

2. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots MN9

3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 75T

4. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots CE5

5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots K6P

Prefixes

6. Words with pre- JWX 7. Words with re- KNP 8. Words with sub- ZWK 9. Words with mis- Z9J 10. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- WP7

Suffixes

11. Words with -ful DT9 12. Words with -less P2A 13. Words with -able and -ible PPK

1. Use guide words 2J5 2. Use dictionary entries YQU 3. Use dictionary definitions RLF 4. Use thesaurus entries 7NK

1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source GZF

2. Interpret figures of speech FWM 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on

meaning and tone M8D 4. Determine the meaning of idioms from context:

set 1 FQN

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6.L.5.b: Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.

6.L.5.c: Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty). 6.L.6: Acquire and use accurately gradeappropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

5. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 42L

Synonyms and antonyms

1. Choose the synonym MCX 2. Choose the antonym QK8 3. Determine the meaning of words using

synonyms in context GYH 4. Determine the meaning of words using

antonyms in context R7J

Analogies

5. Analogies CXY 6. Analogies: challenge CK7

1. Describe the difference between related words RBH

2. Positive and negative connotation CMA

Academic vocabulary

1. Vocabulary review: Read and understand informational passages Y47

Domain-specific vocabulary

2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures N5K

Vocabulary in context

3. Find words using context LQN 4. Determine the meaning of words using

synonyms in context GYH 5. Determine the meaning of words using

antonyms in context R7J 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a

word 5UB

Prefixes

7. Words with pre- JWX 8. Words with re- KNP 9. Words with sub- ZWK 10. Words with mis- Z9J 11. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- WP7

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California Common Core Content Standards - 6th grade

Suffixes

12. Words with -ful DT9 13. Words with -less P2A 14. Words with -able and -ible PPK

Greek and Latin roots

15. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words N5R

16. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots MN9

17. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 75T

18. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots CE5

19. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots K6P

Word choice

20. Positive and negative connotation CMA

Transitions

21. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs FG8

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