Appendix
Texas State Teaching Objectives — Grade 6 - Reading
Listening and Speaking
ELA.L.6.01.a — Listen effectively in a variety of settings for a variety of purposes. (Listening to read alouds of Frida Kahlo books.)
ELA.L.6.01.b — Interact effectively for a variety of purposes. (Working together in groups to complete Diego Rivera assignment.)
ELA.L.6.02.e — Interpret and evaluate written and oral texts. (Comprehension of all biographies presented.)
ELA.L.6.02.g — Speak with increasing command of English. (Oral presentations of Diego Rivera assignment, Individual Biography assignment and Alphabet Autobiography assignment.)
ELA.L.6.03.c — Prepare, organize and deliver a variety of oral presentations. (Oral presentations or Diego Rivera, Individual Biography and Alphabet Autobiography.)
Reading
ELA.R.6.01.b — Read with fluency and understanding in texts at appropriate difficulty levels. (Reading of Diego Rivera books as well as brief biographies of various people.)
ELA.R.6.02.a — Describe and compare the characteristics of a variety of texts, forms and genres. (Study of non-fiction biographies.)
ELA.R.6.02.b — Identify the purposes for which text is written. (Determining the purpose for each Frida Kahlo biography.)
ELA.R.6.02.e — Analyze expository text structure and its features. (Determining chronological order in Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera biographies.)
ELA.R.6.05.d — Summarize texts for a variety of purposes. (Summaries of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and individual biographies)
ELA.R.6.05.e — Identify causes and effects from a piece of text. (Write cause and effect events from Frida Kahlo's life and Diego Rivera's life.)
ELA.R.6.05.g — Evaluate text for point of view, propaganda, and to distinguish fact from opinion. (Must write opinion of why the person they researched is famous. All information in Alphabet Autobiography must be factual.)
ELA.R.6.06.b — Compare and contrast features of text. (Determine author's point of view for Frida Kahlo books.)
Writing
ELA.W.6.02.b — Produce cohesive written forms. (Several written summaries as well as written Alphabet Autobiography.)
ELA.W.6.03.b — Use accurate punctuation in written forms of communication. (All written assignments must be correctly punctuated.)
ELA.W.6.03.c — Write with accurate capitalization in written forms of communication. (All assignments must be correctly capitalized.)
ELA.W.6.03.d — Write with accurate spelling and use knowledge of spelling to revise compositions. (All assignments must be correctly spelled.)
ELA.W.6.04.a — Write in complete sentences varying sentence structure. (All assignments must be grammatically correct.)
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