Essential Question: What elements are included in the fiction subgenres? What are the similarities and differences between
subgenres of fiction?
Common Core- I Can… Statements
Focus Literature
Standard
Number
RL.6.3
RL.6.4
Standard
Describe how a particular plot unfolds
in a series of episodes as well as how
the characters respond or change as the
plot moves.
RL 6.4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative meanings, analyze the
impact of a specific word choice on
meaning and tone
I Can Statement
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RL.6.5
RL.6.6
Analyze how a particular sentence,
chapter, scene, fits into the overall
structure of text and contributes to the
development of the theme, setting,
plot.
Explain how an author develops the point
of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
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I can describe how a character changes
throughout a story in response to
development of the plot.
I can sequence the plot of a story.
I can define plot and apply to a graphic
organizer.
Essential Question
for Standard
How do the characters in this text respond or
change as the plot moves toward a resolution?
I can define figurative language.
I can determine the meaning of figurative
language by using context clues.
I can determine the meaning of words by
using context clues.
I can analyze the impact of a specific
word choice on the meaning and tone.
How does the author’s word choice establish the tone
and elements of the subgenre?
I can explain how specific portions of
literature fit into the structure of the
overall text.
I can evaluate how specific text helps
the reader better comprehend text.
I can define and identify point of view.
I can explain how the author uses various
points of view in text.
I can explain how an author uses a narrator
or character to develop a point of view.
I can recognize the author’s perspective on
a topic.
How does the subgenre impact the characters and
plot development?
How does the point of view impact the meaning of the
text?
Support
Literature
Standard
Number
RL.6.1
RL.6.2
Support
Informational
Standard
Number
RI.6.1
RI.6.2
Standard
Cite textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn from the
text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a
text and how it is conveyed through
particular details; provide a summary
of the text.
Standard
Cite textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences drawn
from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a
text and how it is conveyed through
particular details; provide a summary
of the text.
I Can Statements
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I can cite textual evidence to support claim or analysis of text.
I can cite textual evidence to support inferences.
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I can determine a theme.
I can determine a central idea.
I can create a summary of text.
I Can Statements
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I can cite textual evidence to support claim or analysis of text.
I can cite textual evidence to support inferences.
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I can determine a theme.
I can determine a central idea.
I can create a summary of text.
Writing
Standard
Number
W.6.1
W.6.1.A, B, C, D,E
W.6.3
W.6.3.A, B, C, D,
E
I Can Statement
Standard
Write arguments to support claims
with clear reasons and relevant
evidence.
A. Introduce claims and organize
the reasons.
B. Support claims with clear reasons
and relevant evidences using
credible sources and demonstrating
an understanding of topic or text.
C. Use words, phrases, and clauses
to clarify the relationships among
claims and reasons.
D. Establish and maintain a formal
style.
E. Provide a concluding statement
or section that follows from the
argument presented.
Write narratives to develop real or
imagined experiences or events
using effective techniques, relevant
descriptive details, and wellstructured event sequences.
A. Engage and orient the reader by
establishing a context and
introducing a narrator and/or
characters; organize an event
sequence that unfolds naturally and
logically.
B. Use narrative techniques, such as
dialogue, pacing, and description,
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I can write an argumentative paper.
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I can create a claim for an argumentative paper.
I can support a claim with clear reasons.
I can identify and apply relevant evidence using credible sources to demonstrate an
understanding of a topic/text.
I can use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify relationships among claims and reasons.
I can establish and maintain a formal style in an argumentative paper.
I can develop a sound concluding statement for a section or paper that supports the
argument presented.
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I can write a narrative paper using real or imagined experiences.
I can identify and apply effective techniques for writing a narrative like descriptive
details and well-structured plot.
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I can introduce a narrator.
I can choose and apply appropriate point of view for narrative.
I can naturally and logically organize a plot for narrative.
I can include appropriate dialogue, pacing, and description to develop experiences,
events, and/or characters.
I can use a variety of transition words, phrases, clauses to logically sequence plot and
signal shifts from one time frame to another.
I can determine and apply precise words, phrases, and sensory language to convey a
clear experience and event in a narrative.
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to develop experiences, events
and/or characters.
C. Use a variety of transition words,
phrases, and clauses to convey
sequence and signal shifts from one
time frame or setting to another.
D. Use precise words and phrases,
relevant descriptive details, and
sensory language to convey
experiences and events.
E. Provide a conclusion that follows
from the narrated experience or
events.
W.6.7
Conduct short research projects to
answer a question, drawing on
several sources and refocusing the
inquiry when appropriate.
Speaking
Standard
Number
SL.6.1.A-D
Standard
A.Come to discussions prepared,
having read or studied required
material; explicitly draw on that
preparation by referring to evidence
on the topic, text, or issue to probe
and reflect on ideas under
discussion.
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I can conduct short research projects by answering a question.
I can locate and analyze several sources focusing on the inquiry of the research.
I Can Statement
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I can come to discussion prepared by having read or studied necessary material.
I can explicitly demonstrate preparation by citing text, referring to topic, or reflecting
on ideas under discussion.
Language
Standard
Number
L.6.2
L.6.3.B
L.6.4 A-D
L.6.5
L.6.5.A
Standard
Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling when writing.
Maintain consistency in style and tone.
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.
B. Use common, grade-appropriate
Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues
to the meaning of a word (e.g.
audience, auditory, audible).
C. Consult reference materials (e.g.
dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses)
both print or digital, to find the
pronunciation of a word or determine
or clarify its precise meaning or its part
of speech.
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).
Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language, word relationships,
and nuances in word meanings
Interpret figures of speech (e.g.
personification) in context clues.
I Can Statement
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I can correctly use capitalization when writing.
I can correctly apply the rules of punctuation in writing.
I can correctly spell words when writing.
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I can maintain consistency in style and tone.
I can use context clues to determine the meaning of words and phrases.
I can apply the meanings of Greek or Latin affixes in order to determine the meaning of
unfamiliar words.
I can check reference materials including dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses both print or
digital to determine correct pronunciation, meaning, or part of speech.
I can verify what a word means by consulting reference materials.
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I can define and identify figurative language in writing.
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I can determine the meaning of figures of speech when using context clues.
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