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W.6.1.Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. a. Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly. b. Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons. d. Establish and maintain a formal style. e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented. W.6.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. a. Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples. c. Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Establish and maintain a formal style. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented. W.6.3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured 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, 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 experiences or events. || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Anchor Standard/Mathematical Practice(s)**=== W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas andinformation clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Learning Target/Task Analysis**===
 * ===**Common Core Standards**===
 * ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Information Technology Standard**=== || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Revised Bloom's Level of thinking Creating**=== ||
 * W.6.1 a || * Define argument and claim.
 * Identify reasons and evidence that support a claim.
 * Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly. ||
 * W.6.1 b || * Determine clear reasoning that supports a claim.
 * Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant evidence.
 * Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. ||
 * W.6.1 c || * Recognize linking words, phrases, and clauses.
 * Identify how linking words, phrases, and clauses show relationships among claims(s) and reasons.
 * Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons. ||
 * W.6.1 d || * Define formal and informal styles of writing.
 * Identify formal and informal styles of writing.
 * Establish and maintain a formal style. ||
 * W.6.1 e || * Define concluding statement.
 * Establish a logical link between the conclusion and the reasons/evidence used in the argument.
 * Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented. ||
 * W.6.2 a || * Identify a guiding question to define the topic/focus.
 * Construct an appropriate graphic organizer to gather information on the selected topic/focus.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Select an appropriate structure for organizing the information.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Introduce a topic, organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g. headings, graphics, and multimedia when useful in aiding comprehension. ||
 * W.6.2 b || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant details.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Construct a graphic organizer containing the information, using collected relevant evidence and an appropriate structure,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples. ||
 * W.6.2 c || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define transition.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify examples of transitions used in informative/explanatory writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Examine relationships among selected ideas and concepts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Determine appropriate transitions that clarify the relationships among acquired information.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. ||
 * W.6.2 d || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Recognize the difference between imprecise and precise vocabulary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define domain-specific vocabulary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Examine examples of text to identify imprecise words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. ||
 * W.6.2 e || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define formal and informal styles of writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Assess examples of formal and informal styles of writing.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Establish and maintain a formal style. ||
 * W.6.2 f || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Explain the make-up and purpose of a concluding statement or paragraph.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented. ||
 * W.6.3 a || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Introduce the concept of narrator.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Compare and contrast narrator and character.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Determine the topic of the narrative to be written.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify the characters to be included in the narrative (protagonist, antagonist, secondary characters)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Construct a plan for how the plot will develop (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">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. ||
 * W.6.3 b || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define dialogue.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify dialogue used in sample narratives.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define pacing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify effective examples of pacing in sample narrative texts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define descriptive details.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify effective use of descriptive details in a narrative text.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and descriptions, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. ||
 * W.6.3 c || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define transition words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify examples of transition words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Analyze the effective use of transitions in narrative text.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. ||
 * W.6.3 d || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Differentiate precise and imprecise vocabulary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Differentiate between relevant and irrelevant descriptive details.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define sensory language (imagery).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify examples of imagery in narrative text.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Use precise words or phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. ||
 * W.6.3 e || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Explain the purpose of a concluding statement or paragraph.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. ||

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 * W.6.1 a || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define argument and claim.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify reasons and evidence that support a claim.
 * Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly. ||
 * W.6.1 b || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Determine clear reasoning that supports a claim.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant evidence.
 * Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. ||
 * W.6.1 c || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Recognize linking words, phrases, and clauses.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify how linking words, phrases, and clauses show relationships among claims(s) and reasons.
 * Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons. ||
 * W.6.1 d || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define formal and informal styles of writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify formal and informal styles of writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Establish and maintain a formal style. ||
 * W.6.1 e || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define concluding statement.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Establish a logical link between the conclusion and the reasons/evidence used in the argument.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented. ||
 * W.6.2 a || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify a guiding question to define the topic/focus.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Construct an appropriate graphic organizer to gather information on the selected topic/focus.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Select an appropriate structure for organizing the information.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Introduce a topic, organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g. headings, graphics, and multimedia when useful in aiding comprehension. ||
 * W.6.2 b || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant details.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Construct a graphic organizer containing the information, using collected relevant evidence and an appropriate structure,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples. ||
 * W.6.2 c || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define transition.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify examples of transitions used in informative/explanatory writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Examine relationships among selected ideas and concepts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Determine appropriate transitions that clarify the relationships among acquired information.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. ||
 * W.6.2 d || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Recognize the difference between imprecise and precise vocabulary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define domain-specific vocabulary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Examine examples of text to identify imprecise words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. ||
 * W.6.2 e || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Define formal and informal styles of writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Assess examples of formal and informal styles of writing.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Establish and maintain a formal style. ||
 * W.6.2 f || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Explain the make-up and purpose of a concluding statement or paragraph.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented. ||
 * W.6.3 a || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Introduce the concept of narrator.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Compare and contrast narrator and character.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Determine the topic of the narrative to be written.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify the characters to be included in the narrative (protagonist, antagonist, secondary characters)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Construct a plan for how the plot will develop (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">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. ||
 * W.6.3 b || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define dialogue.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify dialogue used in sample narratives.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define pacing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify effective examples of pacing in sample narrative texts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define descriptive details.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify effective use of descriptive details in a narrative text.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and descriptions, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. ||
 * W.6.3 c || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define transition words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify examples of transition words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Analyze the effective use of transitions in narrative text.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. ||
 * W.6.3 d || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Differentiate precise and imprecise vocabulary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Differentiate between relevant and irrelevant descriptive details.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define sensory language (imagery).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify examples of imagery in narrative text.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Use precise words or phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. ||
 * W.6.3 e || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Explain the purpose of a concluding statement or paragraph.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. ||

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Essential Vocabulary**
B.
 * W.6.1 || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">argument
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">claim
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">reasons
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">evidence
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">relevant
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">irrelevant
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">credible
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">linking words
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">phrases
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">clauses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">formal
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">informal
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">concluding statement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">conclusion ||
 * W.6.2 || * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">informative/explanatory
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">text structure
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">relevant/irrelevant
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">introductory
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">transition
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">precise/imprecise
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">domain-specific
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">formal/informal style
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">concluding ||
 * W.6.3 || A.
 * narrator
 * protagonist
 * antagonist
 * climax
 * rising action
 * falling action
 * exposition
 * resolution
 * conflict
 * transition
 * sequence
 * pacing
 * dialogue
 * relevant
 * irrelevant
 * precise
 * imprecise
 * sensory language/ imagery
 * descriptive details
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">conclusion ||

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