Standards Map for 6th Grade English

Each 6th grade Fishtank ELA unit deepens student mastery of a set of grade-level standards. These are split into core standards (standards especially important for understanding the core text and knowledge of the unit) and spiral standards (standards that students repeatedly use as they engage with, discuss, or write about a text). To learn more about how student mastery of the standards develops based on the focus areas of each 6th grade unit, read our 6th Grade English Course Overview.

Core Standards

Supporting Standards

Developing Resilience: The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

Challenging Authority: The Giver

Expressing Yourself: Women in the Arts

Finding Connection: The Outsiders

Fleeing Conflict: Refugee & The Unwanted

Reading Standards for Literature

RL.6.1

RL.6.2

RL.6.3

RL.6.4

RL.6.5

RL.6.6

RL.6.7

RL.6.9

RL.6.10

Reading Standards for Informational Text

RI.6.1

RI.6.2

RI.6.3

RI.6.4

RI.6.5

RI.6.6

RI.6.7

RI.6.8

RI.6.9

RI.6.10

Writing Standards

W.6.1

W.6.2

W.6.3

W.6.4

W.6.5

W.6.6

W.6.7

W.6.8

W.6.9

W.6.10

Speaking and Listening Standards

SL.6.1

SL.6.2

SL.6.3

SL.6.4

SL.6.5

SL.6.6

Language Standards

L.6.1

L.6.2

L.6.3

L.6.4

L.6.5

L.6.6

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