Arkansas 6th Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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W.6 Writing

• Text Types and Purposes
  • W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
    • W.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
    • W.6.1.B 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 Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
    • W.6.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style.
    • W.6.1.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.
    • W.6.2.A Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include text features (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
    • W.6.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and/or other information and examples.
    • W.6.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
    • W.6.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
    • W.6.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style.
    • W.6.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that supports 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.
    • W.6.3.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.
    • W.6.3.B Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
    • W.6.3.C 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 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
    • W.6.3.E Provide a conclusion that reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
• Production and Distribution of Writing
  • W.6.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
  • W.6.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed with some guidance and support from peers and adults, by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach (e.g. Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others’ writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language).
  • W.6.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to produce writing in a single sitting.
• Research to Build and Present Knowledge
  • W.6.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
  • W.6.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources. Assess the credibility of each source. Quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism. Provide basic bibliographic information for sources.
  • W.6.9 Draw evidence from literary and/or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
    • W.6.9.A Apply Grade 6 Reading standards to literature.
    • W.6.9.B Apply Grade 6 Reading standards to informational texts.
• Range of Writing
  • W.6.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (e.g., a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.