Indiana 6th Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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W Writing

• Learning Outcome
  • 6.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support analysis, reflection, and research by drawing evidence from literature and nonfiction texts.
• Writing Genres: Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative
  • 6.W.3.1 Write arguments in a variety of forms that
    • 6.W.3.1.a Introduce claim(s), using strategies such as textual analysis, comparison/contrast and cause/effect.
    • 6.W.3.1.b Use an organizational structure to group related ideas that support the argument.
    • 6.W.3.1.c Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
    • 6.W.3.1.d Establish and maintain a consistent style and tone appropriate to purpose and audience.
    • 6.W.3.1.e Use appropriate transitions that enhance the progression of the text and clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
    • 6.W.3.1.f Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.
  • 6.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that
    • 6.W.3.2.a Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition and classification.
    • 6.W.3.2.b Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples from various sources and texts.
    • 6.W.3.2.c Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
    • 6.W.3.2.d Include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
    • 6.W.3.2.e Choose language and content-specific vocabulary that express ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
    • 6.W.3.2.f Establish and maintain a style appropriate to purpose and audience.
    • 6.W.3.2.g Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.
  • 6.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that
    • 6.W.3.3.a Engage and orient the reader by developing an exposition (e.g., describe the setting, establish the situation, introduce the narrator and/or characters).
    • 6.W.3.3.b Organize an event sequence (e.g. conflict, climax, resolution) that unfolds naturally and logically, using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
    • 6.W.3.3.c Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
    • 6.W.3.3.d Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
    • 6.W.3.3.e Provide an ending that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
• The Writing Process
  • 6.W.4 Apply the writing process to all formal writing including but not limited to argumentative, informative, and narrative.
    • 6.W.4.a Plan and develop; draft; revise using appropriate reference materials; rewrite; try a new approach; and edit to produce and strengthen writing that is clear and coherent, with some guidance and support from peers and adults.
    • 6.W.4.b Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to generate, produce, and publish writing.
• The Research Process: Finding, Assessing, Synthesizing, and Reporting Information
  • 6.W.5 Conduct short research assignments and tasks to build knowledge about the research process and the topic under study.
    • 6.W.5.a Formulate a research question (e.g., In what ways did Madame Walker influence Indiana society?).
    • 6.W.5.b Gather relevant information from multiple sources, and annotate sources.
    • 6.W.5.c Assess the credibility of each source.
    • 6.W.5.d Quote or paraphrase the information and conclusions of others.
    • 6.W.5.e Avoid plagiarism and provide basic bibliographic information for sources.
    • 6.W.5.f Present information, choosing from a variety of formats.
• Conventions of Standard English: Grammar and Usage / Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
  • 6.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:
    • 6.W.6.1a Pronouns — Using a variety of pronouns, including subject, object, possessive, and reflexive; pronoun-antecedent agreement; recognizing and correcting vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).
    • 6.W.6.1b Verbs — Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.
    • 6.W.6.1c Adjectives and Adverbs — Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.
    • 6.W.6.1d Phrases and Clauses — Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.
    • 6.W.6.1e Usage — Writing simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences; recognizing sentence fragments and run-ons.
  • 6.W.6.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling focusing on:
    • 6.W.6.2a Capitalization — Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.
    • 6.W.6.2b Punctuation
      • 6.W.6.2b.1 Using punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive and parenthetical elements.
      • 6.W.6.2b.2 Using semicolons to connect main clauses and colons to introduce a list or quotation.
    • 6.W.6.2c Spelling — Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.