Oklahoma 6th Grade ELA Standards in Language

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6.5 Language

• Reading: Students will expand and apply knowledge of grammar, usage, mechanics, and style to comprehend, analyze, and/or evaluate a variety of texts.
  • 6.5.R.1 Students will recognize simple, compound, and complex sentences.
  • 6.5.R.2 Students will recognize and explain the impact on meaning of parts of speech in sentences:
    • 6.5.R.2.a nouns
    • 6.5.R.2.b verb tense to signify various times, sequences, conditions, and states
    • 6.5.R.2.c subject and verb agreement
    • 6.5.R.2.d adjectives
    • 6.5.R.2.e prepositional phrases
    • 6.5.R.2.f reflexive pronouns and their antecedents
    • 6.5.R.2.g singular they/them/their
    • 6.5.R.2.h subordinating conjunctions
  • 6.5.R.2.i adverbs
  • 6.5.R.2.j interjections
• Writing: Students will expand and apply knowledge of grammar, usage, mechanics, and style to speak and write effectively, demonstrating standard usage when appropriate.
  • 6.5.W.1 Students will compose simple, compound, and complex sentences to add clarity and variety in their writing.
  • 6.5.W.2 Students will add clarity and variety to their writing with nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, adverbs, and pronouns.
  • 6.5.W.3 Students will recognize and correct the following: run-ons, errors in subject and verb agreement, inappropriate shifts in verb tense, and inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
  • 6.5.W.4 Students will write using correct capitalization mechanics.
  • 6.5.W.5 Students will write using correct end mark mechanics.
  • 6.5.W.6 Students will write using correct apostrophe mechanics.
  • 6.5.W.7 Students will use commas to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence and to indicate direct address (e.g., Where are you, Sam?).
  • 6.5.W.8 Students will use a colon to introduce a quotation from a source (e.g., According to National Geographic, meerkat homes are quite comfortable: “Each burrow is an extensive tunnel-and-room system that remains cool even under the broiling African sun.”).
  • 6.5.W.9 Students will use quotation marks to indicate dialogue, quoted material, and titles of works.
  • 6.5.W.10 Students will use underlining or italics to indicate titles of works.
  • 6.5.W.11 Students will use a semicolon to punctuate compound sentences.