Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Standard: Reading 6

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Learning Intentions: ● Students will understand how to identify themes in literary texts, including those from diverse cultures. ● Students will learn to analyze characters' responses to conficts and speakers' refections on topics in literary texts. ● Students will develop the ability to summarize literary texts accurately. ● Students will understand how to determine the main idea in informational texts. ● Students will learn to explain how key details support the main idea in informational texts. ● Students will develop the ability to summarize informational texts accurately. Success Criteria: ● I can determine the theme of a text, including those from diverse cultures. ● I can analyze how characters respond to conficts in a story. ● I can analyze how a speaker refects upon a topic in a text. ● I can summarize a literary text. ● I can determine the main idea of an informational text. ● I can explain how key details support the main idea of an informational text. ● I can summarize an informational text.

a. When reading texts, including those from diverse cultures, determine the theme, how characters respond to conflict or how the speaker reflects upon a topic, and summarize the text. (RL) b. When reading texts, including those from diverse cultures, determine the main idea of a text, explain how they are supported by key details and summarize the text. (RI)

Nouns (Know)

Verbs (Do)

● Texts ● Cultures ● Theme ● Characters ● Confict ● Speaker ● Topic ● Summary ● Main idea ● Key details

● Determine ● Respond ● Refect ● Summarize ● Explain ● Support

Sample Question Stems and Prompts for Assessment

Literature (RL): ● "What is the theme of the story? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer." ● "How does [character] respond to the confict in the story? Cite specifc examples." ● "What refections does the speaker offer on the topic? How do these refections shape our understanding of the text?" ● "Can you summarize the main events of the story?"

Informational Text (RI): ● "What is the main idea of the text? How do you know?" ● "Which key details support the main idea of the text? Provide examples." ● "Can you summarize the main points of the text?"

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