LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 6
Topic: Reading Informational Text
Key Learning: Students read, understand and respond to informational text - with emphasis on
comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with
focus on textual evidence.
Unit Essential Questions:
1. How do I read, understand and respond to informational text?
2. How do I make connections among ideas and between texts?
3. How do I use textual evidence effectively?
4. How do I determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words and phrases as
they are used in context?
Concept:
1 Informational
Concept:
2 Informational
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
CC1.2.6.A, CC 1.2.6.B, CC 1.2.6.C
CC1.2.6.D, CC 1.2.6.E, CC 1.2.6.F
Main Idea/Central Idea
Lesson Essential Questions:
Point of View
Lesson Essential Question:
How do I determine the central idea of a text and how it
is conveyed through particular details?
How do I determine an author’s point of view or purpose,
and explain how it is conveyed in the text?
How do I summarize the text, distinct from personal
opinions or judgments?
Text Structure
Lesson Essential Question:
Text Analysis
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do I cite evidence and accurately quote the text to
explain what the text says explicitly?
How do I cite evidence from the text and accurately
quote the text to support inferences I make?
How do I analyze the author’s structure through the use
of paragraphs, chapters, or sections?
Vocabulary
Lesson Essential Question:
How do I determine the meaning of words and phrases
as they are used in grade level reading and content,
including interpretation of figurative language in context?
How do I cite evidence from the text and accurately
quote the text to support generalizations I make?
How do I explain the relationships and interactions
between two or more individuals, events, ideas, steps
and concepts based on specific information in the text?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
central idea, relevant, anecdote, cite, textual evidence,
explicitly, inferences, generalizations
connotative meaning, technical meaning, figurative
meaning, text features (paragraphs, chapters, sections)
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LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 6
Concept:
3 Informational
Concept:
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
CC 1.2.6.G, CC 1.2.6.H, CC 1.2.6.I
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CC 1.2.6.J, CC 1.2.6.K
Diverse Media
Lesson Essential Question:
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do I integrate information presented in different media or
formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to
develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue?
Evaluating Arguments
Lesson Essential Question:
How do I evaluate an author’s argument by examining claims
and determining if they are supported by evidence?
Analysis Across Texts
Lesson Essential Question:
4 Informational
How do I acquire and accurately use new
vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or
phrase important to comprehension or expression?
 Academic
 Domain specific
How do I determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
based on grade-level reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies and tools?
How do I examine how two authors present similar information
in different types of text?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
quantitatively, claims, evidence, bias, trace
academic vocabulary, domain specific vocabulary,
clarify, word position, Greek/Latin affixes and roots,
cause/effect, part/whole, item/category,
synonym/antonym
Concept:
5 Informational
Range of Reading
CC 1.2.6.L
Lesson Essential Question:
Can I read and comprehend literary nonfiction and
informational text on grade level, reading independently and
proficiently?
Vocabulary:
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LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 6
Topic: Reading Literature
Key Learning: Students read and respond to works of literature – with emphasis on comprehension,
vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual
evidence.
Unit Essential Questions:
1. How do I read, understand and respond to literature?
2. How do I make connections among ideas and between texts?
3. How do I use textual evidence effectively?
4. How do I determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in content?
Concept:
1 Literature
Concept:
2
Literature
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
CC 1.3.6.A, CC 1.3.6.B, CC 1.3.6.C
CC 1.3.6.D, CC 1.3.6.E, CC 1.3.6.F
Theme
Lesson Essential Questions:
Point of View
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do I determine a theme or central idea of a text
and how it is conveyed through particular details?
How do I determine an author’s purpose in a text and
explain how it is conveyed in a text?
How do I summarize the text distinct from personal
opinions or judgments?
Text Structure
Lesson Essential Question:
Text Analysis
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do I cite textual evidence to support analysis of
what the text says explicitly?
How do I cite textual evidence when making an
inference or supporting a generalization?
How do I analyze how the structure of a text contributes
to the development of theme, setting, and plot?
Vocabulary
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do I determine the meaning of words and phrases
as they are used in grade-level reading and content?
How do I interpret figurative language in context?
Literary Elements
Lesson Essential Question:
How do I describe how the plot of a particular story,
drama, or poem unfolds in a series of episodes?
How do I analyze how the characters respond or
change as the plot moves toward a resolution?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
episode, central idea, theme, cite, textual evidence,
opinions, judgments, resolution, relevant details,
generalizations, inferences
effectiveness of point of view, connotative meaning,
figurative meaning, tone, nuance, plot
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LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 6
Concept:
3 Literature
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
CC 1.3.6.G, CC 1.3.6.H
Sources of Information
Lesson Essential Question:
Concept:
4 Literature
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CC 1.3.6.I, CC 1.3.6.J
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do I compare and contrast the experiences of
reading a story, drama, or poem to listening or viewing:
 an audio of the text?
 a video of the text?
 a live version of the text?
How do I contrast what is perceived when reading the
text to what is perceived when listening or watching?
How do I determine or clarify the meaning of unknown
and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies and tools?
How do I acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate
general academic and domain-specific words and
phrases?
How do I gather vocabulary knowledge when
considering a word phrase important to comprehension
or expression?
Text Analysis
Lesson Essential Question:
How can I compare and contrast texts in different forms
or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes
and topics?
How do I compare and contrast texts in different forms
or genres in terms of their use of additional literary
elements?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
genre, literary elements
general academic, domain specific
Concept:
5 Literature
Range of Reading
CC 1.3.6.K
Lesson Essential Question:
Can I read and comprehend literary fiction on grade
level, reading independently and proficiently?
Vocabulary:
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