figurative language (e.g., similes, metaphors); and
graphic elements (e.g., capital letters, line length).
Standard:
6.16
Description:
Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write a personal narrative that has a clearly defined focus and communicates the importance of or reasons for actions and/or consequences.
Standard:
CC.1.4.6.M
Description:
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
Standard:
ELA.6.C.1.2
Description:
Write personal or fictional narratives using narrative techniques, precise words and phrases, and figurative language.
Standard:
CC.1.4.6.N
Description:
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
Standard:
CC.1.4.6.O
Description:
Use narrative techniques such as dialogue,description, and pacing to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
Standard:
CC.1.4.6.P
Description:
Organize an event sequence 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; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events
Standard:
CC.1.4.6.Q
Description:
Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing.
Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
Use precise language.
Develop and maintain a consistent voice.
E06.D.2.1.1 - Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*
E06.D.2.1.2 - Maintain consistency in style and tone.*
E06.D.2.1.3 - Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.*
E06.D.2.1.4 - Choose punctuation for effect.*
E06.D.2.1.5 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*
E06.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
E06.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.
Standard:
CC.1.4.6.R
Description:
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E06.D.1.1.1 - Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (i.e., subjective, objective, and possessive).
E06.D.1.1.2 - Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
E06.D.1.1.3 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*
E06.D.1.1.4 - Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*
E06.D.1.1.5 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
E06.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E06.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E06.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E06.D.1.2.1 - Use punctuation (e.g., commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
E06.D.1.2.2 - Spell correctly.
E06.D.1.2.3 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
Standard:
ELA.6.V.1.1
Description:
Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.
Standard:
Literacy.W.6.10
Description:
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Standard:
6.11.A
Description:
compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
6th Grade Writing - Literary Text Prompts Lesson