New Brunswick - English Language Arts 6

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Describe and contribute thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and compare to those of their peers.

Achievement Indicators:

Express observations, understandings, viewpoints and perspectives

Compare and contrast observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives that have been shared by others

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Skill Descriptor:

Express and support ideas and opinions with evidence.

Achievement Indicators:

Discuss personal position and perspective

Explain difference of opinion, citing reasons

Use evidence to support or refute personal opinions and the opinions of others

Use evidence that is free from generalizations and bias

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Skill Descriptor:

Summarize and present content to communicate facts, ideas, and opinions

Achievement Indicators:

Select information that support purpose

Present ideas, arguments, and facts

Share facts to support or refute ideas and opinions

Begin to use language to persuade audience

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Skill Descriptor:

Use language of harmony and respect and self-monitor and adjust as appropriate.

Achievement Indicators:

Describe helpful, respectful, and equitable language

Use language that demonstrates consideration for the feelings of others

Identify examples of prejudice, stereotyping, or bias in oral language and the negative effect on individuals and cultures

Use bias-free language

Use inclusive language that respects gender identity

Use language that demonstrates cultural sensitivity and respect

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Big Idea: Exchanges

Skill Descriptor:

Ask and respond to questions to clarify information, explore possibilities, or identify solutions to a problem.

Achievement Indicators:

Respond citing relevant information from an identified source or personal experience

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Skill Descriptor:

Understand communication conventions for a diverse set of audiences.

Achievement Indicators:

Communicate with sensitivity and respect

Recognize language that reflects audience perspective, context, and purpose

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Skill Descriptor:

Respond personally and critically to a variety of text.

Achievement Indicators:

Respond to oral presentations and stories, and multi-modal text citing reactions, interpretations, and understandings

Respond to oral presentations and stories and multi-modal text, providing thoughts and opinions

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Skill Descriptor:

Adjust interactions to reflect the situation, audience, and purpose

Achievement Indicators:

Identify appropriate conventions for specific types of interactions

Use words to negotiate and identify a next step or response (conflict resolution, material requests, task delegation, etc.)

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Big Idea: Reception

Skill Descriptor:

Receive and critically reflect on the contributions of others.

Achievement Indicators:

Consider ideas that differ from their own

Detect examples of prejudice stereotyping or bias in oral language

Recognize the negative effect of prejudice, stereotyping or bias on individuals and groups

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Strand: Reading

Big Idea: Reading Comprehension

Skill Descriptor:

Examine information critically considering the source, intended audience, and purpose.

Achievement Indicators:

Demonstrate an awareness that texts reveal and produce ideologies, identities, and positions

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Skill Descriptor:

Reflect and respond personally and critically to a variety of texts across genres, interests, and complexities.

Achievement Indicators:

Express personal reactions, preferences for, and opinions about particular texts, authors, illustrators, and genres

Identify personal experiences and prior knowledge to make personal connections

Recognize some aspects of a writer’s style/technique and its effectiveness

Identify claims that are supported by facts and reason from those that are not

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Big Idea: Text Analysis and Criticality

Skill Descriptor:

Independently select, read, and construct meaning from a variety of texts representing all voices.

Achievement Indicators:

Construct meaning from a variety of text forms, including print and non-print texts

Preview, interpret, and locate information using text features (pictorial, typographical, and organizational)

Identify key story elements of a variety of narrative texts

Explain how events are related to the theme

Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details

Explain how the author’s style/technique creates meaning and impact

Discuss how purpose, structure, and characteristics/text features of a variety of text forms contribute to meaning

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Skill Descriptor:

Explore the characteristics, language, form, features, and genres of a range of texts.

Achievement Indicators:

Use context clues, prior knowledge, and knowledge of text forms and features to make predictions

Refer to relevant textual details when inferring

Describe relationships among characters and effect on plot/subplots or overall theme in narrative texts

Interpret relationships among ideas to draw conclusions or make comparisons

Support responses with relevant details

Describe the relationships between language, topic, genre, purpose, context, and audience

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Strand: Representations

Big Idea: Process

Skill Descriptor:

Develop strategies to enhance clarity in written works.

Achievement Indicators:

Select and develop a topic within a chosen form demonstrating an awareness of audience

Write with purpose and understand the influence of the writer

Gather ideas from a variety of sources and use a framework (e.g., web, graphic organizer) to sort and classify the information/ideas and make new connections

Apply knowledge of copyright/plagiarism (including the use of A.I.)

Draft a piece of writing making critical choices about ideas/content based on purpose and intended audience

Use a variety of publishing formats (e.g., books, pamphlets, posters, web sites) with appropriate text and text features