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Indiana Standards

Indiana 6th Grade ELA Standards

All 28 Indiana English language arts standards for 6th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Indiana Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

28 standards

Reading Comprehension

13 standards
6.RC.1
Explain both what a text says directly and what you can infer from it, pointing to quoted lines that back up each point.
6.RC.2
Work out the theme of a story, poem or novel, show which details reveal it, and summarize the work fully without adding personal opinions.
6.RC.3
Explain how one piece of a literary work, like a single scene, chapter or stanza, fits the whole and builds its plot, setting, characters or theme.
6.RC.4
Compare how two works of different types, like a historical novel and a poem, treat a shared theme or topic, noting likenesses and differences.
6.RC.5
Find the central idea of a text, like a magazine article, trace the details that develop it, and sum the text up without your own opinions.
6.RC.6
Explain how a nonfiction text introduces a key person, event or idea and then builds it out with examples or anecdotes.
Common Core RI.6.3
6.RC.7
Figure out an author's point of view or reason for writing, like to persuade or inform, and show where in the text that comes through.
6.RC.8
Follow an author's argument step by step and judge it, sorting the claims backed by reasons and evidence from the ones left unsupported.
6.RC.9
Combine facts from charts, numbers, images and written text on one topic, like a report and an infographic, to build a full picture of it.
6.RC.10
Work out what an unfamiliar word or phrase means from the sentences around it, like using a nearby definition or example as a clue.
6.RC.11
Use how pairs of words connect, like cause and effect, part and whole, or item and category such as robin and bird, to understand each word better.
6.RC.12
Tell apart the feelings carried by words with nearly the same meaning, like curious, nosy and inquisitive.
6.RC.13
Use Greek and Latin roots and affixes to work out word meanings, like how the root aud ties audience, auditory and audible to hearing.

Writing

7 standards
6.W.1
Write arguments that open with a claim, group related reasons, back them with credible evidence, use clear transitions, keep a fitting tone, and end with a conclusion.
6.W.2
Write informative pieces that define and classify ideas, develop them with facts and quotes from sources, use headings or charts, cut wordiness, and wrap up clearly.
6.W.3
Write stories or personal narratives that set up the scene and characters, move through a clear sequence of events, use dialogue and sensory detail, and end well.
6.W.4
Plan, draft, revise, rewrite and edit formal writing like arguments, reports and stories with help from peers and adults, and use technology to share and publish it.
6.W.5
Research a question, like how railroads changed Indiana towns, using credible annotated sources, quoting or paraphrasing fairly, citing each one, and presenting findings.
6.W.6
Use all kinds of pronouns correctly, fix unclear or mismatched ones, write simple to compound-complex sentences, and spot fragments and run-ons.
6.W.7
Punctuate correctly, using commas, parentheses or dashes around extra information, semicolons to join main clauses, and colons before a list or quotation.

Communication and Collaboration

8 standards
6.CC.1
Take part in pair, group and teacher-led discussions on sixth-grade topics and texts, adding to classmates' ideas and sharing your own clearly.
6.CC.2
Ask focused questions and answer with detail and elaboration, making comments that move a discussion of a topic or text forward.
6.CC.3
Sum up the main ideas from a discussion and show you understand different viewpoints by reflecting on them and restating them in your own words.
6.CC.4
Explain what a chart, video, speech or other source adds to the topic the class is studying.
Common Core SL.6.2
6.CC.5
Lay out a speaker's argument claim by claim and tell which claims are backed by reasons and evidence and which are not.
Common Core SL.6.3
6.CC.6
Present claims and findings in a logical order with facts and details that spotlight the main ideas, making eye contact and speaking clearly and loudly enough.
Common Core SL.6.4
6.CC.7
Create engaging presentations that use multimedia, like images, music or sound, and visual displays to make information clearer.
6.CC.8
Check how accurate the information in different media messages is, like ads or online videos, by testing it against evidence.

The official Indiana documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Indiana's standards, not the official wording, which Indiana Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.