Missouri Standards
Missouri 6th Grade ELA Standards
All 34 Missouri English language arts standards for 6th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's document, linked at the end of this page.
34 standards
Reading Literary Text
12 standards6.RL.1.A
Back up conclusions about a story with quoted details, covering both what it states outright and what you can infer from its clues.
6.RL.1.B
Figure out what words and phrases mean in a story, including figurative senses and connotations, using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
6.RL.1.C
Interpret illustrations or other visuals in a story or poem and draw conclusions from what they show, when the text has them.
6.RL.1.D
Identify a story's theme, point to details that develop it, and write a short summary, like a fable's lesson about honesty.
6.RL.2.A
Analyze what one sentence, chapter, scene, stanza, or picture adds to the meaning of a whole story, play, or poem.
6.RL.2.B
Explain how an author builds the narrator's or speaker's point of view through what they notice, say and leave out.
6.RL.2.C
Analyze how an author's word choices, like similes, repeated words, rhyme, or alliteration, shape what a story or poem means.
6.RL.2.D
Describe how a plot builds through a series of events and how the characters react or change as the story heads toward its resolution.
6.RL.3.A
Compare and contrast reading a story, play, or poem with hearing or watching it performed, noting how the performance changes your interpretation.
6.RL.3.B
Compare and contrast texts from different genres that share a theme or topic, like a poem and a novel about friendship.
6.RL.3.C
Explain how a story's plot and conflict mirror the history or culture of its setting, like a tale set during the Great Depression.
6.RL.3.D
Read sixth grade stories, plays, and poems on your own and understand them fully and accurately.
Reading Informational Text
12 standards6.RI.1.A
Back up inferences about an article or other nonfiction with quoted evidence, both for facts it states and for ideas it only implies.
6.RI.1.B
Work out word meanings in nonfiction, including figurative, connotative, and subject-specific terms, using context, prefixes and suffixes, or references.
6.RI.1.C
Interpret visuals in nonfiction, like charts, maps, photos, or video clips, and draw conclusions from them when a text includes them.
6.RI.1.D
Explain a nonfiction text's main idea, point to evidence that develops it, and summarize the text in your own words.
6.RI.2.A
Analyze what one sentence, paragraph, section, or graphic adds to the meaning of an informational text.
6.RI.2.B
Explain how an author reveals a point of view or purpose in a text, like through the facts chosen or the tone used.
6.RI.2.C
Analyze how an author's word choices, including figurative language, connotations, and repeated words, shape the meaning of nonfiction.
6.RI.2.D
Identify the argument an author makes and sort the claims backed by reasons and evidence from the claims left unsupported.
6.RI.3.A
Compare and contrast reading a nonfiction text with hearing or watching an audio or video version, noting how the delivery affects your interpretation.
6.RI.3.B
Compare and contrast how two authors present the same events, like two accounts of the first moon landing.
6.RI.3.C
Explain how a nonfiction text reflects the history or culture of the time and place it comes from.
6.RI.3.D
Read sixth grade informational texts, like articles and biographies, on your own and understand them fully.
Writing
4 standards6.W.1.A.a
Research a question using several sources, combine what you learn, and credit each source with a standard citation format.
6.W.1.A.b
Gather information from print and online sources, judge whether each source is trustworthy, quote or paraphrase without plagiarizing and list where it came from.
6.W.2.A
Plan and draft clear writing suited to purpose and audience, including stories and poems, informative pieces with facts, and arguments backing a claim with evidence.
6.W.3.A
Revise and edit drafts for focus, precise words, complete sentences, transitions, grammar, and spelling, then publish and collaborate using technology.
Speaking and Listening
6 standards6.SL.1.A
Follow agreed rules for group discussions and decisions, track progress toward goals and deadlines, and assign individual roles as needed.
6.SL.1.B
Trace a speaker's argument and claims, then ask and answer specific questions with details that add to the discussion.
6.SL.1.C
Review a speaker's key ideas, including ideas shared through video or other media, and show you grasp different viewpoints by reflecting and paraphrasing.
6.SL.2.A
Present with a clear voice and steady volume, staying on point and using language that suits the task, purpose, and audience.
6.SL.2.B
Face the audience while speaking, make eye contact now and then, and use gestures that help get your viewpoint across.
6.SL.2.C
Plan and give presentations suited to the task and audience, adding multimedia like slides or images to clarify claims and findings.
The official Missouri documents
- Missouri Learning Standards: 6-12 English Language Arts Grade-Level Expectations · adopted April 2016 · since 2016-17
The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Missouri's standards, not the official wording, which Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.