1. Today’s Standards, Opening and Mini-Lesson
September 9-13, 2013

2. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELACC6RL10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Paraphrased ELACC6RL10: SW read literary texts equal to or beyond their lexile level with proficiency.

3. Key Ideas and Details
ELACC6RL1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Paraphrased ELACC6RL1: SW find evidence within the text to support their understanding of what the text says explicitly and identify inferences within the text.

4. Key Ideas and Details
ELACC6RL2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Paraphrased ELACC6RL2: SW determine the main idea of a text; write a summary of the text without personal opinions or judgments.

5. Craft and Structure
ELACC6RL5: Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Paraphrased ELACC6RL5: SW analyze a stories structure of a text that contributes to the development of it’s plot.

6. Language (L) Conventions of Standard English
ELACC6L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. (b) Spell correctly.
Knowledge of Language
ELACC6L3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. (a) Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

7. Essential Questions
How do I know if I am writing an effective sentence?
How do I create an inference from a story?
What clues from a text can I use to create an inference?