Scope & Sequence
Grade 6
Unit 1: Making Inferences From Fiction
Make complex inferences about the 5Ws in fiction by
• inferring the 5Ws (who, when, what, where, why), and how, when they are not directly stated by the author
• identifying signal words for location and motive
• differentiating between literal and inferential comprehension
• inferring character social identity and relationships, settings, and plot connections
• using clues to infer a character’s feelings and motivation
• analyzing author’s techniques for developing characters (dialogue, action, and direct statement)
• inferring a character’s traits from clues of seemingly contradictory feelings or behavior
• interpreting figurative expressions that describe or compare characters and settings
• identifying and interpreting extended metaphor in a story
Unit 2: Analyzing Paragraphs
Identify and analyze the relationships between main ideas, topic sentences, and details by
• noting that a paragraph contains a main idea, whether or not it is stated
• relating the topic sentence to the main idea of a paragraph
• identifying stated topic sentences
• inferring unstated topic sentences
• locating topic sentences in the beginning, middle, and end of paragraphs
• using diagrams to represent a topic sentence and its related detail sentences
• differentiating topic sentences from introductory and concluding statements
• predicting during reading
• arranging sentences in a logical sequence
• differentiating among paragraph structures according to paragraph purposes: question/answer, concept/definition, and support/hypothesis
• inferring the main idea from related detail sentences
Unit 3: Main Character Traits
Analyze characters by
• identifying character traits expressed through direct statements, dialogue, and action
• differentiating traits and related details from other details in a paragraph
• inferring traits from clues in the passage and prior knowledge
• inferring multiple character traits
• combining inferences about traits to write a character summary
• analyzing nonfiction to infer traits of historical figures
Unit 4: Making Inferences from Fact
Make and support inferences from facts by
• converting inference statements into questions
• using questions to locate supporting data in a paragraph
• proving a simple inference by locating a single fact
• proving a complex inference or generalization by combining two or more supporting facts
• making relationship inferences
• making cause-and-effect inferences from scientific data
• comparing inferences to derive generalizations
• differentiating valid from invalid differences
Unit 5: Contrasting Opinions
Learn the structure of opinion paragraphs by
• identifying contrasting opinion clues about people, places, and things
• relating opinions to an author’s point of view
• analyzing the introduction, the opinion statement, and the reasons
• analyzing an argument to identify its subject and each author’s opinions and supporting reasons
• charting opinions from a paragraph into positive and negative categories
• comparing and contrasting opinion paragraphs
• identifying paraphrases of opinion statements in a paragraph
• writing paragraphs containing opinion statements
