1. Orange County Public Schools Top 5 Big Ideas Your Child Will Learn in the 1st Quarter Writing 6 th Grade

2. Orange County Public Schools Reading and writing are no longer separate skills. LAFS.6.RI.1.1 - Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. LAFS.6.W.1.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. Big Idea:

3. Orange County Public Schools Writing Task Example: You have studied two speeches delivered by American presidents on topics related to national security threats. Review the different occasions for these two speeches, and consider how and why a president might use a different tone for an audience of foreign allies than he might for the citizens of his own country. Compare and contrast how each president uses tone and other persuasive techniques to reach their particular audience. Use evidence from both speeches to support your analysis. Circle the action words. Underline knowledge that your child should gain from reading the text. Establish purpose for reading: How each president uses tone and other persuasive techniques to reach particular audiences How you can help your child:

4. Orange County Public Schools Big Idea: Summarize ideas in the text. LAFS.6.RI.1.2 - Determine a 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.

5. Orange County Public Schools How you can help your child: Verbal summaries Mark the text with highlighting and/or symbols Creating a T-chart labeled with main points in the text that connect to the writing task Example of a T-Chart:

6. Orange County Public Schools Big Idea: Create a thesis statement based on the main point of the writing task with the ideas that were gathered when reading.

7. Orange County Public Schools How you can help your child: Help by referring to marked text for information supporting the writing task Ensure your child uses information from the question in his/her thesis statement.

8. Orange County Public Schools Big Idea: Gather evidence from the text to support the writing task.

9. Orange County Public Schools How you can help your child: THESIS STATEMENT EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS TOPIC SENTENCE 1 TOPIC SENTENCE 3 TOPIC SENTENCE 1 TOPIC SENTENCE 2 EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS TOPIC SENTENCE 2 EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS TOPIC SENTENCE 3

10. Orange County Public Schools Big Idea: Transitional Strategies

11. Orange County Public Schools How you can help your child: Text-based Sentence Stems: In the text/paragraph/passage, it states QUOTE/PARAPHRASE. According to the text, QUOTE/PARAPHRASE. In paragraph NUMBER, it states that QUOTE/PARAPHRASE. The author wrote, QUOTE/PARAPHRASE. The graphic showed, QUOTE/PARAPHRASE. One example from the text is, QUOTE/PARAPHRASE. The author/text also states/says, QUOTE/PARAPHRASE. Another example from the text is, QUOTE/PARAPHRASE. Commentary Stems (to be used to elaborate on textual evidence): Basically, this is saying/suggesting/displaying/showing that... In other words, the author believes/suggests/confirms/illustrates/denies that... In making this comment, the author displays/shows/questions... This displays/shows/signifies/demonstrates/proves/exhibits/ establishes...

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