SPI’s Covered

(Parts of Speech - Nouns & Interjections)

• SPI 0601.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context.
• SPI 0601.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context.
• SPI 0601.1.6 Choose the correct use of quotation marks, commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks) and colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items).
• SPI 0601.1.12 Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context.
• SPI 0601.1.13 Choose the appropriate interjection to complete a sentence.
• SPI 0601.5.5 Specify a logical word choice to complete an analogy using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, categories, subcategories, whole/part, and functions.
• SPI 0601.8.1 Distinguish among various literary genres (e.g., fiction, drama, nonfiction, poetry).

SPI’s Covered

• SPI 0601.1.14 Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context.
• SPI 0601.1.15 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
• SPI 0601.1.16 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• SPI 0601.1.17 Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

SPI’s Covered

• SPI 0601.2.1 Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain).
• SPI 0601.2.2 Identify the targeted audience of a speech.
• SPI 0601.3.1 Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).
• SPI 0601.3.2 Identify the audience for which a text is written.
• SPI 0601.3.5 Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.
• SPI 0601.3.12 Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports).
• SPI 0601.6.3 Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g., headings, key words, captions, footnotes).
• SPI 0601.6.4 Interpret factual, quantitative, technical, or mathematical information presented in text features (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, and diagrams).
• SPI 0601.6.7 Recognize that purpose determines text format.
• SPI 0601.8.10 Determine the author’s purpose for writing.

SPI’s Covered

English (Grammar & Sentence Unit)

• SPI 0601.1.1 plurals/possessives
• SPI 0601.1.2 verbs (action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement)
• SPI 0601.1.3 adjectives adverbs (comparative forms)
• SPI 0601.1.4 prepositional phrases
• SPI 0601.1.5 conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating) and interjections
• SPI 0601.1.7 sentence-combining techniques  (comma used with coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters).
• SPI 0601.1.8 run-on sentence (conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements).
• SPI 0601.1.9 double negatives
• SPI 0601.1.10 spelling of plurals and possessives
• SPI 0601.1.11 subject-verb agreement
• SPI 0601.1.14 homophones
• SPI 0601.3.11 Compare/Contrast with Venn Diagram

SPI’s Covered

• SPI 0601.2.1 Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain).
• SPI 0601.2.2 Identify the targeted audience of a speech.
• SPI 0601.2.3 Identify the thesis and main points of a speech.
• SPI 0601.2.6 Determine the most effective methods for engaging an audience during an oral presentation (e.g., making eye contact, adjusting speaking rate).
• SPI 0601.2.7 Organize ideas in the most effective order for an oral presentation.
• SPI 0601.2.8 Select the best summary of a speech.
• SPI 0601.7.1 Select the medium that best reinforces a viewpoint or enhances a presentation.

Hatchet (Approximate Dates November 28 - December 15 - Christmas Vacation)

SPI’s Covered

Reading Skills

• SPI 0601.7.6 Identify the type of conflict (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology) represented in a non-print medium. 
• SPI 0601.8.2 Identify the setting and conflict of a passage.
• SPI 0601.8.3 Determine the main ideas of plots, their causes, how they influence future actions, and how they are resolved.
• SPI 0601.8.4 Distinguish between first and third person points of view.
• SPI 0601.8.5 Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology).
• SPI 0601.8.6 Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text.

English Skills

• SPI 0601.1.20 Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context.

Introduction to Figurative Language

• SPI 0601.8.7 Analyze figurative language (i.e., hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification,) within context.
• SPI 0601.8.8 Identify examples of sound devices (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and repetition).
• SPI 0601.8.9 Identify patterns of rhyme and rhythm.

SPI’s Covered

The Structure of a Paragraph Unit

• SPI 0601.3.1 & SPI 0601.8.10 Purpose of Writing
• SPI 0601.3.11 Outlining
• SPI 0601.7.3 & SPI 0601.3.10 Topic Sentence
• SPI 0601.2.3 & SPI 0601.3.3 Thesis Statement
• SPI 0601.3.6 Supporting Details
• SPI 0601.3.8 Sequence
• SPI 0601.3.7 Staying on Topic
• SPI 0601.3.9 & SPI 0601.6.6 Concluding Sentence
• SPI 0601.3.4 Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order
• SPI 0601.3.8 Transitional Words/phrases
• SPI 0601.3.10 Titles
• SPI 0601.6.8 Ordering Instructions (recipes)

Poetry

• SPI 0601.8.9 Rhyming Words
• SPI 0601.8.7 Simile & Metaphors
• SPI 0601.8.8 Alliteration & Personification
• SPI 0601.8.7 & SPI 0601.8.8 Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole & Repetition 

 

SPI’s Covered

English Skills

Research

• SPI 0601.4.1 focused research topic
• SPI 0601.4.2 Rank resources according to reliability
• SPI 0601.4.3  most appropriate research source
• SPI 0601.4.4 primary and secondary  sources.
• SPI 0601.4.5 irrelevant research material

Media

• SPI 0601.7.2 Select the visual image that best reinforces a viewpoint
• SPI 0601.7.3 purpose of a medium
• SPI 0601.7.4 inference from a non-print medium.
• SPI 0601.7.5 best summarizes/communicates the message presented by a medium.

Persuasive Devices

• SPI 0601.5.4 bandwagon, loaded terms, testimonial, name-calling)

Reading Skills

• SPI 0601.1.9 troublesome words

Extras

Word Format - Tennessee English Language Arts Standards for 6th Grade.doc