cc_English Language Arts_Grade 6_Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts

questioning, interpreting, comparing, and contrasting a range of texts (e.g., narrative, poetry, visual texts); useful strategies for students include “exit slips,” “one star, one wish,” and quick activities to identify thinking

Text and texts are generic terms referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:

• Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.
• Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.
• Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.
• Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.
• Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).