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Prentice Hall The Reader's Journey, Grade 6 © 2009Correlated to:Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III Benchmarksfor English Language Arts(Grade 6)Hawaii Content and PerformanceStandards III BenchmarksBenchmark MapPAGE(S) WHERE TAUGHT(If submission is not a text, citeappropriate resource(s))Grade/Course: English Language Arts, Grade 6 Quarter: 3The Benchmark Map is developed with the following premises: All benchmarks for the grade level/course will be achieved in a school year. Major understandings are the big generalizations for the topic/concept. Benchmarks are presented in the suggested quarter for assessment. Italicized benchmarks are developed and assessed throughout the year.HCPS III Benchmarks:• LA 6.3.4 Explain how personification andhyperbole enhance the meaning of a text.SE: 243, 278, 325• LA 5.5.6 improve clarity by combiningsentences, varying sentences, or rearranging text.• LA 6.4.2 Form and use the followinggrammatical constructions correctly when editingwriting:• consistent verb tense across paragraphs• comparative and superlative forms of adjectives• coordinating and subordinating conjunctions• prepositional phrases• compound sentence joined by semicolon ratherthan conjunction and comma• subject-verb agreement with intervening phraseSE: 43, 74, 127, 159, 207, 249, 251, 304, 307,334-335, 337, 383, 418, 420, 421, 423, 441,473, 496-499, 508-509SE: 124-125, 155-156, 203, 380, 421, 469, 497,505• LA 6.4.5 Incorporate information fromreferences by quoting, paraphrasing, and/orsummarizing• LA 6.5.1 Select appropriate details, examples,reasons, and/or facts to support an insight,message, or thesis.• LA 6.6.5 Find out needed information by askingthoughtful questions.• LA 6.6.8 Adjust dialect (e.g. standard English,Hawaiian Creole, colloquialisms) to gradeappropriateaudience, purpose, and situation.SE: 270-275, 310, 344, 356-361, 386, 430SE: 41, 72, 73, 127, 159, 207, 251, 307, 337,383, 423, 441, 454, 465, 473, 490-495, 507-508SE: 8-13, 44-45, 92-97, 163, 214-219, 312-317,340-341, 442-445, 448-450Opportunities to address:SE: 94, 276, 301, 366, 3794SE = Student Edition

Prentice Hall The Reader's Journey, Grade 6 © 2009Correlated to:Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III Benchmarksfor English Language Arts(Grade 6)Hawaii Content and PerformanceStandards III Benchmarks• LA 6.6.3 Give short prepared oral presentationsto inform and persuade.• LA 6.6.4 Use appropriate listening strategies(e.g. listening attentively, taking notes, askingquestions) to learn from an oral presentation.• LA 6.6.6. Adjust volume, pitch, tone, and voiceto support the content of the message.• LA 6.6.7 Use emphasis and repetition tohighlight important points.• LA 6.4.4 Use a variety of strategies andresources to spell grade-appropriate words.• LA 6.6.9 Describe a variety of messagesconveyed by visual media. LA 6.1.1 Use new grade-appropriatevocabulary, including content area vocabulary,learned through reading and word study,including structural analysis of word parts LA 6.2.2 Use knowledge of organizationalstructure (e.g., logical, classification) to constructmeaning from texts. LA 6.4.1 Write in a variety of gradeappropriateformats for a variety of purposes andaudiences, such as:• narratives that establish a point of view andexperiment with a range of devices (i.e.,.dialogue, suspense, flashback)• poems that experiment with poetic devices(figurative language, graphic elements) to conveya theme or impression• reports with a narrow focus that allows forthorough treatment• business letters• responses to literature• functional pieces that complete a task or fulfill acivic responsibility• pieces to reflect on learning and to solveproblems.PAGE(S) WHERE TAUGHT(If submission is not a text, citeappropriate resource(s))SE: 43, 75, 78, 129, 152-153, 161, 209, 253,257, 330-331, 338, 416-417, 425, 501, 510-511SE: 45, 153, 331, 417SE: 152-153, 330-331, 416-417SE: 152-153, 330-331, 416-417SE: 39, 83, 157, 168, 205, 261, 305, 346, 381,433, 497SE: 8, 10-12, 13, 23, 50, 51, 52, 59, 60, 62, 65,95, 96, 97, 136-138, 176, 180-182, 198-199,217, 224-225, 230-235, 240, 242, 272-274, 281,460-464, 480-482SE: 8, 14-15, 22-24, 27, 29, 32, 48, 57-58, 60-61, 63, 66, 92, 98-99, 106, 108, 111, 114, 116,120-122, 134, 142-143, 145, 147, 150, 178, 184-185, 188-192, 196-198, 200, 214, 222, 224-226,228, 232-234, 238, 241-242, 270, 276-277, 280-284, 288, 290, 294, 297, 300, 312, 320-322, 326-328, 356, 362-363, 367, 370, 373, 378, 388, 398-400, 402, 406, 409, 412-414, 442, 446-447, 478,486-488SE: 177, 194-195, 478-483SE: 13, 16-17, 25, 33, 40-43, 53, 67, 72-75, 97,100-101, 117, 123, 126-129, 139, 151, 158-161,183, 193, 201, 206-209, 219, 229, 235, 243, 250-253, 275, 285, 291, 301, 306-309, 317, 323,329, 336-339, 361, 379, 382-385, 393, 403, 415,422-425, 445, 465, 472-475, 483, 489, 495, 499,503, 506-5116SE = Student Edition