6.ELAR.5.C
Make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures.
Grade 6 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
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Skills
- make predictions (using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures) #dok2
- correct predictions (using information from the text) #dok2
- confirm predictions (based on evidence from the text) #dok2
- analyze text features (to inform or adjust predictions) #dok3
- interpret genre characteristics and structures (to support the prediction process) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can make predictions about a text using its features and genre traits. #dok2
- I can correct my predictions as I learn new information from the text. #dok2
- I can confirm predictions with supporting details from the text. #dok2
- I can analyze how text features and genre characteristics inform my predictions. #dok3
- I can interpret how structures within a text influence my thinking about what may happen next. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Readers use clues from text features, genre, and structure to make, correct, and confirm predictions as they read.
- The ability to adjust predictions enhances comprehension and active engagement with texts.
Essential Questions
- How do text features and genre characteristics help me make accurate predictions?
- What strategies can I use to correct or confirm my predictions as I read?
- In what ways do the structure and organization of a text influence my predictions?
- Why is it important to make and adjust predictions while reading?
- How can confirming or correcting predictions deepen my understanding of a text?