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The official Newfoundland and Labrador English Language Arts, Grade 6 curriculum
Newfoundland and Labrador defines English Language Arts, Grade 6 by strands and outcomes. MapleMind teaches the same curriculum reorganized for one-skill-at-a-time tutoring — the table shows exactly where every official strand lands, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit below.
Official source Newfoundland and Labrador's official curriculumRead it on the government site — gov.nl.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Strand SL | 8 | Speaking and Listening |
| Strand RV | 17 | Reading and Viewing |
| Strand WR | 10 | Writing and Representing |
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How MapleMind teaches English Language Arts, Grade 6 — every unit, lesson, and skill
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Unit 1Speaking and ListeningOfficial strand · Strand SL
Talking and listening to learn: examining how sharing clarifies thinking, active listening, assessing how thinking shifts, expressing ideas in discussion, presenting and analyzing impact, and examining and evaluating communication.
Explore, extend, clarify and reflect
- Examining how sharing clarifies and extends thinkingNL-ELA-6.1.1 — Examine how sharing experiences, explanations or reasoning with others clarifies and extends thinking.
- Using active listening strategiesNL-ELA-6.1.2 — Use active listening strategies for a variety of purposes.
- Assessing how listening affects your thinkingNL-ELA-6.1.3 — Assess how thinking may be affected as a result of listening to others.
Communicate and respond
- Expressing ideas in a range of discussionsNL-ELA-6.2.1 — Express ideas in a range of discussions.
- Applying effective presentation skillsNL-ELA-6.2.2 — Apply effective presentation skills to communicate clearly.
- Analyzing a presentation's impact on an audienceNL-ELA-6.2.3 — Analyze the impact of a presentation on an audience.
Interact with sensitivity and respect
- Examining a speaker's perspectiveNL-ELA-6.3.1 — Examine a speaker's perspective and the reasons behind it.
- Evaluating verbal and non-verbal communicationNL-ELA-6.3.2 — Evaluate verbal and nonverbal communication for effectiveness and respect.
The official wording — 8 outcomes in this unit
- NL-ELA-6.1.1
Examine how sharing experiences, explanations or reasoning with others clarifies and extends thinking
- NL-ELA-6.1.2
Use active listening strategies for a variety of purposes
- NL-ELA-6.1.3
Assess how thinking may be affected as a result of listening to others
- NL-ELA-6.2.1
Express ideas in a range of discussions
- NL-ELA-6.2.2
Apply effective presentation skills
- NL-ELA-6.2.3
Analyze the impact of a presentation on an audience
- NL-ELA-6.3.1
Examine a speaker
- NL-ELA-6.3.2
Evaluate verbal and nonverbal communication
Unit 2Reading and ViewingOfficial strand · Strand RV
Making meaning from texts: integrating cueing systems, selecting texts, integrating strategies, explaining structures and features, reflecting, inquiry, and responding personally and critically.
Select, read and view a range of texts
- Integrating cueing systems to construct meaningNL-ELA-6.4.1 — Integrate cueing systems to construct meaning, coordinating meaning, structure, and visual cues.
- Selecting texts for interests and learning needsNL-ELA-6.4.2 — Select texts that are appropriate to their interests and learning needs.
- Integrating effective reading and viewing strategiesNL-ELA-6.4.3 — Integrate effective reading and viewing strategies.
- Explaining how structures help the audience make meaningNL-ELA-6.4.4 — Explain how text structures help the audience construct meaning.
- Explaining how features help the audience make meaningNL-ELA-6.4.5 — Explain how text features help the audience construct meaning.
- Reflecting on themselves as readers and viewersNL-ELA-6.4.6 — Reflect on themselves as readers and viewers.
Inquiry
- Creating inquiry questions for multiple purposesNL-ELA-6.5.1 — Create inquiry questions to gather information for multiple purposes.
- Selecting a variety of informational sourcesNL-ELA-6.5.2 — Select a variety of informational sources.
- Evaluating information from sourcesNL-ELA-6.5.3 — Evaluate information from a variety of selected sources.
- Organizing reliable informationNL-ELA-6.5.4 — Organize relevant information from reliable selected sources.
- Sharing relevant informationNL-ELA-6.5.5 — Share relevant information from selected sources.
Respond personally and critically
- Explaining thinking using support from textsNL-ELA-6.6.1 — Explain thinking using support from texts.
- Explaining thinking using personal connectionsNL-ELA-6.6.2 — Explain thinking using personal connections.
- Evaluating messages in textsNL-ELA-6.7.1 — Evaluate messages in texts.
- Comparing alternate points of viewNL-ELA-6.7.2 — Compare alternate points of view.
- Analyzing the impact of language in textsNL-ELA-6.7.3 — Analyze the impact of language used in texts.
The official wording — 17 outcomes in this unit
- NL-ELA-6.4.1
Integrate cueing systems to construct meaning
- NL-ELA-6.4.2
Select texts that are appropriate to their interests and learning needs
- NL-ELA-6.4.3
Integrate effective reading and viewing strategies
- NL-ELA-6.4.4
Explain how text structures help the audience construct meaning
- NL-ELA-6.4.5
Explain how text features help the audience construct meaning
- NL-ELA-6.4.6
Reflect on themselves as readers and viewers
- NL-ELA-6.5.1
Create inquiry questions to gather information for multiple purposes
- NL-ELA-6.5.2
Select a variety of informational sources
- NL-ELA-6.5.3
Evaluate information from a variety of selected sources
- NL-ELA-6.5.4
Organize relevant information from reliable selected sources
- NL-ELA-6.5.5
Share relevant information from selected sources
- NL-ELA-6.6.1
Explain thinking using support from texts
- NL-ELA-6.6.2
Explain thinking using personal connections
- NL-ELA-6.7.1
Evaluate messages in texts
- NL-ELA-6.7.2
Compare alternate points of view
- NL-ELA-6.7.3
Analyze the impact of language used in texts
- NL-ELA-6.7.4
Examine how responses to texts can affect social change
Unit 3Writing and RepresentingOfficial strand · Strand WR
Creating texts: developing ideas, voice, and style; reflecting as a text creator; creating a range of texts; assessing audience and purpose; and analyzing traits, feedback, conventions, and publishing.
Write to explore, clarify, reflect and imagine
- Exploring ways to develop ideasNL-ELA-6.8.1 — Explore ways to develop ideas in writing and representing.
- Developing voice in textsNL-ELA-6.8.2 — Develop voice in texts.
- Experimenting with stylistic effectsNL-ELA-6.8.3 — Experiment with stylistic effects in writing and representing to create interest.
- Reflecting on themselves as text creatorsNL-ELA-6.8.4 — Reflect on themselves as text creators.
Create texts
- Creating a range of textsNL-ELA-6.9.1 — Create a range of texts across forms and genres.
- Assessing the influence of audience and purposeNL-ELA-6.9.2 — Assess the influence that audience and purpose have during the creation of texts.
Develop effective writing products
- Analyzing traits of writing to create textsNL-ELA-6.10.1 — Analyze traits of writing and representing to create texts.
- Analyzing responses from peersNL-ELA-6.10.2 — Analyze responses from peers during text creation.
- Applying knowledge of language conventionsNL-ELA-6.10.3 — Apply knowledge of language conventions effectively.
- Examining the impact of publishing textsNL-ELA-6.10.4 — Examine the impact of publishing texts for others.
The official wording — 10 outcomes in this unit
- NL-ELA-6.8.1
Explore ways to develop ideas
- NL-ELA-6.8.2
Develop voice in texts
- NL-ELA-6.8.3
Experiment with stylistic effects in writing and representing to create interest
- NL-ELA-6.8.4
Reflect on themselves as text creators
- NL-ELA-6.9.1
Create a range of texts
- NL-ELA-6.9.2
Assess the influence that audience and purpose have during the creation of texts
- NL-ELA-6.10.1
Analyze traits of writing and representing to create texts
- NL-ELA-6.10.2
Analyze responses from peers during text creation
- NL-ELA-6.10.3
Apply knowledge of language conventions effectively
- NL-ELA-6.10.4
Examine the impact of publishing texts for others
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