Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.1.A:
Students follow a sequence of instructions consisting of at least three steps when engaging in a task or assignment.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.1.B:
Students identify essential details for note taking.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.1.C:
Students distinguish between fact and opinion.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.1.D:
Students identify information that is implicit rather than stated.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.1.E:
Students connect new information to prior knowledge or experience.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.1.F:
Students recall significant ideas and details, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.1.G:
Students make, confirm, or revise predictions, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.1.H:
Students draw conclusions and make inferences on the basis of explicit and implied information, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.2.A:
Students distinguish different genres, such as story, biography, poem, or play.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.2.B:
Students identify a character's motivation.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.2.C:
Students recognize the use of literary devices, such as symbolism, personification, rhythm, and rhyme, in presentation of literary texts, and determine their impact on meaning.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.2.D:
Students identify cultural and historical influences in texts and performances.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.3.A:
Students form an opinion or judgment about the validity and accuracy of information, ideas, opinions, issues, themes, and experiences, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.3.B:
Students recognize that the criteria used to analyze and evaluate presentations may be influenced by one's point of view and purpose for listening.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.3.C:
Students recognize and use the perspectives of others, including teachers and peers, to analyze and evaluate presentations.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.3.D:
Students recognize persuasive presentations and identify the techniques (e.g., choice of language and use of sound effects) used to accomplish that purpose.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.3.E:
Students recognize persuasive techniques, such as emotional and ethical appeals in presentations, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.3.F:
Students consider the experience and qualifications of speakers in analyzing and evaluating presentations, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.3.G:
Students identify missing or unclear information, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.4.A:
Students respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the speaker.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.4.B:
Students recognize friendly communication on the basis of volume, tone, and rate of the speaker's voice.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.4.C:
Students recognize that social communication may include informal language, such as jargon and colloquialisms.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.L.4.D:
Students recognize the meaning of the speaker's nonverbal cues.