6.12.B
ELA6th GradeThe student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.
The Standard
develop and revise a plan
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students build a research plan with a focused question, needed sources, clear steps, and a timeline. They revise the plan when new information, feedback, or limits change what they need to do.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student creates a workable plan with a focused question, clear steps, useful sources, and reasonable deadlines. The student changes the plan when evidence, time limits, or feedback reveal a problem.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat the plan as a fixed checklist that cannot change. They may choose a question that is too broad, list sources without a purpose, or revise without explaining why.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Give students a broad research question and one new finding. Ask them to narrow the question, revise two research steps, and explain each change.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Pairs arrange question, source, note-taking, and deadline cards into a research plan, then revise it after receiving a surprise evidence card.
Ask students to write: What would make you change a research plan, and how would you decide what to change?
Run a Plan Repair relay where teams identify one flaw in a sample plan and write a specific revision before passing it on.
Students plan an inquiry into cafeteria food waste, then revise their steps after learning what data the school can provide.
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