RL.6.1 — Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences.

What this standard asks students to do

RL.6.1 is a 6th grade Common Core standard in the Reading: Literature strand. It asks students to: cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences. Teachers typically address it during the key ideas and details cluster, alongside the related standards listed below. FoxFish generates printable worksheets, auto-graded quizzes, and flashcard sets aligned to this standard in seconds.

Sample questions aligned to RL.6.1

1. Example 1

   Cite a line that supports the character's motivation.

2. Example 2

   Find evidence that the narrator distrusts the stranger.

3. Example 3

   Which line best supports your inference?

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Common student mistakes

Build distractors and reteach prompts around the errors students actually make on this standard.

• 1Rushing to an answer without showing intermediate steps or citing evidence — 6th-grade students who skip this stage often can't debug their own errors.
• 2Mis-identifying what the prompt is actually asking. On RL.6.1, teachers see students latch onto surface keywords and quote text that doesn't answer the question.
• 3Applying a memorized procedure to a case where it doesn't fit — the classic reading: literature trap when problems change form (e.g., Cite a line that supports the character's motivation.).

Teacher FAQ

Related standards in this cluster

• RL.K.1With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• RL.K.2Retell familiar stories, including key details.
• RI.K.1With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• RL.1.3Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
• RI.1.2Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

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