Grade 6 ELA Worksheets

Learning Objectives

• Identify the central idea of an informational text by focusing on the author’s main message.
• Distinguish key supporting details from unrelated or less important information.
• Use central idea and supporting details to write a clear summary.

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• Explain the difference between a theme and a central idea using examples from fiction and informational texts
• Identify a text’s theme or central idea by combining key details and author claims
• Distinguish important evidence from interesting but minor details when determining a central message

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• Analyze how an informational author organizes ideas using headings and transitions.
• Identify how examples and statistics support the author’s purpose.
• Revise or plan informational writing to improve clarity and logical flow.

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• Use textual clues (details, dialogue, and actions) to make logical inferences.
• Draw conclusions about characters’ motives and likely next events based on evidence.
• Distinguish between what a text explicitly states and what a reader can reasonably infer.

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• Identify common text structures in narrative and informational writing, such as setting/rising action/resolution and headings or cause-effect patterns.
• Use transitions and placement of details to explain how a writer organizes information to shape meaning.
• Support answers by pointing to evidence from a text’s structure and how it guides understanding.

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• Identify how specific media techniques (wording, visuals, camera angles, editing pace, music, and layout) influence meaning
• Infer the creator’s claim or message by linking multiple observable choices together
• Explain how one or more media features can shape emotion, attention, and interpretation

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• Identify the main idea and key details in a speaker’s message using active listening strategies.
• Demonstrate engagement by using appropriate eye contact, posture, and turn-taking.
• Respond appropriately by connecting acknowledgments and questions to the speaker’s intent.

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• Identify narrative elements such as setting, rising action, climax, and resolution in a story.
• Recognize different text structures and their features.
• Understand how organizational patterns help convey meaning and drive the story forward.

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• Understand the importance of clear purpose in writing.
• Identify ways to determine the main message and support details.
• Learn how to consider audience when planning a writing piece.+ Show more

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify how prefixes, suffixes, and root words contribute to a word’s meaning.
• Use context clues to choose the most precise vocabulary for a sentence or paragraph.
• Explain how word parts help readers decode unfamiliar words in grade-level texts.+ Show more

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• Explain how authors create connections between ideas across informational text sections (cause/effect, problem/solution, and related concepts).
• Identify how authors make distinctions between categories, stages, and viewpoints using signal words and structure.
• Use textual clues (signal words and headings) to describe why relationships and contrasts are included.

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• Select details from a text that directly support a stated interpretation or claim.
• Explain how a specific quote or precise paraphrase proves an interpretation.
• Distinguish between evidence that is relevant versus evidence that is interesting but not necessary.

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• Identify how literary devices contribute to meaning in a text.
• Analyze character interactions and narrative voice to infer central ideas.
• Use evidence from a passage to support interpretations.

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• Match a claim or interpretation with evidence that directly supports it
• Choose quotations or precise paraphrases that clarify how a detail proves an idea
• Differentiate between strong, relevant evidence and interesting but irrelevant details

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• Explain how precise word choice helps communicate meaning and tone in writing and speaking.
• Identify how connotations (positive/negative/neutral feelings) change the message when replacing vague words.
• Revise sentences by swapping vague or imprecise words with more specific vocabulary based on context.

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• Match an interpretation to evidence that directly supports it in both literary and informational texts.
• Choose quotations or precise paraphrases that prove a claim and explain how the detail supports the interpretation.
• Recognize irrelevant but interesting details and replace them with evidence that clarifies meaning, theme, or author choices.

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• Identify an interpretation (claim) and choose evidence that directly supports it
• Select relevant quotations or precise paraphrases and avoid evidence that is interesting but off-topic
• Explain how a detail proves an interpretation using clear reasoning

Learning Objectives

• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify and explain how literary elements (theme, character, conflict, setting, and narrative voice) work together to create meaning.
• Analyze how an author’s word choice and point of view influence a story’s message.
• Use evidence from a text to support interpretations about characters and central ideas.

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• Use common prefixes, suffixes, and root words to infer the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary.
• Choose words that fit the context and communicate precise meaning in descriptive writing.
• Analyze how specific word choices clarify complex ideas in sentences and paragraphs.

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• Identify how authors use connections (cause/effect, problem/solution, concept-to-concept) to build understanding.
• Explain how signal words and text structure help readers follow relationships and contrasts.
• Distinguish between ideas by recognizing contrasts, categories, viewpoints, or stages in a process.

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• Explain how precise word choice improves clarity and tone in writing and speaking.
• Identify how connotations and shade of meaning change a message.
• Revise sentences by replacing vague words with more specific, accurate vocabulary.

Learning Objectives

• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Understand how literary devices contribute to meaning in texts.
• Analyze character interactions and narrative voice to interpret story themes.
• Identify authorial choices and their effects on the reader's understanding.+ Show more

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• Explain how precise word choice can improve clarity and tone in writing and speaking
• Identify connotation and shade of meaning when comparing similar words
• Revise sentences by replacing vague words with more specific, accurate vocabulary

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify what counts as strong evidence for a specific interpretation in literary and informational texts
• Match an interpretation to quotations or precise paraphrases that directly support the stated idea
• Explain how selected details prove a claim about theme, meaning, or author purpose

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• Identify how literary elements (theme, character, narrative voice, and literary devices) work together to create meaning.
• Use evidence from a text to explain authorial choices and their effects on the reader.
• Analyze interactions among characters and how narrative perspective shapes interpretation.

Learning Objectives

• Explain how precise word choice helps communicate meaning and tone.
• Identify how connotations change the impact of a sentence.
• Replace vague words with more specific vocabulary to improve writing and speaking.+ Show more

Learning Objectives

• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

Learning Objectives

• Identify how informational authors connect ideas (cause/effect, problem/solution, and comparisons across sections).
• Distinguish between viewpoints, categories, or stages using text structure and contrast signal words.
• Use signal words (because, therefore, however, in contrast, for example) to explain why relationships are stated.

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• Use word parts (prefixes, suffixes, and root words) to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Use context clues to confirm or adjust a word-part meaning guess.
• Select more precise vocabulary choices to improve descriptive and explanatory writing.

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• Identify common prefixes, suffixes, and root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.
• Use context clues to confirm or refine word meanings derived from word parts.
• Choose precise vocabulary that improves clarity and descriptive writing.

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• Identify evidence related to Reading and Viewing activities
• Respond to questions about evidence selection
• Complete short-answer responses on evidence selection+ Show more

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• Identify main headings in a text
• Understand how headings organize information
• Recognize signals that headings provide about content

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• Synthesize ideas from multiple speakers into one coherent recommendation or outcome
• Distinguish evidence from opinions when combining viewpoints
• Write a conclusion that makes a clear final claim connected to key discussion ideas+ Show more

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• Identify how titles, subheadings, and sectional labels organize information in a text.
• Use heading structure to predict content and confirm meaning while reading.
• Compare sections by noticing what headings suggest about main ideas, details, and sequence.+ Show more

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• Identify a central claim in informational writing about causes, processes, or interpretations.
• Support a claim by citing specific textual evidence (quoted or paraphrased) that matches the author’s meaning.
• Evaluate whether evidence is relevant and accurately represented, avoiding vague impressions.

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• Identify key ideas and supporting evidence across speakers in a discussion.
• Distinguish evidence from opinions and synthesize multiple viewpoints into a coherent summary.
• Write a clear conclusion that connects to the discussion’s main ideas and themes.

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• Synthesize ideas from multiple speakers by grouping similarities and differences in viewpoints.
• Distinguish evidence from opinions and use the most relevant points to support a shared understanding.
• Write a clear conclusion that reflects key ideas from a discussion.

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• Identify the difference between a claim and supporting evidence in informational writing.
• Select the most relevant textual evidence that matches a central interpretation.
• Use accurate quotes or paraphrases to explain how evidence supports a claim.+ Show more

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• I can synthesize discussion contributions by combining key ideas into a coherent, reasoned summary.
• I can distinguish evidence from opinions and identify similarities and differences across speakers’ viewpoints.
• I can write a conclusion that states a clear final claim connected to the discussion’s key ideas.

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• Identify the major parts of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) in a story
• Explain how events are connected and how cause-and-effect drives the story forward
• Sequence plot events and justify how the conflict moves toward a resolution+ Show more

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• Identify the stages of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) in a story.
• Explain how events are interconnected and build conflict toward a climax.
• Use plot sequencing to describe how a resolution connects to the story’s central idea.+ Show more

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• Identify how main headings, subheadings, and sectional labels organize information in an informational text.
• Use headings and their formatting to predict content and confirm meaning while reading.
• Explain how heading structures support comprehension by grouping related information and signaling relationships.

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• Explain how heading structures organize information using main headings and subheadings.
• Identify how headings help readers understand main ideas, compare sections, and follow sequence.
• Use heading cues to predict content and confirm meaning while reading.

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• Identify how speakers’ ideas evolve across a discussion by tracking agreements and differences.
• Differentiate evidence from opinions when forming a synthesis and a final conclusion.
• Write a clear conclusion that connects to the discussion’s key points.