Grade 6 ELA Worksheets

Learning Objectives

• Write a clear explanation with an opening statement of purpose
• Include relevant supporting details in a logical sequence
• Use precise vocabulary and explicit relationships to improve coherence+ Show more

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• Write and speak with a clear purpose statement that introduces the main idea.
• Organize supporting details in a logical sequence and explain relationships explicitly.
• Use precise vocabulary and clear transitions to improve coherence.

Learning Objectives

• Write an explanation with a clear purpose, relevant details, and a logical sequence of ideas.
• Use precise vocabulary and explicit relationship words (such as because, therefore, and for example) to improve clarity.
• Revise explanations to avoid vague references and to make connections understandable for the reader.

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• Identify whether a source is relevant to a specific research question.
• Evaluate credibility by considering author expertise and evidence quality.
• Determine whether a source is appropriate by checking publication context and timeliness.+ Show more

Learning Objectives

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

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• Identify the central idea of a persuasive nonfiction passage.
• Select supporting details that strengthen a claim by providing reasons, facts, examples, or elaborations.
• Distinguish essential details from interesting but nonessential information.

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• Identify the central idea of a persuasive nonfiction text.
• Select supporting details (reasons, facts, examples, elaborations) that strengthen the author’s claim.
• Distinguish essential supporting details from interesting but nonessential information.+ Show more

Learning Objectives

• Identify the central idea of a persuasive nonfiction text.
• Distinguish essential supporting details (reasons, facts, examples) from interesting but nonessential details.
• Explain how selected details strengthen a claim and how omitted details fail to strengthen it.

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• Identify the central idea of an informational text and distinguish it from supporting details.
• Write a concise summary using evidence that covers the whole text without repeating unnecessary details.
• Maintain the author’s meaning by using accurate key terms and summarizing the author’s structure (such as definitions and cause/effect).

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• Identify the central idea of an informational text
• Write a summary that keeps the author’s meaning while using evidence
• Choose key supporting points and omit minor details

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• Identify the central idea and key supporting points in an informational text.
• Write a coherent summary that uses evidence while avoiding unnecessary details.
• Use the author’s wording and structure to maintain meaning and accuracy.

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• Compare how authors develop the same theme across texts with different styles and genres.
• Analyze how point of view and character responses shape interpretation.
• Explain how language choices and figurative or connotative meanings influence tone and characterization.+ Show more

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• Compare how theme, character responses, and point of view work together across texts with different styles.
• Explain how an author’s language choices (including figurative language and connotative words) shape tone and characterization.
• Use text evidence to show how differences in style lead to similar or different insights.

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• Analyze how authors use language and tone to shape reader interpretation.
• Compare varying perspectives and styles in different texts.
• Identify themes expressed through contrasting literary approaches.+ Show more

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• Compare how different text styles present the same theme through language, perspective, and character responses.
• Analyze how tone and figurative or connotative word choices shape interpretation across two texts.
• Use evidence from texts to explain whether insights converge or diverge.

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• Identify key ideas related to clear explanations
• Respond to questions about speaking and listening
• Complete short-answer responses on the lesson topic+ Show more

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• Explain how figurative language (similes, metaphors, and idioms) affects meaning in a text.
• Determine the meaning of figurative words and phrases using context clues such as nearby events and speaker attitude.
• Distinguish between literal meaning and figurative meaning when interpreting text.

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• Explain how similes, metaphors, and idioms create meaning beyond their literal definitions
• Use context clues (nearby events, surrounding sentences, and speaker attitude) to determine figurative meanings
• Describe how figurative language shapes imagery, emotion, and conflict in a text

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• Interpret the meaning of similes, metaphors, and idioms by using context clues rather than only literal definitions.
• Explain how a speaker’s attitude and nearby events shape the figurative meaning of a phrase.
• Analyze how figurative language supports emotion, imagery, and conflict in a text.

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• Identify similes within a text
• Interpret the meaning of similes based on context
• Explain how similes enhance imagery and emotion in writing

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• Identify how writers organize ideas using logical relationships such as cause and effect, comparison, and chronological order.
• Use paragraph roles (introduction, body, and conclusion) to improve coherence in short explanatory texts.
• Revise sentences so main ideas and supporting details follow a clear and purposeful sequence.

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• Identify how main ideas and supporting details fit together to create clear paragraphs.
• Use organization strategies such as chronological order, cause and effect, and comparison to improve coherence.
• Explain how an introduction and conclusion help guide a reader through an explanatory text.

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• Identify the main idea of a paragraph
• Recognize supporting details that relate to the main idea
• Understand how idea organization helps comprehension

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• Identify ways ideas are organized in writing
• Evaluate statements about idea organization
• Construct short responses about idea organization+ Show more

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• Identify how paragraphs and sentences contribute to a text’s overall structure (introduction, body, and conclusion).
• Explain how transitions and relationships (cause and effect, comparison, chronological order) improve coherence.
• Revise draft ideas by placing supporting details where they best support understanding.

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• Explain how organizing main ideas and supporting details improves clarity and coherence in writing.
• Identify paragraph roles and use transition words to connect ideas logically.
• Determine which organization pattern (chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution) best fits a text.

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• Identify the roles of paragraphs in an explanatory draft (introduction, body, and conclusion).
• Organize main ideas and supporting details in a logical sequence using text relationships such as cause and effect, comparison, or chronology.
• Revise ideas for coherence by placing key information where it best supports understanding.

Learning Objectives

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

Learning Objectives

• Identify an author’s purpose for writing (to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain).
• Analyze how purpose affects word choice, evidence, and the structure of a text.
• Distinguish main ideas from supporting details in passages with an identified purpose.+ Show more

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• Identify an author’s purpose (to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain) in a text.
• Analyze how purpose influences structure, evidence selection, and word choice.
• Distinguish main claims from supporting details in persuasive writing.

Learning Objectives

• Identify an author’s purpose (to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain) in different texts.
• Explain how purpose affects structure, evidence, and word choice.
• Distinguish main claims from supporting details and recognize bias or viewpoint signaled by language.

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• Identify the author’s purpose in a text (to inform, persuade, explain, or entertain).
• Analyze how author purpose influences word choice, evidence, and sentence structure.
• Distinguish main claims from supporting details in opinion and persuasive messages.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the author’s purpose (inform, persuade, entertain, or explain) in a text
• Use evidence from a passage (claims, examples, details, and word choice) to justify an author’s purpose
• Distinguish between main claims and supporting details in opinion-style writing+ Show more

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• Identify author purpose in Reading and Viewing activities
• Respond to questions about author purpose
• Complete short-answer responses about author purpose+ Show more

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• Revise a draft to improve clarity, coherence, and development.
• Evaluate whether an argument’s claim and reasons are organized effectively.
• Strengthen writing by improving word choice, style, and evidence.

Learning Objectives

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

Learning Objectives

• Revise drafts to improve clarity by replacing vague language with precise wording
• Strengthen coherence by reorganizing ideas so paragraphs connect logically
• Evaluate whether evidence supports claims and add, remove, or revise support as needed+ Show more

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• Revise a draft to improve clarity by identifying unclear sentences and rewriting them for precise meaning.
• Improve coherence by checking how ideas connect and reorganizing paragraphs when needed.
• Strengthen arguments by ensuring evidence supports claims and by sharpening word choice and style.

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• Revise drafts to improve clarity, coherence, and development by asking targeted questions about ideas and structure.
• Strengthen arguments by ensuring claims are supported with specific, relevant evidence and explanations.
• Improve writing through strategic word choice, style adjustments, and organization changes.

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• Analyze how informational texts use structure (headings, sections, and organization) to help readers understand ideas.
• Identify and explain how authors use transitions and supporting examples to clarify relationships between ideas.
• Evaluate how specific word choices and presentation features (statistics, labeled parts, and evidence) support the author’s purpose.

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• Identify the main idea of an informational paragraph
• Recognize supporting details that elaborate on the main idea
• Understand how headings and examples clarify information

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• Identify how an informational author organizes ideas using headings, transitions, and examples.
• Explain how supporting details (statistics, labeled sections, and bullet points) improve clarity and understanding.
• Revise a short informational message by adding structure that better guides the reader.

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• Identify logical transitions in writing tasks
• Evaluate statements about logical transitions
• Construct short responses about logical transitions+ Show more

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• Use transition words and phrases to clarify relationships between ideas (addition, contrast, cause and effect, sequence, emphasis).
• Revise sentences and paragraph links so the writing stays coherent and easy to follow.
• Identify where a missing or misplaced transition word changes the meaning of a draft.

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• Use transition words and phrases to clarify relationships between ideas in a draft
• Choose transitions that match addition, contrast, cause and effect, sequence, and emphasis
• Improve coherence by revising sentence-to-sentence and paragraph-to-paragraph connections

Learning Objectives

• Use transition words and phrases to clarify relationships between ideas (addition, contrast, cause and effect, sequence, and emphasis).
• Revise sentences and paragraph links by choosing transitions that match the intended meaning.
• Improve coherence by smoothing transitions between sentences and between paragraphs.

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• Use common transition words and phrases to show relationships between ideas (addition, contrast, cause and effect, sequence, and emphasis).
• Revise sentences to improve coherence by adding, replacing, or repositioning transitions between sentences and paragraphs.
• Explain how transitions help readers follow a writer’s line of thinking during revision.

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• Identify transition words and phrases that signal addition, contrast, cause and effect, sequence, and emphasis.
• Revise sentences and paragraphs to improve coherence by placing transitions correctly.
• Explain how transitions help readers follow relationships between ideas during writing.