Grade 6 ELA Worksheets

Learning Objectives

• Use context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level texts.
• Break words into roots and affixes to understand and remember vocabulary.
• Use dictionaries accurately by choosing the definition that matches context.+ Show more

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• Explain how a purposeful presentation clearly communicates a specific goal (inform, persuade, or recount).
• Identify how presentation structure (opening, body with examples, and conclusion) supports the presenter’s purpose.
• Use delivery techniques such as pacing, volume, and clear articulation to keep ideas understandable.+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea of a paragraph using supporting details and the author’s focus
• Determine how repeated ideas and connected details help organize a passage
• Summarize a text by stating the central point in one or two sentences

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• Identify whether a text is literary or informational based on its purpose and style.
• Use organizational cues (like headings, reasons, and event sequences) to predict how information is presented.
• Choose evidence that matches the text category when answering questions.

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• Explain how purposeful evidence supports a central message in writing
• Connect evidence to main ideas by using explanation, not just facts
• Use an effective order of details to strengthen comprehension and emphasis

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• Identify subject-verb agreement errors and revise sentences to match subject number.
• Detect inconsistent verb tense and correct tense shifts for clarity.
• Recognize misplaced modifiers and reposition them to accurately describe what they modify.

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

Learning Objectives

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

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• Revise fragments and run-on sentences to improve sentence clarity without changing meaning.
• Edit subject-verb and pronoun references so they clearly match the intended nouns.
• Use more precise word choice to strengthen clarity and readability.

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• Understand the importance of citing sources properly
• Identify different types of attribution in texts
• Practice integrating quotations and paraphrases smoothly+ Show more

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• Identify correct antecedents for pronouns in sentences
• Understand the importance of pronoun case and clarity
• Recognize ambiguous pronoun references and correct them

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• Understand how to identify the main ideas in a text
• Learn to select supporting evidence for a summary
• Practice summarizing informational texts accurately+ Show more

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• Understand how precise words clarify meaning
• Analyze how specific word choices impact inference
• Identify qualifiers, verbs, and comparison terms in texts+ Show more

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• Identify an author’s likely purpose (to inform, to explain, to persuade, or to entertain) using patterns in the text
• Determine how evidence, language style, and organization connect to author purpose
• Use text clues such as transitions, examples, and tone to support interpretations

Learning Objectives

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

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• Use quotation marks correctly to show spoken words in dialogue.
• Place end punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point) inside quotation marks when it belongs to the spoken words.
• Use commas with dialogue tags (said, asked, replied) and understand how tag placement affects comma usage.+ Show more

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• Compare themes, characters, and ideas across two literary works
• Recognize how authors’ perspectives shape meaning in different genres
• Contrast similarities and differences to deepen understanding of a common message

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• Identify and correct common grammar, punctuation, and usage errors during the editing process
• Revise sentences to improve clarity and sentence structure
• Use genre-appropriate conventions (such as tense and voice) to produce polished writing

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• Identify the main purpose of a text based on its structure
• Recognize how headings, sequence, and transitions support an author's purpose
• Understand how text structure guides emphasis, pacing, and clarity

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• Explain how a story’s setting shapes its mood and atmosphere
• Identify descriptive details that establish time, place, and context
• Infer a text’s tone by connecting setting details to character actions and events+ Show more

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• Identify character traits and track how they change across key moments in a text
• Use evidence from actions, dialogue, and relationships to support trait claims
• Connect early behaviors to later decisions to explain character development

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• Use context clues (definitions, examples, contrast words, and cause-and-effect) to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Identify how sentence structure and figurative/academic language can signal word meaning.
• Use word parts (prefixes, suffixes, and roots) to support comprehension of unknown vocabulary.

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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.

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• Explain how changes in perspective affect how events are interpreted in a narrative.
• Identify evidence that shows what information is foregrounded or backgrounded in different viewpoints.
• Describe how perspective shifts influence readers’ judgments about motives and reliability.

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• Identify the purpose and audience before drafting a coherent piece of writing.
• Use an outline to organize ideas logically during the drafting process.
• Revise a draft by improving clarity, transitions, and support for the main idea.+ Show more

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• Apply correct modifier placement to improve clarity and precision.
• Maintain consistent verb tense when writing about events and actions.
• Use subject-verb agreement correctly in common sentence structures.

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• Connect claims to specific evidence from a passage
• Select textual support that matches a viewpoint
• Explain how evidence supports a reasoning idea+ Show more

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• Define direct evidence and explain how it supports a claim using exact text.
• Select the best quote or paraphrase that matches the author’s meaning and purpose.
• Distinguish between relevant direct evidence and irrelevant excerpts.+ Show more

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• Integrate information from multiple informational texts on similar topics by comparing ideas and perspectives.
• Cross-reference sources to identify claims, supporting evidence, and key details.
• Synthesize information to form a unified understanding and explain how texts relate.

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• 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.

Learning Objectives

• Use surrounding context (definitions, restatements, examples, and contrasts) to infer the meaning of an unknown word in Grade 6 text.
• Apply common prefixes and suffixes to refine a word’s likely meaning and avoid oversimplified interpretations.
• Explain how an author’s purpose can be supported by the nuance of a word meaning inferred from context.

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• Understand the difference between quoting and paraphrasing
• Identify examples of quotations and paraphrases in texts
• Practice using quotations and paraphrases to support analysis+ 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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• Explain why discussion norms help a group reach shared understanding.
• Demonstrate respectful turn-taking and appropriate tone during a collaborative discussion.
• Use listening strategies to decide when to respond, ask questions, or reflect.+ Show more

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• Identify credible evidence (facts, details, and examples) that supports a claim in writing.
• Evaluate sources by considering relevance, reliability, and bias.
• Integrate evidence smoothly by explaining how it connects to the writer’s idea.

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• Explain how ethical media creation supports credible, accurate communication.
• Identify responsible ways to attribute images, audio, and quotes in a media product.
• Describe how media creators can avoid misleading audiences by keeping balanced context.+ 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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• Identify and understand the use of transitional words and phrases
• Recognize pronoun references and repeated key terms as cohesion tools
• Analyze how logical connections improve paragraph flow+ Show more

Learning Objectives

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

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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.

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• Explain how an effective research conclusion answers the research question using a unified interpretation.
• Synthesize major points instead of restating evidence word for word.
• Revise a conclusion for clarity, coherence, and accuracy, including properly matched citations in a reference list.+ Show more

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• Identify different types of text features such as headings, subheadings, captions, and graphics.
• Explain how text features help in understanding informational texts.
• Analyze how text features guide navigation and highlight important information.+ Show more

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• Identify the literal meaning of words and phrases in a passage that uses figurative language.
• Determine what a simile or metaphor suggests about a character, idea, or theme.
• Explain how repeated figurative language can reinforce an implied message in a poem or speech.

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• Identify sentence fragments within a paragraph.
• Understand how fragments affect clarity and readability.
• Practice revising sentences to be complete and clear.+ Show more

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• Identify independent clauses and dependent clauses in complex sentences.
• Choose appropriate subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns to connect ideas.
• Revise sentence fragments by attaching dependent clauses to an independent clause.+ Show more

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• Identify differences between formal and informal language
• Understand how speech adapts to purpose, context, and audience
• Recognize appropriate situations for formal and informal communication+ Show more

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• Define source synthesis and explain how it goes beyond summarizing one text
• Use evidence from multiple sources to build a coherent explanation
• Identify overlaps and decide what to do with differences between sources

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• Explain how to evaluate the credibility of a source using reliability signals and quality of evidence.
• Distinguish fact from opinion by checking support such as data, examples, and referenced material.
• Analyze how missing context or unclear sourcing can make information misleading.