Grade 6 ELA Worksheets

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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.

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• Identify the main idea and key details in a speaker’s message during active listening.
• Demonstrate engagement behaviors such as eye contact, posture, and respectful turn-taking.
• Track changes in topic or claim and use brief acknowledgments to clarify meaning.+ Show more

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• Explain what makes an introduction effective by capturing attention, providing context, and setting direction.
• Identify how an introduction narrows from general information to the specific focus of a text.
• Use purpose-appropriate openings (scenario, fact, definition, or claim) and strengthen transitions into the body.

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• Analyze how a character responds to challenges and how those responses affect the plot.
• Use evidence from actions and dialogue to explain character growth or resistance to change.
• Identify conflict points and describe shifts in behavior, choices, and beliefs.

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• Identify how a claim is supported by relevant evidence in spoken presentations.
• Choose appropriate evidence types (data, observations, expert statements, textual details) to match a conclusion.
• Use multimedia (charts, photos, audio/video, infographics) to clarify key ideas without adding new unrelated information.+ Show more

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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 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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• Identify first-person point of view in a narrative.
• Analyze how a narrator's perspective influences the story.
• Understand how voice is shaped by diction and sentence style.+ Show more

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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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• Synthesize multiple strands of understanding (main ideas, inferences, and evidence) into one coherent interpretation.
• Use character/idea change across the text to explain the author’s message.
• Explain how structure and text features (e.g., comparisons, turning points) guide interpretation of key moments.

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• Identify subordinating conjunctions and dependent clauses in complex sentences.
• Write complex sentences by combining an independent clause with a dependent clause.
• Revise sentences to improve clarity and coherence using sentence variety.

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• Explain how personal meaning connects media messages to prior knowledge, experience, and commonly held ideas
• Evaluate whether a message feels convincing or relevant by using text-based details plus emotional and contextual evidence
• Describe how meaning can vary across audiences while still referring to the message itself

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• Identify how different text structures (narrative and explanation, main text and sidebar) work together to create coherence.
• Explain how transitions and connections help readers track a central idea even when purpose shifts.
• Use evidence from a text to describe how features align, overlap, or refine one another.

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• Gather relevant evidence (facts, details, examples) to support a claim
• Evaluate whether sources are credible and evidence is accurate and relevant
• Integrate evidence smoothly into writing using clear explanations+ Show more

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• Identify and describe key elements of narrative writing, including character, setting, plot, and point of view.
• Use clear sequencing language to organize events in a narrative.
• Revise a narrative by adding vivid details and strengthening point of view.+ Show more

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• Explain how supporting evidence strengthens a claim by connecting it to concrete facts, examples, or quotations
• Select evidence that is relevant to the audience and intended purpose
• Paraphrase accurately and acknowledge sources to avoid misleading or borrowed information

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• Identify genre techniques that help shape meaning in narrative, expository, and argumentative writing
• Explain how sentence style and pacing support a writer’s purpose
• Distinguish between time order, classification/compare/contrast/cause-effect, and claim-reason argument structure

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• Explain how a strong conclusion synthesizes research findings to answer a research question.
• Combine major ideas into a unified interpretation that matches the genre’s purpose.
• Revise a research conclusion for clarity, organization, accuracy, and ethical citation practices.

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• Identify how transitions (however, therefore, for example, in contrast) signal relationships among ideas
• Explain whether a transition shows cause, contrast, example/support, or conclusion
• Use transitions to improve clarity and coherence in informational writing

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• Integrate and compare information from two informational texts about related topics.
• Explain how different perspectives shape what each author emphasizes and how evidence is used.
• Synthesize key insights by combining ideas without confusing the sources.

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• Identify signals of credible sources, such as author/organization information and publication date.
• Evaluate claims by checking the quality of evidence (data, examples, and referenced material).
• Distinguish fact from opinion and recognize when a source may be missing important context.+ Show more

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• Identify common grammar errors in standard English, including subject-verb agreement, inconsistent tense, and misplaced modifiers.
• Revise sentences to correct grammar mistakes while keeping the intended meaning.
• Explain how grammar errors can reduce clarity and accuracy in writing.+ 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 and use discussion norms that support respectful, productive conversations.
• Practice active listening and building on others’ ideas during small-group discussions.
• Write meaningful comments that clarify, add evidence, or connect to the topic.+ 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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• Contribute to a discussion by building on others’ ideas instead of replacing them
• Use transition words and phrases to connect viewpoints and claims
• Practice respectful disagreement by rephrasing ideas and adding relevant reasons or details+ Show more

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• Identify a text’s theme by connecting recurring ideas, conflicts, and character choices.
• Use evidence from multiple parts of a text to support a consistent theme claim.
• Distinguish theme from plot summary by explaining how events reveal a central message.

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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

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• Distinguish connotative meaning from dictionary (denotative) meaning.
• Analyze how word choice creates tone (for example, suspense, humor, anger, regret, or admiration).
• Use textual evidence such as imagery, sensory details, and comparisons to explain emotional impact.

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• Identify key parts of an infographic (axes, scales, categories, labels, and legends) and explain what they mean.
• Connect information from the visuals to claims or explanations in the accompanying text.
• Use visual evidence (such as graphs and timelines) to interpret comparisons accurately.

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• Use attribution and explanatory commentary to integrate paraphrased and quoted sources smoothly
• Avoid patchwriting by rephrasing accurately and keeping the source meaning intact
• Select and format citations in a consistent style so readers can trace evidence+ Show more

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• Draft writing with purposeful sequencing by making each paragraph serve a clear role
• Strengthen ideas by adding elaboration such as explanations, examples, and relevant details
• Use transitions to guide readers between points so the structure is easy to follow

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• Identify independent clauses and dependent clauses in complex sentences.
• Use subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns to connect ideas with precise relationships (time, cause, contrast).
• Revise sentence fragments by attaching dependent clauses to an independent clause.+ Show more

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• Revise writing to strengthen a clear central message and supporting details
• Improve coherence by reorganizing ideas and adding logical transitions
• Check for consistency in point of view, tense, and terminology+ Show more

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• Identify character traits and motivations using clues from a narrative.
• Explain how a character’s actions influence the plot and themes.
• Use textual evidence to support inferences about a character’s personality and development.

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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 main claims in a spoken argument
• Distinguish supporting reasons and evidence
• Recognize relationships such as cause, comparison, and problem-solution+ Show more

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• Write a focused research question that matches a chosen topic and a clear purpose
• Organize research notes into categories or subtopics that will fit report sections
• Use a structured outline to plan how evidence moves from introduction to body and toward a conclusion

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• Identify incomplete sentences and sentence fragments
• Distinguish between complete sentences and run-ons
• Practice writing clear, well-formed sentences with correct grammar

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• Identify and correct common grammar and punctuation errors when editing a draft.
• Apply conventions for capitalization and spelling to improve readability.
• Use commas correctly in compound sentences and maintain consistent verb tense.

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• Identify how a character responds to conflict through actions and dialogue.
• Explain how responses reveal values, beliefs, and motivations.
• Use evidence from a text to describe how pressure changes a character and influences plot.

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• Identify and fix sentence fragments and run-on sentences to form complete, readable thoughts.
• Choose correct pronoun references and pronoun-antecedent agreement within a sentence.
• Maintain consistent verb tense and correct verb forms to clarify when actions occur.+ Show more

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• Explain how different text features (titles, captions, diagrams, charts, maps, footnotes, and highlighted terms) help readers understand main ideas and details.
• Interpret what a text feature adds or clarifies that a paragraph alone might not.
• Use labels and layout to make accurate meaning when reading informational and narrative texts.

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• Identify the main claim and supporting sub-claims in an argument.
• Explain how reasons and evidence work together to justify claims.
• Recognize common argument relationships such as cause, comparison, and problem-solution.+ Show more

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• Explain how an oral presentation uses an introduction, body, and conclusion to guide the audience.
• Identify and apply smooth transitions and signposted relationships between ideas in a talk.
• Select relevant details for a purpose (informing/explaining) and remove unrelated information.+ Show more

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• Identify direct evidence by selecting exact wording from a text that best supports a claim.
• Distinguish between direct quotes and paraphrased details while keeping the author’s meaning faithful.
• Evaluate whether evidence is relevant and includes enough context to make its purpose clear.

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• Identify correct subject–verb agreement in sentences with intervening phrases
• Choose the correct verb form for compound subjects (and/or/both...and)
• Maintain consistent tense and correct forms of verbs that show action or state of being

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• Identify how topic sentences and paragraph organization help readers follow the main idea in writing.
• Use appropriate transitions to show cause, contrast, sequence, or emphasis within and between paragraphs.
• Maintain consistent tense, perspective, and terminology to improve clarity and readability.