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Grade 6 ELA Worksheets

Free printable and interactive Grade 6 reading, writing and grammar worksheets aligned to Common Core. 148 worksheets so far. Every worksheet has an answer key and can be completed online with instant feedback.

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Grade 6 ELA topics & skills

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Reading: Literature

RL.6.1

Cite evidence from the text to support what it says directly and what can be inferred from it.

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Before the Bus Leaves
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The Scratched Silver Bell
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Between the Rows
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Beyond the Stopwatch
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RL.6.2

Find a theme or central idea, show how details convey it, and summarize the text without personal opinions.

RL.6.3

Describe how a plot unfolds in episodes and how characters respond or change as it moves toward a resolution.

RL.6.4

Work out the meaning of words and phrases, including figurative and connotative ones, and how word choice shapes meaning and tone.

RL.6.5

Analyze how one sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits the whole and adds to the theme, setting, or plot.

RL.6.6

Explain how an author develops the narrator's or speaker's point of view.

RL.6.7

Compare reading a story, drama, or poem with listening to or watching it, contrasting what you picture with what you see or hear.

RL.6.9

Compare how texts in different forms or genres, such as poems and stories or fantasy and historical fiction, handle similar themes.

Reading: Informational Text

RI.6.1

Cite evidence from an informational text to support what it says directly and what can be inferred from it.

RI.6.2

Find the central idea, show how details convey it, and summarize the text without personal opinions.

RI.6.3

Analyze how a key person, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and developed, such as through examples or anecdotes.

RI.6.4

Work out the meaning of words and phrases in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

RI.6.5

Analyze how a sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits the overall structure and develops the ideas.

RI.6.6

Identify an author's point of view or purpose and explain how the text conveys it.

RI.6.7

Combine information from words with information in other media or formats, such as charts or video, to understand a topic.

RI.6.8

Trace and evaluate an argument, separating claims backed by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

RI.6.9

Compare how two authors present the same events, such as a memoir and a biography about the same person.

Writing

W.6.1

Write arguments that back up a claim with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

W.6.2

Write informative or explanatory texts that examine a topic and convey ideas by choosing, organizing, and analyzing relevant content.

W.6.3

Tell a story, real or made up, with a narrator or characters, vivid details, dialogue and pacing, and an ending that follows from what happened.

Language

L.6.1.a

Use pronouns in the correct case: subjective, objective, or possessive.

L.6.1.b

Use intensive pronouns, such as myself or themselves, for emphasis.

L.6.1.c

Recognize and fix shifts in pronoun number and person that do not fit.

L.6.1.d

Recognize and fix vague pronouns whose antecedents are unclear or ambiguous.

L.6.1.e

Notice where their own and others' writing and speaking stray from standard English, and use strategies to fix it.

L.6.2.a

Use commas, parentheses, or dashes to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical information.

L.6.2.b

Spell grade-level words correctly in their own writing.

L.6.3.a

Vary sentence patterns to sharpen meaning, hold the reader's or listener's interest, and improve style.

L.6.3.b

Keep style and tone consistent throughout a piece of writing.

L.6.4.a

Use context, such as the meaning of the whole sentence or a word's position or function, as a clue to what a word means.

L.6.4.b

Use grade-level Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to word meaning, such as aud in audience, auditory, and audible.

L.6.4.c

Look up a word in print or digital references to find its pronunciation, precise meaning, or part of speech.

L.6.4.d

Check a guessed word meaning by testing it in context or looking it up in a dictionary.

L.6.5.a

Interpret figures of speech, such as personification, in context.

L.6.5.b

Use word relationships such as cause and effect, part and whole, or item and category to understand each word better.

L.6.5.c

Tell apart the connotations of words with similar dictionary meanings, such as thrifty, frugal, and cheap.

L.6.6

Learn and use grade-level academic and subject-specific words and phrases, and build vocabulary when a word is key to understanding.

Grade 6 ELA topics & skills

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Language

Reading: Literature

RL.6.1

Before the Bus Leaves

The Scratched Silver Bell

Between the Rows

Beyond the Stopwatch

RL.6.2

Letters Without the Polish

The Other Side of the Table

Room on the Music Stand

After the Final Buzzer

RL.6.3

Before the Next Watering

The Next Call

A Plan for the Darkened Hallway

Room for the Unfinished

RL.6.4

The River That Learned to Listen

The Unsent Sentence

The Other Side of the Lectern

A Place in the Salt Wind

RL.6.5

Light at the Doorway

Back Across the Chalk

Between Wash Cycles

Across the Chessboard

RL.6.6

When the River Chose to Bend

Beyond the Pencil Line

Under the Late Streetlights

On My Side of the Window

RL.6.7

Two Words at the Door: Read and Listen

A Quiet Shift: Read and Listen

One Project, Two Voices

The Knight Between Them

RL.6.9

An Unexpected Voice at the Microphone

Beyond the Dark Windows

A Phone, Two Choices

What Fits on the Menu

Reading: Informational Text

RI.6.1

When Volcanoes Build Land

Type, Ink, and Change: Evidence from Printing History

Rails Across a Continent: Reading the Evidence

Following the Monarchs

RI.6.2

When Water Keeps Moving but Land Stays Dry

Building the Great Wall Across Centuries

Making Room for Recess

After the Reef Turns White

RI.6.3

Joining Tracks, Changing Journeys

From Molten Rock to New Ground

Ocean Cleanup: Beyond the Net

Cooling a City, One Canopy at a Time

RI.6.4

When the Water Account Runs Low

Room to Ride: The Language of Bike Lanes

Fresh Water, Salt Water, and Trade-Offs

A Rehearsal for the Immune System

RI.6.5

Why a Cooler Block Takes Planning

Remove It or Prevent It: Planning for Ocean Plastic

Homework: Where Should the Limit Be?

Inside the Heart’s Pumping Cycle

RI.6.6

Beyond the Blades

Inside the Hive: The Author’s Lens

Room to Ride: Reading the Author’s Position

Phones in Class: Reading the Argument

RI.6.7

A Wetland Returns: Read the News, Watch the Evidence

Homework Limits: What Should Count?