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Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

1

Determine the main idea of a passage

B. Theme

1

Match the quotations with their themes
2

Determine the themes of short stories

C. Author's purpose and tone

1

Which sentence is more formal?
2

Compare passages for tone
3

Identify the author's purpose

D. Point of view

1

Determine the author's point of view

E. Text structure

1

Compare and contrast in informational texts
2

Match causes and effects in informational texts
3

Match problems with their solutions
4

Identify text structures

F. Literary devices

1

Interpret figures of speech
2

Classify figures of speech
3

Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

G. Analyzing literature

1

Analyze short stories

H. Analyzing informational texts

1

Read and understand informational passages
2

Trace an argument

I. Comparing texts

1

Compare two texts with different genres

J. Visual elements

1

Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Writing strategies

K. Organizing writing

1

Order topics from broadest to narrowest
2

Organize information by topic
3

Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

L. Developing and supporting arguments

1

Distinguish facts from opinions
2

Choose evidence to support a claim
3

Identify supporting details in literary texts
4

Identify supporting details in informational texts
5

Identify counterclaims

M. Creative techniques

1

Use personification

N. Editing and revising

1

Use the correct frequently confused word
2

Correct errors with frequently confused words
3

Correct errors with signs
4

Suggest appropriate revisions

O. Research skills

1

Identify and correct plagiarism

See Also
IXL | Learn 6th grade language arts Common Core sixth-grade ELA standards

Vocabulary

P. Prefixes and suffixes

1

Words with pre-
2

Words with re-
3

Words with sub-
4

Words with mis-
5

Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
6

Words with -ful
7

Words with -less
8

Words with -able and -ible

Q. Greek and Latin roots

1

Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
2

Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
3

Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
4

Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
5

Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

R. Synonyms and antonyms

1

Choose the synonym
2

Find synonyms in context
3

Choose the antonym
4

Find antonyms in context

S. hom*ophones

1

Use the correct hom*ophone
2

Which definition matches the sentence?
3

Which sentence matches the definition?

T. Idioms and adages

1

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1
2

Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
3

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2
4

Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2

U. Shades of meaning

1

Describe the difference between related words
2

Positive and negative connotation

V. Analogies

1

Analogies
2

Analogies: challenge

W. Context clues

1

Find words using context
2

Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
3

Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
4

Use context to identify the meaning of a word
5

Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

X. Reference skills

1

Alphabetical order
2

Use guide words
3

Use dictionary entries
4

Use dictionary definitions
5

Use thesaurus entries

Grammar and mechanics

Y. Sentences, fragments and run-ons

1

Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
2

Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
3

Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
4

Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
5

Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
6

Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
7

Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on?
8

Identify dependent and independent clauses
9

Is the sentence simple, compound or complex?

Z. Nouns

1

Identify common and proper nouns
2

Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y
3

Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y
4

Form plurals: review
5

Form and use plurals: review
6

Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
7

Form the singular or plural possessive
8

Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

AA. Pronouns and antecedents

1

Identify pronouns and their antecedents
2

Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
3

Identify vague pronoun references
4

Identify all of the possible antecedents
5

Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

BB. Pronoun types

1

Choose between subject and object pronouns
2

Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
3

Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
4

Use possessive pronouns
5

Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
6

Use reflexive pronouns
7

Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?
8

Identify relative pronouns
9

Use relative pronouns: who and whom
10

Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that

CC. Verb types

1

Identify main verbs and helping verbs
2

Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
3

Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns
4

What does the modal verb show?
5

Use the correct modal verb

DD. Subject-verb agreement

1

Use the correct subject or verb
2

Use the correct verb – with compound subjects

EE. Verb tense

1

Irregular past tense: review
2

Simple past, present and future tense: review
3

Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
4

Use the progressive verb tenses
5

Form the progressive verb tenses
6

Choose between the past tense and past participle
7

Use the perfect verb tenses
8

Form the perfect verb tenses

FF. Adjectives and adverbs

1

Identify adjectives
2

Order adjectives
3

Identify adverbs
4

Use relative adverbs
5

Choose between adjectives and adverbs
6

Is the word an adjective or adverb?
7

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
8

Good, better, best, bad, worse and worst
9

Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
10

Well, better, best, badly, worse and worst

GG. Prepositions

1

Identify prepositions
2

Identify prepositions and their objects
3

Identify prepositional phrases
4

Prepositions: review

HH. Conjunctions

1

Use coordinating conjunctions
2

Identify coordinating conjunctions
3

Identify subordinating conjunctions
4

Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
5

Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

II. Contractions

1

Pronoun-verb contractions
2

Contractions with "not"

JJ. Punctuation

1

Commas with compound and complex sentences
2

Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections and interrupters
3

Commas with coordinate adjectives
4

What does the punctuation suggest?
5

Commas with nonrestrictive elements
6

Use dashes

KK. Capitalization

1

Correct capitalization errors
2

Capitalizing titles

LL. Formatting

1

Formatting titles
2

Formatting and capitalizing titles: review
3

Formatting quotations and dialogue