English Language Arts Teaching Resources for 6th Grade
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Historical Recounts - Literary vs Factual
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the difference between a literary historical recount and a factual historical recount.
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Poetry Defined
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop an understanding of what constitutes poetry.
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Opinion Speeches - Constructing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct an opinion speech using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.
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Opinion Speech - Researching
A 60 minute lesson in which students will research evidence to include in an opinion speech about a topical issue.
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Shared Writing - Opinion Letters
A 60 minute lesson in which students will write an opinion letter using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.
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Modeled Writing - Improving an Opinion Piece
A 60 minute lesson in which students will improve an opinion piece by applying knowledge of appropriate language features and devices.
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Research Skills - Note Taking
A 60 minute lesson in which students will take appropriate notes from an informative text.
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Constructing an Opinion Paragraph
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use correct paragraph structure.
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Fact or Opinion?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the difference between a fact and an opinion.
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Using Persuasive Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore persuasive devices.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write an informative text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Opinion Pieces - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of an opinion piece.
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Applying Proofreading and Editing Skills
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.
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Opinion Pieces - Organizational Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the organizational structure of an opinion piece.
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Using A Fact File - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use a fact file and scaffolding sheet to write an informative text in pairs.
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Convince Me, If You Can!
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Informative Paragraph Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the correct paragraph structure for informative writing.
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Informative Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of informative texts.
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Informative Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of informative texts.
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Let's Get Factual!
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Active Voice and Passive Voice
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use active voice and passive voice in sentences.
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Summarizing
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of summarizing.
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Visualizing
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of visualizing.
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Questioning
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of questioning.
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Activating Prior Knowledge
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of activating prior knowledge.
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Opinion Speeches - Presenting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will present an opinion speech to the class using appropriate oral presentation skills.
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Teachers' Favorite Fall Poems for Kids to Add to Your Classroom Poetry List
Bring autumn into the classroom with fall poems for kids from classic authors plus teacher-created activities to teach personification, onomatopoeia, and more elements of poetry.
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How to Get Students to Follow Instructions the First Time — Teacher-Tested Tricks
Is following instructions a challenge for your students? Try these teacher-tested tips to help your students learn to listen and follow directions more closely.
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9 LEGO® Education Ideas to Use Random Building Bricks in the Classroom
Want to use all those random LEGO® bricks in educational ways in your elementary classroom? These LEGO® activities are perfect for ELA, math, and more!
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22 Easter Egg Ideas Every Elementary Teacher Can Use to Engage Their Students
Get plastic Easter eggs? Use these ideas in the classroom to practice sight words, fractions, and so much more!
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Wordle in the Classroom: How Teachers Are Using the Viral Word Game
Wordle has taken over the classroom. Here's how to make your own Wordle type game and board to get students excited about words!
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21 Read Across America Day Ideas for Kids to Bring Joy of Reading to Your Classroom
Liven up Read Across America Day in the classroom with activities for kids that will get students excited to read!
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