Writing Teaching Resources for 6th Grade
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Inquiry Project - Template
A diverse template to help students craft inquiry questions to produce different types of research projects.
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Informational Text Planner - Music
An informational text planning template focusing on a musical act.
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New Year's Flip Book Template
Celebrate the coming of a new year by creating this flipbook with your students.
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Roll to Create a Superhero Comic
A fun, hands-on activity using a die and a chart to create a comic strip story.
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Roll to Create a Superhero Character
A fun, hands-on activity using a die and a chart to create a superhero to include in a comic.
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MLK Day Task Cards
Challenge students to think about the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this set of 13 writing task cards.
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COVID-19 Student Experience Template
A reflective template for students to fill out about their experiences with COVID-19 and the isolation restrictions.
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If I Met MLK
Describe your ideal meeting with civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in this reflective MLK writing activity.
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Grammar Toss Active Game
An active game that allows students to test and build their knowledge of words and parts of speech.
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Governments and How They Function – Worksheet
An activity for students to research the government of two economies and write a report to compare and contrast them.
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Roll and Write – Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Practice writing simple, compound, and complex sentences with our Roll and Write activity.
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Roll to Create a Groundhog Story
A fun, hands-on Groundhog Day activity using a die and a chart to create a narrative text.
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Economic Development in Countries Around the World – Worksheet
A worksheet for students to research different economies around the world.
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Grade 6 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 4
A 72-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Narrative Setting Craft Templates
A set of circular diorama templates that combine to create three scenes.
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"I Have a Dream" Writing Prompt Page
Observe MLK Day by encouraging students to think about their “dream” for the future by writing it as a speech.
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Grammar and Punctuation Tails - Active Learning
An active game that requires students to use their basic grammar and punctuation knowledge.
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Storytelling Finger Puppets Template
A set of 15 finger puppets that can be used to spark the imagination for creative writing or to perform puppet shows.
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Ice Cream Topic Chart - Graphic Organizer
A blank ice cream topic chart to use when planning a writing piece in any subject area.
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Expository Writing Project – Earth and Space Phenomena
Get your students producing high-quality expository writing with this fully scaffolded writing project, where students research, organize and publish an expository text about an Earth and Space phenomenon.
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Expository Writing Project – Body Systems
Get your students producing high-quality expository writing with this fully scaffolded expository writing project, where students research, organize and publish an expository text about a human body system.
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Expository Writing Project – Methods of Transport
Get your students producing high-quality expository writing with this fully scaffolded project, where students research, organize and publish an expository text about a method of transport.
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Valentine's Day Flip Book Template
A flip book template to use around Valentine's Day.
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Identifying Descriptive and Figurative Language - Worksheets
A set of 3 worksheets to help your students identify descriptive and figurative language in narrative texts.
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Color Quest: Brainstorming Map
A template to use with your students when brainstorming for a narrative text.
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What I Love: Brainstorming Map
A template to use with your students when brainstorming for a narrative text.
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Pen Licenses
They've done it! They have achieved the all important goal of being allowed to write with a pen. This moment deserves something special.
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Everyday Grammar Sentence Structure Warm-Ups – Grades 5 and 6 Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 40 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the upper grades classroom when learning about grammar and sentence structure.
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Everyday Grammar Capitalization and Punctuation Warm-Ups – Grades 5 and 6 Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44-slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the upper grades classroom when learning about grammar and punctuation.
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Descriptive Writing Poster
A poster outlining the main points and structure of a descriptive text.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm-Ups – Grades 5 and 6
A 39-slide editable PowerPoint to use when reviewing parts of speech with your students.
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Information Text Fact Files and Scaffolding Sheet
Use this set of informational writing prompts to support your students in writing a detailed and well-structured factual report.