ELAR 6.11
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to:
(A) compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
(B) compose informational texts, including multi-paragraph essays that convey information about a topic, using a clear controlling idea or thesis statement and genre characteristics and craft;
(C) compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft; and
(D) compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure.
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Roll to Create a Creature - Drawing Game
Use a die and a chart to create a creature to include in a narrative text or a comic strip.
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Narrative Plot Structure Template
A template for students to use when planning the plot structure of a narrative text.
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Narrative Writing Planning Template
A template for students to use when planning a narrative text.
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Persuasive Writing Planning Template
A planning template to use when writing a persuasive or opinion text.
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Types of Poetry - Anchor Chart Pack with Annotations
Introduce structured forms of poetry to your students with this set of 9 annotated poetry posters. .
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Readers Theater – Play Writing Template
A template for students to use when writing their own Readers Theater script.
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Biography Cube
Research and create an interactive biography for a historical figure.
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Planning an Informative Text
A planning sheet that can be used to write an informative text.
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Storyboard Template
A template for use when planning a narrative text.
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Roll to Create a Gingerbread House
A fun, hands-on holiday activity using a die and a chart to create a gingerbread house to include in a narrative text.
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Biography Brochure Template
Help your students organize their thoughts about their biography subject.
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Personal Pronouns Worksheet
A worksheet to help teach students the author’s craft of using personal pronouns in persuasive text.
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Grade 6 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 3
A 70-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Writing Informative Texts – Teaching Presentation
A 33-slide, editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about informative writing.
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My Research Project - Pennant Banner
Create a pennant banner for students to record and display their biography research.
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Frida's Fiesta Stimulus – Task Cards
39 activity task cards based on the Frida's Fiesta Restaurant menu which is included.
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Informative Text Writing Task – How Does the Respiratory System Work?
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the informative text type.
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Story Ideas - Character, Setting, and Complication Cards
A fun way to help your reluctant writers choose something to write about.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Opinion Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Finding Persuasive Devices Worksheet
A worksheet to reinforce student knowledge of persuasive devices.
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Persuasive Device Worksheets
A set of 3 worksheets to use when teaching your students about persuasive devices.
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Informative Text Writing Task – How Does the Water Cycle Work?
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the informative text type.
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Assessment Rubric – Biographical Texts
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students’ biography writing.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Grade 6
Help your 6th-grade students "bump up" their persuasive writing with this bulletin board display.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Weather
A fact file and a scaffolding template that can be used to write an informative text about weather.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Giza Pyramids
A fact file and a scaffolding template that can be used to write an informative text about the Giza Pyramids.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Halloween Fact Sort
Practice organizing information for essay writing with this informative text passage and fact-sorting activity.
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Biography Writing Template
Guide students through the structure and elements included in biography writing.
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Narrative Writing Stimulus Wheels
5 writing wheels that provide stimulus ideas for narrative writing.
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Informative Paragraph Planning Template
A planning template for students to use when writing an informative paragraph.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Literary Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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C.O.P.S. and A.R.M.S Editing Anchor Charts
Encourage students to proofread and edit their writing using the C.O.P.S. and A.R.M.S acronyms with printable writing anchor charts and editing checklists.