English Language Arts Grade 6
Educational Links

Language Standard 4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

• ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas
  Students are engaged and motivated to build content area vocabulary through the creation of ABC books.
• Fish 'Em Up
  Spelling endings - Shall we double the letter and add "ing" ? Or do we change the "y" to an "i" and ad "ed". Learn about word patterns.
• How to Study
  This site provides students and teachers with strategies and skills that will help students do better in school. It provides information on how to prepare to study, how to improve reading skills, and how to take notes.
• Literature Circles: Getting Started
  This lesson from ReadWriteThink explores Literature Circles, a great way to supplement a reading program in a literature-based classroom. Students create and answer comprehension questions, discover new vocabulary, and examine elements of literature.
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  Washington Irving's tale of the Headless Horseman has become a Halloween classic, although few Americans celebrated that holiday when the story was new. In this unit from EDSITEment, students explore the artistry that helped make Irving our nation's first literary master and ponder the mystery that now haunts every Halloween--What happened to Ichabod Crane?
• Word Confusion
  Students are asked to select the appropriate homonym to complete a sentence.
• Writing and Assessing an Autobiographical Incident
  In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students will build upon their knowledge of biographies to write their own autobiographical incident. Students will be given a rubric and shown several examples. They will then complete the writing process and share their autobiographies with the class.

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