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Grade 6

• Language

  • 6.L.1.a
  • 6.L.1.d
  • 6.L.1
  • 6.L.2
  • 6.L.2.b
  • 6.L.3.a
  • 6.L.3.b
  • 6.L.3
  • 6.L.4.a
  • 6.L.4.b
  • 6.L.4
  • 6.L.5.a
  • 6.L.5.b
  • 6.L.5.c
  • 6.L.5
  • 6.L.6

• Reading: Informational

  • 6.RI.2
  • 6.RI.3
  • 6.RI.5
  • 6.RI.6
  • 6.RI.8
  • 6.RI.9

• Reading: Literature

  • 6.RL.2
  • 6.RL.3
  • 6.RL.4
  • 6.RL.5
  • 6.RL.6
  • 6.RL.9

• Speaking & Listening

  • 6.SL.1.a
  • 6.SL.1.b
  • 6.SL.1.c
  • 6.SL.1.d
  • 6.SL.1
  • 6.SL.2
  • 6.SL.3
  • 6.SL.4
  • 6.SL.5
  • 6.SL.6

• Writing

  • 6.W.1.a
  • 6.W.1
  • 6.W.1.e
  • 6.W.2.a
  • 6.W.2.b
  • 6.W.2.d
  • 6.W.2
  • 6.W.3
  • 6.W.3.a
  • 6.W.3.b
  • 6.W.3.d
  • 6.W.3.e
  • 6.W.4
  • 6.W.5
  • 6.W.7
  • 6.W.8
  • 6.W.9
  • 6.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 6.L.5.a

Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.

Sets of Idioms Related to Numbers

Two sets of idioms related to numbers.

Five Sets of Bird and Bug Idioms

Five sets of idioms related to birds (and bugs).

Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts

Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!

Sets of Idioms Related to Food

Five sets of five idioms, all related to food.

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

We’ll start with the cliché “as cold as ice” and go somewhere much more interesting.