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Grade 6

• Strand 1

  • 6.1.A
  • 6.1.B
  • 6.1.C
  • 6.1.D

• Strand 2

  • 6.2.A
  • 6.2.B
  • 6.2.C

• Strand 3

  • 6.3

• Strand 4

  • 6.4

• Strand 5

  • 6.5.A
  • 6.5.B
  • 6.5.C
  • 6.5.D
  • 6.5.E
  • 6.5.F
  • 6.5.G
  • 6.5.H
  • 6.5.I

• Strand 6

  • 6.6.A
  • 6.6.B
  • 6.6.C
  • 6.6.D
  • 6.6.E
  • 6.6.F
  • 6.6.G
  • 6.6.H
  • 6.6.I

• Strand 7

  • 6.7.A
  • 6.7.B
  • 6.7.C
  • 6.7.D

• Strand 8

  • 6.8.A
  • 6.8.B
  • 6.8.C
  • 6.8.D
  • 6.8.D.i
  • 6.8.D.ii
  • 6.8.D.iii
  • 6.8.E
  • 6.8.E.i
  • 6.8.E.ii
  • 6.8.E.iii
  • 6.8.F

• Strand 9

  • 6.9.A
  • 6.9.B
  • 6.9.C
  • 6.9.D
  • 6.9.E
  • 6.9.F
  • 6.9.G

• Strand 10

  • 6.10.A
  • 6.10.B
  • 6.10.B.i
  • 6.10.B.ii
  • 6.10.C
  • 6.10.D
  • 6.10.D.i
  • 6.10.D.ii
  • 6.10.D.iii
  • 6.10.D.iv
  • 6.10.D.v
  • 6.10.D.vi
  • 6.10.D.vii
  • 6.10.D.viii
  • 6.10.D.ix
  • 6.10.E

• Strand 11

  • 6.11.A
  • 6.11.B
  • 6.11.C
  • 6.11.D

• Strand 12

  • 6.12.A
  • 6.12.B
  • 6.12.C
  • 6.12.D
  • 6.12.E
  • 6.12.F
  • 6.12.G
  • 6.12.H
  • 6.12.H.i
  • 6.12.H.ii
  • 6.12.I
  • 6.12.J

TEKS ELA Standard: 6.11.A

compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft

Writing Haiku in Primary

Your youngest students will learn to write Japanese Haiku poetry.

Gr 1-2

Characters’ Faults Can Also Be Strengths

Strength and weakness are often two sides of the same coin. Students will explore how a character’s flaw can be a benefit.

Gr 2-8

St. Patrick and Other Legends

How would real people feel about the legends that have been created about them?

Gr 1-8

Comparing Characters’ Bedrooms

What item’s in a character’s bedroom would reflect their deepest desires? And what if they toured a similar character’s room?

Gr 2-8

Change A Story’s Genre

What if we rewrote a story’s climax into a totally different genre?

Gr 2-8

Emoji Stories 🐻

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle”

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

Gr 2-8

Looking Closely at Holiday Photos

Let’s write from multiple perspectives using an old timey holiday photo!

Gr 2-8

Holiday Writing: Packing Crates

An old photograph. A holiday scene. Pick one object in the picture and write from its point of view.

Gr 2-8

Thanksgiving Photo Writing

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.

Gr 2-8

Writing About Art: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

Look closely at Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 2-8

Writing About Art: Impression, Sunrise

Look closely at Impression, Sunrise. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 2-8

Writing About Art: Chōshi in Shimosha

Get your students writing some pretty darn impressive poetry based on Japan’s most famous artist.

Gr 2-8

Writing About Art: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Look closely at Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 2-8

Writing About Art: Twilight in the Wilderness

Look closely at Twilight in the Wilderness. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 2-8

Writing About Art: The Scream

Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.

Gr 2-8

Story Starter: A Magical School

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in at a magical school.

Gr 2-8

Remixing A Holiday Poem

Let’s take a classic Christmas poem and remix it to work with another holiday!

Gr 2-8

Writing Seuss Style Poetry

Sure, Dr. Seuss wrote for young students, but can older students analyze his writing and learn to mimic his style? THEN, they can produce Seuss-style poetry about any topic: Ancient China, the electromagnetic spectrum, Pride and Prejudice, and (yes) fraction division!

Gr 3-6

Do Narrators Have Too Much Power?

Imagine being a character in a story. Are you worried that your story’s narrator may inaccurately describe you? What if they reveal something you wanted to be kept secret? Do narrators have too much power!?

Gr 2-8

The Personalities of Rocks

What would an igneous rock be like? Would it get along with a sedimentary rock? Could they handle the hot personality of a metamorphic rock?

Gr 2-8

Identifying Author’s Voice

What if… Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

Gr 2-8

Showing A Character’s Trait

We tell students to ‘show, not tell’ — but that advice is useless until they experience the difference. This lesson makes it click.

Gr 2-8

Elements of The Fantasy Genre

Every fantasy story has patterns hiding underneath the magic. Once your students see the elements, they’ll spot them everywhere — and use them in their own writing.

Gr 5-7

Literary Technique: Juxtaposition

Put a grumpy character next to a joyful one and they make each other stand out even more. Opposites are powerful!

Gr 2-8

Better Stories Part 2: Types of Conflict

If your students’ stories are packed with endless ninja fights or arguments between frenemies, it’s time to expose them to a wider range of conflicts.

Gr 2-8

Better Stories Part 3: Literary Themes

A typical student narrative includes plot and characters but lacks a larger idea to hold it all together. This is where a lesson on themes comes in…

Gr 2-8