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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: 6.9.B

analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author’s purpose

OK Go Music Video on 64 Phones

A music video filmed on 64 phones and then displayed on 64 phones. What?

The Moon – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about The Moon back into the correct order?

Gr 2-8

Rainclouds – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about rain clouds back into the correct order?

Gr 2-8

Coral Reef – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about the coral reef back into the correct order?

Gr 2-8

Think Like An Author: Hemingway vs Dickens

What if your students rewrote Dickens in the style of Hemingway and vice versa?

Gr 2-8

Automobiles – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about automobiles back into the correct order?

Gr 2-8

Washington, DC – Mixed Up Paragraph

These sentences about Washington, DC got scrambled. Can you put them back in order using nothing but context clues?

Gr 2-8

Trains – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about trains back into the correct order?

Gr 2-8

Earthquakes – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about earthquakes back into the correct order?

Gr 2-8

Analyze Paragraphs: Baseball

Three paragraphs about baseball. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 2-8

Analyze Paragraphs: Cucumbers

Three paragraphs about cucumbers. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 2-8

Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building

Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 2-8

Analyze Paragraphs: Tomatoes

Three paragraphs about tomatoes. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 2-8

Writing Sample: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Falling)

A passage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 2-8

Writing Sample: The Jungle Book (Bagheera)

A passage from The Jungle Book to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 2-8

Writing Sample: The Wind in the Willows

A passage from The Wind in the Willows to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 2-8

Writing Sample: Moby Dick

A passage from Moby Dick to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 2-8

Writing Sample: Peter Pan

A passage from “Peter Pan” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 2-8

Writing Sample: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

A passage from “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 2-8

Writing Sample: The Fall of the House of Usher

A passage from “The Fall of the House of Usher” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 2-8

Studying and Remixing “The Raven”

Ready to push kids beyond the boring, old ABAB rhyme scheme and into something a bit more complex?

Gr 4-8

Depth and Complexity: Patterns

Can your students spot anything that repeats? Or that has stopped repeating?

Gr 2-8

Reduce Anxiety: Square Breathing (Tool 1)

Reduce anxiety by breathing in a square pattern.

Gr 1-8

Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea

We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.

Gr 2-8