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Grade 6

• Communication and Multimodal Literacies

  • 6.C.1
  • 6.C.1.A
  • 6.C.2.A
  • 6.C.3
  • 6.C.3.B
  • 6.C.4
  • 6.C.4.A
  • 6.C.4.B

• Language Usage

  • 6.LU.1
  • 6.LU.1.B
  • 6.LU.1.D
  • 6.LU.2
  • 6.LU.2.A
  • 6.LU.2.C

• Research

  • 6.R.1
  • 6.R.1.B
  • 6.R.1.C
  • 6.R.1.E
  • 6.R.1.F

• Reading Informational Text

  • 6.RI.3.B

• Reading Literary Text

  • 6.RL.1
  • 6.RL.1.A
  • 6.RL.2
  • 6.RL.2.A
  • 6.RL.2.B

• Reading and Vocabulary

  • 6.RV.1
  • 6.RV.1.B
  • 6.RV.1.C
  • 6.RV.1.D
  • 6.RV.1.E
  • 6.RV.1.G

• Writing

  • 6.W.1
  • 6.W.1.A
  • 6.W.1.B
  • 6.W.1.C
  • 6.W.2
  • 6.W.2.A
  • 6.W.3
  • 6.W.3.A

Virginia ELA Standard: 6.W.1.C

Write persuasively about topics or texts, including media messages, supporting well- defined claims with clear reasons and evidence that are logically grouped.

Who has more power: the Queen Bee or the Hive?

Who really runs the hive: the queen, or the thousands of bees around her?

Power Big Idea Worksheets

Your students will investigate statements like: Power leads to change, Power comes in many forms, Power can be used or abused.

Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date

Wouldn’t some holidays be better on a certain day of the week? Should Thanksgiving have a set date?

Tournament of Mythological Creatures

Who will win the tournament of mythological creatures!?

Tournament of Not-So-Famous Inventors

Which inventor and invention will win the tournament?

Domesticated Animals Tournament

Which domesticated animal will win the tournament?

Types of Energy Tournament

Which type of energy will win the tournament!?

Plant Adaptation Tournament

Who will win in a tournament of eight plants with Interesting adaptations!?

Tournament: 8 Wonders of the Solar System

Which location is the most wondrous place in the solar system?

The 8th Wonder of the World Tournament

Which of these eight wonders deserves to become the Eighth Wonder of the World!?

Exploration Technology Tournament

Which of these pieces of exploration technology is most important? Most underrated? Most long-lasting?

Precipitation Tournament

Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.

Tournament of Ancient Inventions

Which of these inventions of the ancient world is most influential? Least useful today? Most taken-for-granted?

Animal Adaptation Tournament

Which animal has the most interesting, most valuable, or strangest adaptations?

Habitable Planets and Moons Tournament

Which object in the solar system is most habitable?

Parts of Speech Tournament

Which part of speech is most useful? Interesting? Strange?

Tournament of Presidents

So who was the strangest of these eight presidents?

The Tournament of Biomes

Want to move beyond memorizing the characteristics of biomes? In this lesson, students work through a Tournament of Biomes, explaining which biome wins in each round (based on criteria you choose). In the end, they crown a 👑 Champion Biome!

The Resiliency Tournament

Your students will set up a tournament to determine which person or character best demonstrated resiliency.

Academic Love Letters

What if Kylo Ren wrote a love letter to Abe Lincoln or the Sahara Desert wrote one to the Moon?