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6th grade reading, grammar, and vocab

Our standards-aligned grade 6 ELA course helps students develop reading comprehension and grammar skills, master high-utility vocabulary, and build reading stamina as they analyze a variety of engaging, on-level texts. Learners complete targeted practice exercises, as well as "long passage" exercises that allow them to practice integrated skills and prepare for assessments.

16 units138 videos9 hours

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Unit 1: Vocabulary

Roots, prefixes, and suffixes

Context clues

6th grade vocabulary words | List 1

6th grade vocabulary words | List 2

6th grade vocabulary words | List 3

Unit 2: Reading: Key ideas and details

Citing text evidence

Making inferences

Identifying central idea

Determining theme

Analyzing idea development

Unit 3: Reading: Key ideas and details | Long passage practice

Reading literary texts

Reading informational texts

Reading argumentative texts

Unit 4: Grammar: Nouns

Building knowledge

Types of nouns

Plural nouns

Possessive nouns

Unit 5: Grammar: Pronouns

Building knowledge

Pronoun case, person, and number

Possessive and indefinite pronouns

Reflexive and intensive pronouns

Relative pronouns

Unit 6: Grammar: Verbs

Building knowledge

Verb tenses and subject-verb agreement

Verb aspects

Irregular verbs

Modals

Unit 7: Reading: Craft and structure

Interpreting words in context

Analyzing text structure

Determining author's purpose

Identifying point of view

Unit 8: Reading: Craft and structure | Long passage practice

Reading literary texts

Reading informational texts

Reading argumentative texts

Unit 9: Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs

Building knowledge

Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs

Relative adverbs

Unit 10: Grammar: Prepositions and interjections

Prepositions and prepositional phrases

Unit 11: Grammar: Sentences, clauses, and phrases

Building knowledge

Types of sentences

Phrases and clauses

Simple sentences and fragments

Parenthetical elements and modifiers

Run-ons and comma splices

Coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences

Subordinating conjunctions and complex sentences

Compound-complex sentences

Correlative conjunctions

Unit 12: Reading: Integration of knowledge and ideas

Understanding visual evidence

Analyzing arguments and claims

Connecting multiple texts

Unit 13: Reading: Integration of knowledge and ideas | Long passage practice

Reading literary texts

Reading informational texts

Reading argumentative texts

Unit 14: Grammar: Punctuation and capitalization

Introduction to commas

Commas to separate items, descriptions, and clauses

Semicolons

Colons

Punctuating dialogue

Dashes and hyphens

Ellipses

Apostrophes

Unit 15: Grammar: Word study

Frequently confused words

Context clues

Roots, prefixes, and suffixes

Figurative language

Precise language and word relationships

Unit 16: Grammar: Style and tone

Consistency in style and tone

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