6th Grade - Language Arts Homework Help

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Stories and Literature

Symbolism, imagery and metaphor

Tone and meaning in poetry

Identify the speaker

Analyze how character affects plot, conflict ...

Identify literary themes

Vocabulary

Use clues to determine meaning of unknown wor...

Shades of meaning

Foreign words

Figurative language and words with multiple m...

Grammar

6th grade spelling

Using simple and compound sentences

Using colons, semicolons and commas

Indefinite pronouns and different tenses

6th grade capitalization

Writing

Write narratives and essays

Write responses to literature

Create writing compositions

Writing organization and arrangement

Write persuasive compositions

Reading and Comprehension

Following multiple-step instructions

Point out propaganda and fallacious reasoning

Analyzing the evidence for author's conc...

Compare and contrast

Making reasonable assertions with accompanyin...

Oral Presentations

Emphasizing main ideas in oral presentations

Using volume, pitch and tone in oral presenta...

Selecting a focus, organization and point of ...

Deliver presentations on problems and solutio...

Research and Technology

Write research reports

Using evidence, visual media and technology i...

Using newspapers, magazines and online inform...

Using technology for research

Formatting and design

Speaking and Listening

Following multiple-step directions

Identify tone, mood and emotion in spoken lan...

Speaker's word choice, pitch, tone and g...

6th grade reading aloud

Cadence, repetitive patterns and onomatopoeia

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