Grade 6 ~ Writing

Lesson 1

~Write your own Haiku Poem!

Lesson 2

~ Write Rhyming Couplets.

Lesson 3

~ Write your own Diamante Poem.

Lesson 4

~ Write a Bio Poem about someone you know.

Lesson 5

~ Edgar Allen Poe Hoax – read about one of Edgar Allan Poe’s hoaxes when he was a journalist. Each student then write’s their own hoax!

Lesson 6

~ Edgar Allan Poe: Secrets in Poetry – read from Edgar Allan Poe’s “An Enigma” and decipher the name of the woman’s whose name is hidden within the text.

Lesson 7

~ Father’s Day Biography Poem activity.

Lesson 8

~ Read five different paragraphs and locate the topic sentences in each one by circling it.

Lesson 9

~ Learn about President Lincoln the 16th President of the USA in the National Geographic Video.

~  Pretend you are a reporter interviewing Lincoln at some point in his life.  Write 3 questions you would ask him, and what you think his answers would be.

Lesson 10

~ Read through three different topics and write a paragraph for each.

Lesson 11

~ Write a paragraph for each prompt given on the worksheet.  Give your opinion for each.

Lesson 12

~ In this worksheet you are given a topic sentence and it’s up to you to come up with a topic for that topic sentence.

Lesson 13

~ Practice completing the sentence by using a transition word.

Lesson 14

~ Practice using transition words.

Lesson 15

~  Print or review online, this explanation and example on how to write a bio poem.

~ Print and complete this exercise on writing a Bio Poem about yourself.

Lesson 16

~ Read this article and then write the ending, summarizing all the main points.

Lesson 17

~ Learn how to write topic sentences with this writing activity.

Lesson 18

~ Write your ideas about saving water or electricity in this Earth Day Writing activity.

Lesson 19

~ Read about our Canadian Prime Minister and then write a bio poem about him!

Lesson 20

~ Read about the President of the United States and then write a bio poem about him.

Lesson 21

~  Each of these sentences have mistakes in them. There may be spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar errors.  Print and complete this sentence correction activity.

Lesson 22

~ Learn to properly proof and correct your writing. Read a paragraph that is full of errors. There may be spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar errors.  Print and complete this paragraph correction activity.

Lesson 23

~ A thesis statement tells what the entire essay is about. A topic sentence tells what a body paragraph is about.  Practice writing thesis statements in this printable activity

Lesson 24

~ Choose a lead noun card and thesis statement card and write an introduction to an essay that bridges the gap between the two cards.  Print or review the cards here.

Lesson 25

~ Choose a lead noun card and thesis statement card and write an introduction to an essay that bridges the gap between the two cards.  Print or review the cards here.

Lesson 26

~ Choose a lead noun card and thesis statement card and write an introduction to an essay that bridges the gap between the two cards.  Print or review the cards here.

Lesson 27

~ Choose a lead noun card and thesis statement card and write an introduction to an essay that bridges the gap between the two cards.  Print or review the cards here.

Lesson 28

~ Learn to write different leads with this essay introductions worksheet. You will explore ways to include factoids, personal stories, metaphors, surprise statements, and descriptions in your “hooks”.  Print and complete this attention grabbing introductions practice exercise.

Lesson 29

~ This writing activity teaches you how to properly use thesis statements, bridges, and leads in order to write strong essay introductions.  Print and complete this writing activity.

Lesson 30

~Learn about informal and formal writing.  Print and complete this writing activity.

Lesson 31

~ Recognized formal and informal writing styles.  Print and complete this writing activity.

Lesson 32

~ This article Hawaii, the Aloha State needs an ending.  Print and complete this writing activity.

Lesson 33

~ Compare and contrast.  Print and complete these compare and contrast exercises.

Lesson 34

~Practice alliteration in this printable exercise.

Lesson 35

~ Practice your understanding of Main Idea in this printable exercise.

Lesson 36

~ Print and complete this letter writing activity.

Lesson 37

~ Print and complete this Narrative essay writing activity.

Lesson 38

~ Practice writing 3 paragraph essays using this writing prompt.

Lesson 39

~ Practice writing 3 paragraph essays using this writing prompt.

Lesson 40

~ Practice writing 3 paragraph essays using this writing prompt.

Lesson 41

~ Practice writing 3 paragraph essays using this writing prompt.

Lesson 42

~ Practice writing 3 paragraph essays using this writing prompt.

Lesson 43

~ Review this procedural writing checklist, then complete this “How to have a surprise party” procedural writing exercise.

Lesson 44

~ Practice creating persuasive leads.  Print and complete this writing persuasive leads worksheet.  Use 2 lesson periods to complete this exercise.

Lesson 45

~ Complete your persuasive leads worksheets.

Lesson 46

~ Persuasive writing paragraph review.  Print and complete this writing persuasive introductory paragraphs exercise.  Use 2 lesson periods to complete this exercise.

Lesson 47

~ Complete you persuasive paragraph writing worksheets.

Lesson 48

~ Learn how to argue both sides of a point of view.  Print and complete this worksheet.  Use 2 lesson periods to complete this exercise.

Lesson 49

~ Print and complete this Persuasive Writing Worksheet.

Lesson 50

~ Print out this worksheet with Fictional Narrative Writing Prompts.  Choose one and write your own fictional story for it.  Make sure you write at least 3 paragraphs with a minimum of 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 51

~ Choose another writing prompt from the fictional Narrative writing prompts worsheet and write your own fictional story for it.  Make sure you write at least 3 paragraphs with a minimum of 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 52

~ Choose another writing prompt from the fictional Narrative writing prompts worsheet and write your own fictional story for it.  Make sure you write at least 3 paragraphs with a minimum of 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 53

~ Choose another writing prompt from the fictional Narrative writing prompts worsheet and write your own fictional story for it.  Make sure you write at least 3 paragraphs with a minimum of 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 54

~ Print out this sheet containing Personal Narrative Writing Prompts.  Choose one and write about it.  Make sure to write 3 paragraphs with at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 55

~ Choose another Personal Narrative Writing Prompt from the worksheet above and write about it.  Make sure to write 3 paragraphs with at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 56

~ Choose another Personal Narrative Writing Prompt from the worksheet above and write about it.  Make sure to write 3 paragraphs with at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 57

~ Choose another Personal Narrative Writing Prompt from the worksheet above and write about it.  Make sure to write 3 paragraphs with at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 58

~ Choose another Personal Narrative Writing Prompt from the worksheet above and write about it.  Make sure to write 3 paragraphs with at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 59

~ Learn to analyze a piece of writing.  Print and complete this worksheet and analyze the persuasive essay.

Lesson 60

~ Review a Persuasive essay and look for key elements.

Lesson 61

~ Print this compare and contrast writing prompts worksheet.  Choose one of the topics and write a compare and contrast essay with at least 3 paragraphs containing at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 62

~ Choose one of the compare and contrast topics from the worksheet above and write a compare and contrast essay with at least 3 paragraphs containing at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 63

~ Choose one of the compare and contrast topics from the worksheet above and write a compare and contrast essay with at least 3 paragraphs containing at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 64

~ Choose one of the compare and contrast topics from the worksheet above and write a compare and contrast essay with at least 3 paragraphs containing at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 65

~ Print this Opinion writing prompts worksheet.  Choose one of the prompts and write at least 3 paragraphs containing at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 66

~ Choose one of the opinion writing prompts from the worksheet above and write a compare and contrast essay with at least 3 paragraphs containing at least 5 sentences in each.

Lesson 67

~ Choose one of the opinion writing prompts from the worksheet above and write a compare and contrast essay with at least 3 paragraphs containing at least 5 sentences in each.

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**Congratulations! You have finished your Writing for this year!**