Grade 6 English language arts

IXL offers more than 100 grade 6 English language arts skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers more than 100 grade 6 English language arts skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

1
Determine the main idea of a passage

B. Theme

C. Author's purpose and tone

D. Text structure

E. Literary devices

F. Analyzing literature

1
Analyze short stories

G. Analyzing informational texts

H. Comparing texts

1
Compare two texts with different genres

I. Visual elements

1
Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Writing strategies

J. Organizing writing

K. Developing and supporting arguments

L. Creative techniques

1
Use personification

M. Editing and revising

N. Research skills

1
Identify and correct plagiarism

Vocabulary

O. Prefixes and suffixes

1
Words with pre-
2
Words with re-
3
Words with sub-
4
Words with mis-
5
Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
6
Words with -ful
7
Words with -less
8
Words with -able and -ible

P. Greek and Latin roots

Q. Synonyms and antonyms

R. Homophones

S. Idioms and adages

T. Shades of meaning

U. Analogies

1
Analogies
2
Analogies: challenge

V. Context clues

W. Reference skills

Grammar and mechanics

X. Sentences, fragments and run-ons

Y. Nouns

Z. Pronouns and antecedents

AA. Pronoun types

BB. Verb types

CC. Subject-verb agreement

DD. Verb tense

EE. Adjectives and adverbs

FF. Prepositions

GG. Conjunctions

HH. Contractions

II. Punctuation

JJ. Capitalization

KK. Formatting