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        IXL Weekly Plan - Sixth grade
        Boost learning with IXL's day-by-day skill plan, which provides comprehensive coverage of sixth grade Reading strategies, Writing strategies, Vocabulary, and Grammar and mechanics topics!
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        1
        Week 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the main idea of a passage
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the main idea of a passage
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Order topics from broadest to narrowest
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Order topics from broadest to narrowest
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find words using context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find words using context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
        • 2
          Identify common and proper nouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
        • 2
          Identify common and proper nouns
        2
        Week 2
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about science and nature
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about science and nature
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use thesaurus entries
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use thesaurus entries
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
        • 2
          Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
        • 2
          Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
        3
        Week 3
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about animals
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about animals
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Organize information by main idea
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Organize information by main idea
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the synonym
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the synonym
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
        • 2
          Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
        • 2
          Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
        4
        Week 4
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare and contrast in informational texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare and contrast in informational texts
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find synonyms in context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find synonyms in context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
        • 2
          Identify dependent and independent clauses
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
        • 2
          Identify dependent and independent clauses
        5
        Week 5
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
        • 2
          Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
        • 2
          Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use coordinating conjunctions
        • 2
          Identify coordinating conjunctions
        • 3
          Commas with compound and complex sentences
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use coordinating conjunctions
        • 2
          Identify coordinating conjunctions
        • 3
          Commas with compound and complex sentences
        6
        Week 6
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match causes and effects in informational texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match causes and effects in informational texts
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with pre-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with pre-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify subordinating conjunctions
        • 2
          Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify subordinating conjunctions
        • 2
          Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?
        7
        Week 7
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match problems with their solutions
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match problems with their solutions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use the correct frequently confused word
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use the correct frequently confused word
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with -ful
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with -ful
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
        • 2
          Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
        • 2
          Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
        8
        Week 8
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify text structures
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify text structures
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the antonym
        • 2
          Describe the difference between related words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the antonym
        • 2
          Describe the difference between related words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form plurals: review
        • 2
          Form and use plurals: review
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form plurals: review
        • 2
          Form and use plurals: review
        9
        Week 9
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare information from two texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare information from two texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with frequently confused words
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with frequently confused words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find antonyms in context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find antonyms in context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Commas with series, dates, and places
        • 2
          Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Commas with series, dates, and places
        • 2
          Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
        10
        Week 10
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Trace an argument
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Trace an argument
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Vocabulary review: Trace an argument
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Vocabulary review: Trace an argument
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
        • 2
          Form the singular or plural possessive
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
        • 2
          Form the singular or plural possessive
        11
        Week 11
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Distinguish facts from opinions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Distinguish facts from opinions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
        • 2
          Positive and negative connotation
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
        • 2
          Positive and negative connotation
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify main verbs and helping verbs
        • 2
          Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify main verbs and helping verbs
        • 2
          Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
        12
        Week 12
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2
        • 2
          Read graphic organizers
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2
        • 2
          Read graphic organizers
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Alphabetical order
        • 2
          Use guide words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Alphabetical order
        • 2
          Use guide words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
        • 2
          Is it a direct object or an indirect object?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
        • 2
          Is it a direct object or an indirect object?
        13
        Week 13
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose evidence to support a claim
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose evidence to support a claim
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary entries
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary entries
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          What does the modal verb show?
        • 2
          Use the correct modal verb
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          What does the modal verb show?
        • 2
          Use the correct modal verb
        14
        Week 14
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 2
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 2
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary definitions
        • 2
          Use thesaurus entries
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary definitions
        • 2
          Use thesaurus entries
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use the correct subject or verb
        • 2
          Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use the correct subject or verb
        • 2
          Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
        15
        Week 15
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the author's purpose
        • 2
          Which sentence is more formal?
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the author's purpose
        • 2
          Which sentence is more formal?
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify supporting details in informational texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify supporting details in informational texts
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify pronouns and their antecedents
        • 2
          Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify pronouns and their antecedents
        • 2
          Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
        16
        Week 16
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match the quotations with their themes
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match the quotations with their themes
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with sub-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with sub-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify vague pronoun references
        • 2
          Identify all of the possible antecedents
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify vague pronoun references
        • 2
          Identify all of the possible antecedents
        17
        Week 17
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the themes of short stories
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the themes of short stories
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify counterclaims
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify counterclaims
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with -less
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with -less
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between subject and object pronouns
        • 2
          Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between subject and object pronouns
        • 2
          Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
        18
        Week 18
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify sensory details
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify sensory details
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1
        • 2
          Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1
        • 2
          Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use possessive pronouns
        • 2
          Pronoun-verb contractions
        • 3
          Contractions with "not"
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use possessive pronouns
        • 2
          Pronoun-verb contractions
        • 3
          Contractions with "not"
        19
        Week 19
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the narrative point of view
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the narrative point of view
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Classify logical fallacies
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Classify logical fallacies
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use the correct homophone
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use the correct homophone
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Irregular past tense: review
        • 2
          Simple past, present, and future tense: review
        • 3
          Use the progressive verb tenses
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Irregular past tense: review
        • 2
          Simple past, present, and future tense: review
        • 3
          Use the progressive verb tenses
        20
        Week 20
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about famous places
        • 2
          Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about famous places
        • 2
          Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form the progressive verb tenses
        • 2
          Choose between the past tense and past participle
        • 3
          Use the perfect verb tenses
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form the progressive verb tenses
        • 2
          Choose between the past tense and past participle
        • 3
          Use the perfect verb tenses
        21
        Week 21
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Interpret figures of speech
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Interpret figures of speech
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use personification
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use personification
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Which definition matches the sentence?
        • 2
          Which sentence matches the definition?
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Which definition matches the sentence?
        • 2
          Which sentence matches the definition?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form the perfect verb tenses
        • 2
          Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form the perfect verb tenses
        • 2
          Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
        22
        Week 22
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Classify figures of speech
        • 2
          Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Classify figures of speech
        • 2
          Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use context to identify the meaning of a word
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use context to identify the meaning of a word
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
        • 2
          Use reflexive pronouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
        • 2
          Use reflexive pronouns
        23
        Week 23
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Create varied sentences based on models
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Create varied sentences based on models
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2
        • 2
          Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2
        • 2
          Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositions
        • 2
          Identify prepositions and their objects
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositions
        • 2
          Identify prepositions and their objects
        24
        Week 24
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
        • 2
          Compare passages for tone
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
        • 2
          Compare passages for tone
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with mis-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with mis-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositional phrases
        • 2
          Identify relative pronouns
        • 3
          Use relative pronouns: who and whom
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositional phrases
        • 2
          Identify relative pronouns
        • 3
          Use relative pronouns: who and whom
        25
        Week 25
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify supporting details in literary texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify supporting details in literary texts
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with -able and -ible
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with -able and -ible
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
        • 2
          Identify adjectives
        • 3
          Order adjectives
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
        • 2
          Identify adjectives
        • 3
          Order adjectives
        26
        Week 26
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze short stories
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze short stories
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with signs
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with signs
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with re-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with re-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Commas with coordinate adjectives
        • 2
          Identify adverbs
        • 3
          Use relative adverbs
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Commas with coordinate adjectives
        • 2
          Identify adverbs
        • 3
          Use relative adverbs
        27
        Week 27
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about history
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about history
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors in everyday use
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors in everyday use
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between adjectives and adverbs
        • 2
          Is the word an adjective or adverb?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between adjectives and adverbs
        • 2
          Is the word an adjective or adverb?
        28
        Week 28
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Label the rhyme scheme
        • 2
          Determine the author's point of view
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Label the rhyme scheme
        • 2
          Determine the author's point of view
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Suggest appropriate revisions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Suggest appropriate revisions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
        • 2
          Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
        • 2
          Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
        29
        Week 29
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
        • 2
          Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
        • 2
          Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
        30
        Week 30
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare two texts with different genres
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare two texts with different genres
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Analogies
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Analogies
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Capitalizing titles
        • 2
          Formatting titles
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Capitalizing titles
        • 2
          Formatting titles
        31
        Week 31
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify and correct plagiarism
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify and correct plagiarism
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Correct capitalization errors
        • 2
          Formatting quotations and dialogue
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Correct capitalization errors
        • 2
          Formatting quotations and dialogue
        32
        Week 32
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Analogies: challenge
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Analogies: challenge
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          What does the punctuation suggest?
        • 2
          Commas with nonrestrictive elements
        • 3
          Use dashes
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          What does the punctuation suggest?
        • 2
          Commas with nonrestrictive elements
        • 3
          Use dashes
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