Sixth Grade Writing Skills

How to Teach Reading Lesson Plans: Sixth Grade Writing Skills

1. Demonstrates knowledge of sentence patterns 
2. Uses a variety of sentence patterns when writing
3. Demonstrates proficiency in writing usage
4. Demonstrates proficiency in writing mechanics
5. Self corrects and corrects others’ writing by editing/proofreading using mechanics, usage, and spelling
6. Uses grade level vocabulary
7. Utilizes prior knowledge
8. Responds to text by identifying story elements
9. Writes in sequential order about a passage after reading
10. Summarizes key points of a passage
11. Writes character descriptions
12. Completes a character analysis
13. Expresses feelings toward characters in a story
14. Responds to text by writing to retell a story
15. Uses reference materials when writing factual compositions
16. Utilizes a dictionary and/or thesaurus when editing
17. Interviews to obtain information
18. Responds to passages using an opinion-based approach
19. Responds to passages using a fact-based approach
20. Identifies and discusses in writing author’s purpose for story or passage
21. Writes for various audiences
22. Creates different types of composition to entertain, inform, persuade, and describe
23. Writes friendly letters
24. Writes thank-you notes
25. Writes a business letter
26. Completes a simple application
27. Creates a list of directions
28. Creates a menu
29. Responds to text using various points of view
30. Integrates writing to interpret personal ideas/opinions and those ideas and opinions of others
31. Writes a summary of a passage read aloud