The 6th grade reading and writing student:

• Locates words in a dictionary, identifies word families, and defines new vocabulary words.
• Reads and answers thought provoking questions.
• Uses visual discrimination.
• Writes expository and descriptive paragraphs, essays, simple and detailed explanations, directions, personal diary entries; cause and effect; fact and opinion; and exposition, description, persuasion, and narration.
• Identifies figures of speech, sensory detail, and climax and resolution of story.
• Solves word and logic puzzles.