9 free writing resources for 6th Grade, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Good writing is planned writing. Every prompt here includes a short planning section, then a writing task with success criteria that match what teachers look for in narrative, persuasive and informative texts.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Students learn the techniques writers use to make readers hold their breath: short sentences, sounds and silence, a character's body…
A 6th grade persuasive writing worksheet on the building blocks of an argument. Students read a short argument for a school garden and…
A 6th grade informative writing worksheet on elaboration. Using a short article about the Mexican free-tailed bats that live under…
Students learn how to research without copying. They read an original source text about honeybee colonies, answer questions to check…
A 6th grade persuasive writing worksheet on making an argument convincing and easy to follow. Students learn three kinds of appeals (to…
Students learn what makes a story ending satisfying: it resolves the main problem, comes from the character's own actions, and leaves the…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
Students write an explanation text that describes how a natural process or system works, such as the water cycle, how bees make honey or…
An argumentative writing prompt for 6th graders: many elementary schools have recess, but many middle schools do not. Students take a…
Students write a character-driven story in which the main character must make a choice with no easy answer. The plan focuses on what the…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
