IXL Winter Adventures

6TH GRADE ELA

Keep up the studying this season with IXL Winter Adventures! Set out on a journey through
language arts with 20 days of skills and activities, each with its own fun theme.

Tip: To quickly find each skill, type the three-character skill ID into the search bar at the top left
of the page on IXL!

Correct errors with signs (FYL)

Day

1 Clear the error

Correct errors in everyday use (GS8)

Match the quotations with their themes (4J8)

Day Do quote me on
2 that
Identify and correct plagiarism (ADU)

Day The moment is

3
Use the Real-Time Diagnostic for 20 minutes.
now

Choose evidence to support a claim (T7W)

Day
4 Proof positive

Positive and negative connotation (CMA)

Match causes and effects in informational texts (F7K)

Day

5 Cause and effect

Activity: Read an informational article about a topic that interests you. Then
identify all of the cause and effect relationships in the article.

Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

(N5K)
Day

6 Picture perfect

Form the perfect verb tenses (93L)

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Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst (7R7)

Day For better or
7 worse
Which sentence is more formal? (R5Q)

Day Try something

8
Pick two skills from your Recommendations wall to practice!
new

Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 (SYH)

Day

9 Unsung hero
Activity: The heroes in Greek mythology had many strengths and many
weaknesses. Create your own hero and list their strengths and weaknesses.
For example, your hero could have incredible strength but an uncontrollable
apetite. Or they could be wise but painfully shy. You decide!

Read graphic organizers (KCS)

Day

10 Venn and now

Read about history (GLR)

Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects (B72)

Day Catch the
11 reference
Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (GZF)

Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 (ADP)

Day

12 It’s all Greek to me

Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (N5R)

Compare information from two texts (G7K)

Day Compare thee to a
13 summer’s day
Interpret figures of speech (FWM)
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Determine the themes of short stories (BDD)

Day

14 Living the theme

Activity: Write a story about a challenge you faced in your own life and what
lesson you learned from it.

Determine the author’s point of view (HR2)

Day

15 Let me tell you

Activity: Write a review about an item you own or a place that you went.
Clearly state whether or not you would recommend it to a friend and why.

Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns

(FY8)
Day Chain of
16 command
Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or
exclamatory? (AJK)

Find words using context (LQN)

Day

17 Clue me in
Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and
Latin roots (MN9)

Compare and contrast in informational texts (QZW)

Day

18 Beyond compare

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives (JG5)

Day Keys to the

19
Pick a challenge from your awards page and try to earn it!
kingdom

Label the rhyme scheme (WJ9)

Day

20 Rhyme or reason

Classify logical fallacies (JXZ)