Year 6 IXL English Skills Matched to the UK National Curriculum

Year 6 English (UK curriculum) – IXL Lessons

1. Use key details to determine the main idea
2. Determine the main idea of a passage
3. Combine main ideas from two texts
4. Determine the themes of short stories
5. Identify the purpose of a text
6. Which sentence is more formal?
7. Determine the order of events in informational texts
8. Compare and contrast in informational texts
9. Match causes and effects in informational texts
10. Match problems with their solutions
11. Identify text structures
12. Sort sensory details
13. Identify similes and metaphors
14. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
15. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
16. Compare and contrast points of view
17. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
18. Compare and contrast characters
19. Draw inferences from a text
20. Identify story elements
21. Compare mythological illustrations
22. Read fantasy with illustrations
23. Read realistic fiction with illustrations
24. Read historical fiction with illustrations
25. Read realistic fiction
26. Read historical fiction
27. Read poetry
28. Read drama
29. Read about animals
30. Read about art, music and traditions
31. Read about famous places
32. Read about sports and hobbies
33. Read about famous people
34. Read about business and technology
35. Read about science and nature
36. Read about history
37. Put the sentences in order
38. Use coordinating conjunctions
39. Choose the best transition
40. Choose the best topic sentence

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