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Grade 6 Reading Worksheet
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What Makes the Tides (student draft)
[1] Anyone who has spent a day at the beach has watched the ocean slowly rise and fall, and this regular pattern is called the tides. [2] The moon causes the tides, its gravity pulls on the water in the oceans. [3] The water closest to the moon bulges toward it, and this enormous bulge creates a high tide along the nearby coast.
[4] Most coasts have two high tides and two low tides during each day, although some places have just one of each. [5] At low tide, the beach is wide and open. [6] At low tide, crabs and shells are easy to find in the wet sand. [7] My uncle owns a red fishing boat that he keeps at the busy harbor near our town. [8] Sailors and fishers read tide charts before they leave the dock, because the water may be too shallow at low tide for a heavy boat. Underlined: sentence 2: The moon causes the tides, its gravity pulls on the water in the oceans.
Ari reads the draft aloud and hears a mistake in sentence 2. Which version fixes it?
- The moon causes the tides because, its gravity pulls on the water in the oceans.
- The moon causes the tides, its strong gravity pulls hard on the water in the oceans.
- The moon causes the tides because its gravity pushes on the water in the oceans.
- The moon causes the tides because its gravity pulls on the water in the oceans.
What Makes the Tides (student draft)
[1] Anyone who has spent a day at the beach has watched the ocean slowly rise and fall, and this regular pattern is called the tides. [2] The moon causes the tides, its gravity pulls on the water in the oceans. [3] The water closest to the moon bulges toward it, and this enormous bulge creates a high tide along the nearby coast.
[4] Most coasts have two high tides and two low tides during each day, although some places have just one of each. [5] At low tide, the beach is wide and open. [6] At low tide, crabs and shells are easy to find in the wet sand. [7] My uncle owns a red fishing boat that he keeps at the busy harbor near our town. [8] Sailors and fishers read tide charts before they leave the dock, because the water may be too shallow at low tide for a heavy boat. Underlined: sentence 7: My uncle owns a red fishing boat that he keeps at the busy harbor near our town.
Sentence 7 drifts away from the topic of the paragraph. Which replacement brings Bo's paragraph back to the tides?
- My uncle owns a red fishing boat, and he ties it up at the busy harbor near our town each night.
- Tide pools form on rocky shores, where seawater stay in small dips in the rock after the tide goes out.
- Tides come in just one time each day along the whole coast, so the water level seldom changes.
- Tide pools form on rocky shores, where seawater stays in small dips in the rock after the tide goes out.
What Makes the Tides (student draft)
[1] Anyone who has spent a day at the beach has watched the ocean slowly rise and fall, and this regular pattern is called the tides. [2] The moon causes the tides, its gravity pulls on the water in the oceans. [3] The water closest to the moon bulges toward it, and this enormous bulge creates a high tide along the nearby coast.
[4] Most coasts have two high tides and two low tides during each day, although some places have just one of each. [5] At low tide, the beach is wide and open. [6] At low tide, crabs and shells are easy to find in the wet sand. [7] My uncle owns a red fishing boat that he keeps at the busy harbor near our town. [8] Sailors and fishers read tide charts before they leave the dock, because the water may be too shallow at low tide for a heavy boat. Underlined: sentences 5 and 6: At low tide, the beach is wide and open. At low tide, crabs and shells are easy to find in the wet sand.
Sentences 5 and 6 repeat the words low tide. Which one sentence joins them without repeating those words?
- Low tide is when the beach is wide and open, and low tide is when crabs and shells are easy to find in the wet sand.
- At low tide, the beach is wide and open because crabs and shells are easy to find in the wet sand.
- At low tide, the beach is wide and open, crabs and shells are easy to find in the wet sand.
- At low tide, the beach is wide and open, and crabs and shells are easy to find in the wet sand.
More Trash Cans for the Park (student draft)
[1] The city park beside Maple Street needs more trash cans, and the city should buy them this spring. [2] Right now there are only two trash cans for the entire park, and both of them are located near the front gate. [3] Visitors who sit by the pond or the playground has to walk a long way to throw anything away.
[4] As a result, wrappers and bottles end up scattered on the grass, where the wind blows them into the pond. [5] Last year I went to the park for my birthday, and we had a picnic and played soccer. [6] Litter can seriously harm ducks, which sometimes swallow plastic or get tangled in it. [7] More trash cans would give people an easy and convenient place to throw their things away. [8] More trash cans would also keep the park looking clean and beautiful for everyone who visits. Underlined: sentence 3: Visitors who sit by the pond or the playground has to walk a long way to throw anything away.
Jun proofreads the draft. Which version of sentence 3 fixes the mistake?
- Visitors who sit by the pond or the playground have to walk a long way to throw anything, away.
- Visitors who sit by the pond or the playground have to walk a long way to find a drinking fountain.
- Visitors who sit by the pond or the playground have to walk a long way to throw anything away.
- Visitors who sit by the pond or the playground has to walk a long way to throw trash away.
More Trash Cans for the Park (student draft)
[1] The city park beside Maple Street needs more trash cans, and the city should buy them this spring. [2] Right now there are only two trash cans for the entire park, and both of them are located near the front gate. [3] Visitors who sit by the pond or the playground has to walk a long way to throw anything away.
[4] As a result, wrappers and bottles end up scattered on the grass, where the wind blows them into the pond. [5] Last year I went to the park for my birthday, and we had a picnic and played soccer. [6] Litter can seriously harm ducks, which sometimes swallow plastic or get tangled in it. [7] More trash cans would give people an easy and convenient place to throw their things away. [8] More trash cans would also keep the park looking clean and beautiful for everyone who visits. Underlined: sentence 5: Last year I went to the park for my birthday, and we had a picnic and played soccer.
Sentence 5 wanders away from the point. Which replacement keeps Kira's paragraph on the topic?
- On a busy Saturday, both trash cans was full by noon, and napkins blew across the grass.
- On a busy Saturday, the park had no trash cans anywhere, and napkins blew across the grass.
- On a busy Saturday, both trash cans were full by noon, and napkins blew across the grass.
- Last year I went to the park for my birthday, and we cleaned up the picnic table before we left.
The Storm at the Lake (student draft)
[1] Our family went camping at the lake last July, and we picked a flat spot beside some tall pine trees near the water. [2] My brother and I set up the tent while our parents unpacked the food and the cooking equipment from the car. [3] The sky was bright and blue when we finished, so we ate sandwiches and went for a long refreshing swim.
[4] Around sunset, heavy gray clouds rolled over the distant hills, and the wind began to blow harder and harder. [5] The rain started. [6] The rain came down fast and loud on the roof of the tent. [7] My cousin got a new video game last week, and I wanted to play it before the long trip began. [8] My brother and I hold the tent poles with both hands until the powerful storm finally passed over the lake. Underlined: sentence 8: My brother and I hold the tent poles with both hands until the powerful storm finally passed over the lake.
Milo is editing the camping story. Which version of sentence 8 fixes its mistake?
- My brother and I held the tent poles with both hands until the powerful storm finally passed over the lake.
- My brother and I hold the tent poles with both hands until the powerful storm finally went across the lake.
- My brother and I held the tent poles with one hand until the powerful storm finally passed over the lake.
- My brother and me held the tent poles with both hands until the powerful storm finally passed over the lake.
The Storm at the Lake (student draft)
[1] Our family went camping at the lake last July, and we picked a flat spot beside some tall pine trees near the water. [2] My brother and I set up the tent while our parents unpacked the food and the cooking equipment from the car. [3] The sky was bright and blue when we finished, so we ate sandwiches and went for a long refreshing swim.
[4] Around sunset, heavy gray clouds rolled over the distant hills, and the wind began to blow harder and harder. [5] The rain started. [6] The rain came down fast and loud on the roof of the tent. [7] My cousin got a new video game last week, and I wanted to play it before the long trip began. [8] My brother and I hold the tent poles with both hands until the powerful storm finally passed over the lake. Underlined: sentences 5 and 6: The rain started. The rain came down fast and loud on the roof of the tent.
Sentences 5 and 6 begin with the same words. Which one sentence joins them for Pia without saying the rain twice?
- The rain started but came down fast and loud on the roof of the tent.
- The rain started, and then the rain came down fast and loud on the roof of the tent.
- The rain started, it came down fast and loud on the roof of the tent.
- The rain started and came down fast and loud on the roof of the tent.
Review
Tower Race (student draft): [1] Tower Race is a board game for two to four players, and one complete game takes about thirty minutes to finish. [2] Each player carefully builds a tower from small wooden blocks while moving a game piece around the colorful board. [3] On each turn, you roll the dice and pick up the block that matches the number you rolled. [4] The towers keep getting taller and wobblier as the game goes on, and the excitement grows with them.
[5] Players get nervous when a tower starts to sway. [6] Players place each block very slowly. [7] My favorite cereal is the kind with tiny marshmallows, and I ate a big bowl of it before we played. [8] Its a great game for a rainy afternoon because the rules are easy to learn and the pieces are colorful. Underlined: sentence 8: Its a great game for a rainy afternoon because the rules are easy to learn and the pieces are colorful.
Ren is proofreading the review. Which version of sentence 8 fixes the mistake?
- It's a great game for a rainy afternoon because the rule's are easy to learn and the pieces are colorful.
- Its a great game for a rainy day because the rules are easy to learn and the pieces are colorful.
- It's a great game for a rainy afternoon, but the rules are easy to learn and the pieces are colorful.
- It's a great game for a rainy afternoon because the rules are easy to learn and the pieces are colorful.
Review
Tower Race (student draft): [1] Tower Race is a board game for two to four players, and one complete game takes about thirty minutes to finish. [2] Each player carefully builds a tower from small wooden blocks while moving a game piece around the colorful board. [3] On each turn, you roll the dice and pick up the block that matches the number you rolled. [4] The towers keep getting taller and wobblier as the game goes on, and the excitement grows with them.
[5] Players get nervous when a tower starts to sway. [6] Players place each block very slowly. [7] My favorite cereal is the kind with tiny marshmallows, and I ate a big bowl of it before we played. [8] Its a great game for a rainy afternoon because the rules are easy to learn and the pieces are colorful. Underlined: sentence 7: My favorite cereal is the kind with tiny marshmallows, and I ate a big bowl of it before we played.
Sentence 7 is about something else. Which replacement keeps Tala's review on the game?
- The winner is the player who builds the shortest tower, so players try to keep their stacks low.
- The winner is the player whose tower are still standing after the last block is placed.
- The winner is the player whose tower is still standing after the last block is placed.
- My favorite cereal is the kind with tiny marshmallows, and I think it would taste good during the game.
Review
Tower Race (student draft): [1] Tower Race is a board game for two to four players, and one complete game takes about thirty minutes to finish. [2] Each player carefully builds a tower from small wooden blocks while moving a game piece around the colorful board. [3] On each turn, you roll the dice and pick up the block that matches the number you rolled. [4] The towers keep getting taller and wobblier as the game goes on, and the excitement grows with them.
[5] Players get nervous when a tower starts to sway. [6] Players place each block very slowly. [7] My favorite cereal is the kind with tiny marshmallows, and I ate a big bowl of it before we played. [8] Its a great game for a rainy afternoon because the rules are easy to learn and the pieces are colorful. Underlined: sentences 5 and 6: Players get nervous when a tower starts to sway. Players place each block very slowly.
Zee wants to join sentences 5 and 6. Which one sentence does it without repeating the word Players?
- Players get nervous when a tower starts to sway, so they place each block very slowly.
- Players get nervous when a tower starts to sway, and players place each block very slowly.
- Players get nervous when a tower starts to sway, but they place each block very slowly.
- Players get nervous when a tower starts to sway, they place each block very slowly.