Scaffolded text-based writing and reading comprehension lessons help grade 6 students improve their reading and writing skills!Lessons include practice with essential nonfiction writing forms:Compare and contrastSequenceExplanatoryInformativeCause and effectOpinionArgument12 leveled nonfiction texts range from levels V to Y and include:BiographiesHealth articlesScience articlesSocial studies articlesUnits provide reading comprehension guidance and pre-writing tasks that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts.Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes:directed reading strategiesa dictionary page that introduces content wordsclose reading of a leveled nonfiction articletext-dependent comprehension questions to support understandinga graphic organizer to help students organize information from the article and plan their writinga text-dependent writing promptAdditional resources and features for teachers include:Texts across the curriculum that range from reading levels V to YA suggested teaching path that helps teachers pace the lesson and provide scaffolded instructionA student rubric that focuses on the 6 traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventionsA vocabulary and definitions listA lesson objective and content-area concept for each unit