Grade 6
This collection features vocabulary lists that cover recommended and required texts found in Texas TEKS for Grade 6.
Across Five AprilsJethro Creighton lives on a farm in southern Illinois when the Civil War begins. As he comes of age, the war impacts his family in ways he never could have imagined.
The Gettysburg AddressAt just 272 words long, Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" is widely considered to be one of the most powerful battlefield orations of all time. On November 19, 1863, Lincoln delivered the speech on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be a turning point in the Civil War.
Johnny TremainThe year is 1773, and fourteen-year-old Johnny is an apprentice silversmith in Boston. When a terrible accident threatens his future, Johnny must quickly adapt — just as the American colonists join forces to break free from British rule.
Phineas GageA Gruesome but True Story About Brain ScienceThis work of scientific nonfiction tells the story of Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman from Vermont who, in 1848, suffered an injury that revolutionized neuroscience.- All Creatures Great and SmallThis classic novel, inspired by the author's own life, recounts the daily life of a veterinary surgeon living and working in the Yorkshire Dales of England.
- A White HeronYoung Sylvia lives with her grandmother and helps on the farm. A young man arrives hunting a white heron. Sylvia, enamored by the ornithologist, chooses to help him for pay rather than protect the rare bird; however, her choice brings other lessons.
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