About This Lesson
This grade 6 mini-assessment is based on an excerpt (597 words) from the book Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop. This text is considered to be a text worthy of students’ time to read and also meets the expectations for text complexity at grade 6. Assessments aligned to the CCSS will employ quality, complex texts such as this one. Aligned to Common Core State Standards: RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, W.6.2, W.6.9