I can't really speak to using it for 6th graders, since we tried (and failed) at using it in 5th grade before successfully using it now in 7th. My DD does have a hard time figuring out what is being asked of her, so for a week or two I had to go through and highlight the areas that were asking her to do something, but she eventually got the hang of it. It's not super obvious in WWS where the assignments are. But it wasn't too time consuming and only temporary.