1	Week 1
Reading strategies		1 Determine the main idea of a passage
Reading strategies
1 Determine the main idea of a passage
Writing strategies		1 Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Writing strategies
1 Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Vocabulary		1 Find words using context
Vocabulary
1 Find words using context
Grammar and mechanics		1 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2 Identify common and proper nouns
Grammar and mechanics
1 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2 Identify common and proper nouns

2	Week 2
Reading strategies		1 Read and understand informational passages
Reading strategies
1 Read and understand informational passages
Vocabulary		1 Vocabulary review: Read and understand informational passages
Vocabulary
1 Vocabulary review: Read and understand informational passages
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 2 Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 2 Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence

3	Week 3
Writing strategies		1 Organize information by main idea
Writing strategies
1 Organize information by main idea
Vocabulary		1 Choose the synonym
Vocabulary
1 Choose the synonym
Grammar and mechanics		1 Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2 Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
Grammar and mechanics
1 Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2 Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

4	Week 4
Reading strategies		1 Compare and contrast in informational texts
Reading strategies
1 Compare and contrast in informational texts
Vocabulary		1 Find synonyms in context
Vocabulary
1 Find synonyms in context
Grammar and mechanics		1 Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 2 Identify dependent and independent clauses
Grammar and mechanics
1 Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 2 Identify dependent and independent clauses

5	Week 5
Writing strategies		1 Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Writing strategies
1 Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Vocabulary		1 Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Vocabulary
1 Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Grammar and mechanics		1 Use coordinating conjunctions 2 Identify coordinating conjunctions 3 Commas with compound and complex sentences
Grammar and mechanics
1 Use coordinating conjunctions 2 Identify coordinating conjunctions 3 Commas with compound and complex sentences

6	Week 6
Reading strategies		1 Match causes and effects in informational texts
Reading strategies
1 Match causes and effects in informational texts
Vocabulary		1 Words with pre- 2 Words with re-
Vocabulary
1 Words with pre- 2 Words with re-
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify subordinating conjunctions 2 Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify subordinating conjunctions 2 Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?

7	Week 7
Reading strategies		1 Match problems with their solutions
Reading strategies
1 Match problems with their solutions
Writing strategies		1 Use the correct frequently confused word
Writing strategies
1 Use the correct frequently confused word
Vocabulary		1 Words with -ful
Vocabulary
1 Words with -ful
Grammar and mechanics		1 Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 2 Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
Grammar and mechanics
1 Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 2 Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y

8	Week 8
Reading strategies		1 Identify text structures
Reading strategies
1 Identify text structures
Vocabulary		1 Choose the antonym 2 Describe the difference between related words
Vocabulary
1 Choose the antonym 2 Describe the difference between related words
Grammar and mechanics		1 Form plurals: review 2 Form and use plurals: review
Grammar and mechanics
1 Form plurals: review 2 Form and use plurals: review

9	Week 9
Reading strategies		1 Compare information from two texts
Reading strategies
1 Compare information from two texts
Writing strategies		1 Correct errors with frequently confused words
Writing strategies
1 Correct errors with frequently confused words
Vocabulary		1 Find antonyms in context
Vocabulary
1 Find antonyms in context
Grammar and mechanics		1 Commas with series, dates, and places 2 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Grammar and mechanics
1 Commas with series, dates, and places 2 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters

10	Week 10
Reading strategies		1 Trace an argument
Reading strategies
1 Trace an argument
Vocabulary		1 Vocabulary review: Trace an argument
Vocabulary
1 Vocabulary review: Trace an argument
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 2 Form the singular or plural possessive
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 2 Form the singular or plural possessive

11	Week 11
Writing strategies		1 Distinguish facts from opinions
Writing strategies
1 Distinguish facts from opinions
Vocabulary		1 Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2 Positive and negative connotation
Vocabulary
1 Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2 Positive and negative connotation
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify main verbs and helping verbs 2 Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify main verbs and helping verbs 2 Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns

12	Week 12
Reading strategies		1 Read graphic organizers
Reading strategies
1 Read graphic organizers
Vocabulary		1 Alphabetical order 2 Use guide words
Vocabulary
1 Alphabetical order 2 Use guide words
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 2 Is it a direct object or an indirect object?
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 2 Is it a direct object or an indirect object?

13	Week 13
Writing strategies		1 Choose evidence to support a claim
Writing strategies
1 Choose evidence to support a claim
Vocabulary		1 Use dictionary entries
Vocabulary
1 Use dictionary entries
Grammar and mechanics		1 What does the modal verb show? 2 Use the correct modal verb
Grammar and mechanics
1 What does the modal verb show? 2 Use the correct modal verb

14	Week 14
Reading strategies		1 Which sentence is more formal?
Reading strategies
1 Which sentence is more formal?
Vocabulary		1 Use dictionary definitions 2 Use thesaurus entries
Vocabulary
1 Use dictionary definitions 2 Use thesaurus entries
Grammar and mechanics		1 Use the correct subject or verb 2 Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
Grammar and mechanics
1 Use the correct subject or verb 2 Use the correct verb – with compound subjects

15	Week 15
Reading strategies		1 Identify the author's purpose
Reading strategies
1 Identify the author's purpose
Writing strategies		1 Identify supporting details in informational texts
Writing strategies
1 Identify supporting details in informational texts
Vocabulary		1 Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
1 Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2 Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2 Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent

16	Week 16
Reading strategies		1 Match the quotations with their themes
Reading strategies
1 Match the quotations with their themes
Vocabulary		1 Words with sub-
Vocabulary
1 Words with sub-
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify vague pronoun references 2 Identify all of the possible antecedents
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify vague pronoun references 2 Identify all of the possible antecedents

17	Week 17
Reading strategies		1 Determine the themes of short stories
Reading strategies
1 Determine the themes of short stories
Writing strategies		1 Identify counterclaims
Writing strategies
1 Identify counterclaims
Vocabulary		1 Words with -less
Vocabulary
1 Words with -less
Grammar and mechanics		1 Choose between subject and object pronouns 2 Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
Grammar and mechanics
1 Choose between subject and object pronouns 2 Compound subjects and objects with pronouns

18	Week 18
Reading strategies		1 Identify sensory details
Reading strategies
1 Identify sensory details
Vocabulary		1 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 2 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
Vocabulary
1 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 2 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
Grammar and mechanics		1 Use possessive pronouns 2 Pronoun-verb contractions 3 Contractions with "not"
Grammar and mechanics
1 Use possessive pronouns 2 Pronoun-verb contractions 3 Contractions with "not"

19	Week 19
Reading strategies		1 Identify the narrative point of view
Reading strategies
1 Identify the narrative point of view
Writing strategies		1 Classify logical fallacies
Writing strategies
1 Classify logical fallacies
Vocabulary		1 Use the correct homophone
Vocabulary
1 Use the correct homophone
Grammar and mechanics		1 Irregular past tense: review 2 Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3 Use the progressive verb tenses
Grammar and mechanics
1 Irregular past tense: review 2 Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3 Use the progressive verb tenses

20	Week 20
Reading strategies		1 Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Reading strategies
1 Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Vocabulary		1 Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
1 Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Grammar and mechanics		1 Form the progressive verb tenses 2 Choose between the past tense and past participle 3 Use the perfect verb tenses
Grammar and mechanics
1 Form the progressive verb tenses 2 Choose between the past tense and past participle 3 Use the perfect verb tenses

21	Week 21
Reading strategies		1 Interpret figures of speech
Reading strategies
1 Interpret figures of speech
Writing strategies		1 Use personification
Writing strategies
1 Use personification
Vocabulary		1 Which definition matches the sentence? 2 Which sentence matches the definition?
Vocabulary
1 Which definition matches the sentence? 2 Which sentence matches the definition?
Grammar and mechanics		1 Form the perfect verb tenses 2 Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Grammar and mechanics
1 Form the perfect verb tenses 2 Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

22	Week 22
Reading strategies		1 Classify figures of speech
Reading strategies
1 Classify figures of speech
Vocabulary		1 Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Vocabulary
1 Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Grammar and mechanics		1 Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 2 Use reflexive pronouns
Grammar and mechanics
1 Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 2 Use reflexive pronouns

23	Week 23
Reading strategies		1 Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Reading strategies
1 Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Writing strategies		1 Create varied sentences based on models
Writing strategies
1 Create varied sentences based on models
Vocabulary		1 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 2 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2
Vocabulary
1 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 2 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify prepositions 2 Identify prepositions and their objects
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify prepositions 2 Identify prepositions and their objects

24	Week 24
Reading strategies		1 Compare passages for tone
Reading strategies
1 Compare passages for tone
Vocabulary		1 Words with mis-
Vocabulary
1 Words with mis-
Grammar and mechanics		1 Identify prepositional phrases 2 Identify relative pronouns 3 Use relative pronouns: who and whom
Grammar and mechanics
1 Identify prepositional phrases 2 Identify relative pronouns 3 Use relative pronouns: who and whom

25	Week 25
Writing strategies		1 Identify supporting details in literary texts
Writing strategies
1 Identify supporting details in literary texts
Vocabulary		1 Words with -able and -ible
Vocabulary
1 Words with -able and -ible
Grammar and mechanics		1 Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 2 Identify adjectives 3 Order adjectives
Grammar and mechanics
1 Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 2 Identify adjectives 3 Order adjectives

26	Week 26
Reading strategies		1 Analyze short stories
Reading strategies
1 Analyze short stories
Writing strategies		1 Correct errors with signs
Writing strategies
1 Correct errors with signs
Vocabulary		1 Vocabulary review: Analyze short stories
Vocabulary
1 Vocabulary review: Analyze short stories
Grammar and mechanics		1 Commas with coordinate adjectives 2 Identify adverbs 3 Use relative adverbs
Grammar and mechanics
1 Commas with coordinate adjectives 2 Identify adverbs 3 Use relative adverbs

27	Week 27
Writing strategies		1 Correct errors in everyday use
Writing strategies
1 Correct errors in everyday use
Vocabulary		1 Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Vocabulary
1 Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Grammar and mechanics		1 Choose between adjectives and adverbs 2 Is the word an adjective or adverb?
Grammar and mechanics
1 Choose between adjectives and adverbs 2 Is the word an adjective or adverb?

28	Week 28
Reading strategies		1 Label the rhyme scheme
Reading strategies
1 Label the rhyme scheme
Writing strategies		1 Suggest appropriate revisions
Writing strategies
1 Suggest appropriate revisions
Vocabulary		1 Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
1 Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Grammar and mechanics		1 Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 2 Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
Grammar and mechanics
1 Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 2 Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst

29	Week 29
Writing strategies		1 Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition)
Writing strategies
1 Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition)
Vocabulary		1 Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Vocabulary
1 Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Grammar and mechanics		1 Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 2 Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
Grammar and mechanics
1 Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 2 Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst

30	Week 30
Reading strategies		1 Compare two texts with different genres
Reading strategies
1 Compare two texts with different genres
Writing strategies		1 Use in-text citations (MLA 8th edition)
Writing strategies
1 Use in-text citations (MLA 8th edition)
Vocabulary		1 Analogies
Vocabulary
1 Analogies
Grammar and mechanics		1 Capitalizing titles 2 Formatting titles
Grammar and mechanics
1 Capitalizing titles 2 Formatting titles

31	Week 31
Writing strategies		1 Identify and correct plagiarism
Writing strategies
1 Identify and correct plagiarism
Vocabulary		1 Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
1 Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Grammar and mechanics		1 Correct capitalization errors 2 Formatting quotations and dialogue
Grammar and mechanics
1 Correct capitalization errors 2 Formatting quotations and dialogue

32	Week 32
Reading strategies		1 Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Reading strategies
1 Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Vocabulary		1 Analogies: challenge
Vocabulary
1 Analogies: challenge
Grammar and mechanics		1 What does the punctuation suggest? 2 Commas with nonrestrictive elements 3 Use dashes
Grammar and mechanics
1 What does the punctuation suggest? 2 Commas with nonrestrictive elements 3 Use dashes