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		2 Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Writing strategies
2 Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Vocabulary		3 Find words using context
Vocabulary
3 Find words using context
Grammar and mechanics		4 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 5 Identify common and proper nouns
Grammar and mechanics
4 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 5 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		2 Vocabulary review: Read and understand informational passages
Vocabulary
2 Vocabulary review: Read and understand informational passages
Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 4 Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 4 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		2 Choose the synonym
Vocabulary
2 Choose the synonym
Grammar and mechanics		3 Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 4 Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
Grammar and mechanics
3 Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 4 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		2 Find synonyms in context
Vocabulary
2 Find synonyms in context
Grammar and mechanics		3 Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 4 Identify dependent and independent clauses
Grammar and mechanics
3 Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 4 Identify dependent and independent clauses

5	Week 5
Writing strategies		1 Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Writing strategies
1 Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Vocabulary		2 Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Vocabulary
2 Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Grammar and mechanics		4 Use coordinating conjunctions 5 Identify coordinating conjunctions 6 Commas with compound and complex sentences
Grammar and mechanics
4 Use coordinating conjunctions 5 Identify coordinating conjunctions 6 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		2 Words with pre- 3 Words with re-
Vocabulary
2 Words with pre- 3 Words with re-
Grammar and mechanics		4 Identify subordinating conjunctions 5 Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?
Grammar and mechanics
4 Identify subordinating conjunctions 5 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		2 Use the correct frequently confused word
Writing strategies
2 Use the correct frequently confused word
Vocabulary		3 Words with -ful
Vocabulary
3 Words with -ful
Grammar and mechanics		4 Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 5 Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
Grammar and mechanics
4 Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 5 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		2 Choose the antonym 3 Describe the difference between related words
Vocabulary
2 Choose the antonym 3 Describe the difference between related words
Grammar and mechanics		4 Form plurals: review 5 Form and use plurals: review
Grammar and mechanics
4 Form plurals: review 5 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		2 Correct errors with frequently confused words
Writing strategies
2 Correct errors with frequently confused words
Vocabulary		3 Find antonyms in context
Vocabulary
3 Find antonyms in context
Grammar and mechanics		4 Commas with series, dates, and places 5 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Grammar and mechanics
4 Commas with series, dates, and places 5 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		2 Vocabulary review: Trace an argument
Vocabulary
2 Vocabulary review: Trace an argument
Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 4 Form the singular or plural possessive
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 4 Form the singular or plural possessive

11	Week 11
Writing strategies		1 Distinguish facts from opinions
Writing strategies
1 Distinguish facts from opinions
Vocabulary		2 Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3 Positive and negative connotation
Vocabulary
2 Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3 Positive and negative connotation
Grammar and mechanics		4 Identify main verbs and helping verbs 5 Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
Grammar and mechanics
4 Identify main verbs and helping verbs 5 Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns

12	Week 12
Reading strategies		1 Read graphic organizers
Reading strategies
1 Read graphic organizers
Vocabulary		2 Alphabetical order 3 Use guide words
Vocabulary
2 Alphabetical order 3 Use guide words
Grammar and mechanics		4 Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 5 Is it a direct object or an indirect object?
Grammar and mechanics
4 Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 5 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		2 Use dictionary entries
Vocabulary
2 Use dictionary entries
Grammar and mechanics		3 What does the modal verb show? 4 Use the correct modal verb
Grammar and mechanics
3 What does the modal verb show? 4 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		2 Use dictionary definitions 3 Use thesaurus entries
Vocabulary
2 Use dictionary definitions 3 Use thesaurus entries
Grammar and mechanics		4 Use the correct subject or verb 5 Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
Grammar and mechanics
4 Use the correct subject or verb 5 Use the correct verb – with compound subjects

15	Week 15
Reading strategies		1 Identify author's purpose
Reading strategies
1 Identify author's purpose
Writing strategies		2 Identify supporting details in informational texts
Writing strategies
2 Identify supporting details in informational texts
Vocabulary		3 Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
3 Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Grammar and mechanics		4 Identify pronouns and their antecedents 5 Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
Grammar and mechanics
4 Identify pronouns and their antecedents 5 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		2 Words with sub-
Vocabulary
2 Words with sub-
Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify vague pronoun references 4 Identify all of the possible antecedents
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify vague pronoun references 4 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		2 Identify counterclaims
Writing strategies
2 Identify counterclaims
Vocabulary		3 Words with -less
Vocabulary
3 Words with -less
Grammar and mechanics		4 Choose between subject and object pronouns 5 Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
Grammar and mechanics
4 Choose between subject and object pronouns 5 Compound subjects and objects with pronouns

18	Week 18
Reading strategies		1 Identify sensory details
Reading strategies
1 Identify sensory details
Vocabulary		2 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 3 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
Vocabulary
2 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 3 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
Grammar and mechanics		4 Use possessive pronouns 5 Pronoun-verb contractions 6 Contractions with "not"
Grammar and mechanics
4 Use possessive pronouns 5 Pronoun-verb contractions 6 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		2 Classify logical fallacies
Writing strategies
2 Classify logical fallacies
Vocabulary		3 Use the correct homophone
Vocabulary
3 Use the correct homophone
Grammar and mechanics		4 Irregular past tense: review 5 Simple past, present, and future tense: review 6 Use the progressive verb tenses
Grammar and mechanics
4 Irregular past tense: review 5 Simple past, present, and future tense: review 6 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		2 Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
2 Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Grammar and mechanics		3 Form the progressive verb tenses 4 Choose between the past tense and past participle 5 Use the perfect verb tenses
Grammar and mechanics
3 Form the progressive verb tenses 4 Choose between the past tense and past participle 5 Use the perfect verb tenses

21	Week 21
Reading strategies		1 Interpret figures of speech
Reading strategies
1 Interpret figures of speech
Writing strategies		2 Use personification
Writing strategies
2 Use personification
Vocabulary		3 Which definition matches the sentence? 4 Which sentence matches the definition?
Vocabulary
3 Which definition matches the sentence? 4 Which sentence matches the definition?
Grammar and mechanics		5 Form the perfect verb tenses 6 Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Grammar and mechanics
5 Form the perfect verb tenses 6 Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

22	Week 22
Reading strategies		1 Classify figures of speech
Reading strategies
1 Classify figures of speech
Vocabulary		2 Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Vocabulary
2 Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Grammar and mechanics		3 Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 4 Use reflexive pronouns
Grammar and mechanics
3 Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 4 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		2 Create varied sentences based on models
Writing strategies
2 Create varied sentences based on models
Vocabulary		3 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 4 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2
Vocabulary
3 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 4 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2
Grammar and mechanics		5 Identify prepositions 6 Identify prepositions and their objects
Grammar and mechanics
5 Identify prepositions 6 Identify prepositions and their objects

24	Week 24
Reading strategies		1 Compare passages for tone
Reading strategies
1 Compare passages for tone
Vocabulary		2 Words with mis-
Vocabulary
2 Words with mis-
Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify prepositional phrases 4 Identify relative pronouns 5 Use relative pronouns: who and whom
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify prepositional phrases 4 Identify relative pronouns 5 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		2 Words with -able and -ible
Vocabulary
2 Words with -able and -ible
Grammar and mechanics		3 Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 4 Identify adjectives 5 Order adjectives
Grammar and mechanics
3 Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 4 Identify adjectives 5 Order adjectives

26	Week 26
Reading strategies		1 Analyze short stories
Reading strategies
1 Analyze short stories
Writing strategies		2 Correct errors with signs
Writing strategies
2 Correct errors with signs
Vocabulary		3 Vocabulary review: Analyze short stories
Vocabulary
3 Vocabulary review: Analyze short stories
Grammar and mechanics		4 Commas with coordinate adjectives 5 Identify adverbs 6 Use relative adverbs
Grammar and mechanics
4 Commas with coordinate adjectives 5 Identify adverbs 6 Use relative adverbs

27	Week 27
Writing strategies		1 Correct errors in everyday use
Writing strategies
1 Correct errors in everyday use
Vocabulary		2 Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Vocabulary
2 Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Grammar and mechanics		3 Choose between adjectives and adverbs 4 Is the word an adjective or adverb?
Grammar and mechanics
3 Choose between adjectives and adverbs 4 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		2 Suggest appropriate revisions
Writing strategies
2 Suggest appropriate revisions
Vocabulary		3 Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
3 Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Grammar and mechanics		4 Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 5 Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
Grammar and mechanics
4 Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 5 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		2 Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Vocabulary
2 Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Grammar and mechanics		3 Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 4 Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
Grammar and mechanics
3 Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 4 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		2 Use in-text citations (MLA 8th edition)
Writing strategies
2 Use in-text citations (MLA 8th edition)
Vocabulary		3 Analogies
Vocabulary
3 Analogies
Grammar and mechanics		4 Capitalizing titles 5 Formatting titles
Grammar and mechanics
4 Capitalizing titles 5 Formatting titles

31	Week 31
Writing strategies		1 Identify and correct plagiarism
Writing strategies
1 Identify and correct plagiarism
Vocabulary		2 Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
2 Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Grammar and mechanics		3 Correct capitalization errors 4 Formatting quotations and dialogue
Grammar and mechanics
3 Correct capitalization errors 4 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		2 Analogies: challenge
Vocabulary
2 Analogies: challenge
Grammar and mechanics		3 What does the punctuation suggest? 4 Commas with nonrestrictive elements 5 Use dashes
Grammar and mechanics
3 What does the punctuation suggest? 4 Commas with nonrestrictive elements 5 Use dashes