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Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage
Language: Understand, Edit for Mechanics
Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience

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Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage
RIT Score: Less than 198
Parts of Speech		Nouns 1. Which word is a noun? 2. Identify nouns 3. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns 4. Identify common and proper nouns Plural nouns 5. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 6. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 7. Form and use irregular plurals Pronouns 8. Identify personal pronouns 9. Identify possessive pronouns Verbs 10. Use action verbs 11. Identify action verbs 12. Identify main verbs and helping verbs Verb tense 13. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 14. Change the sentence to future tense Regular past tense 15. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 16. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 17. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 18. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 19. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 20. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be 21. To be: use the correct form To have 22. To have: use the correct form Adjectives 23. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 24. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 25. Identify adjectives Adverbs 26. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 27. Identify adverbs Adjectives and adverbs 28. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Comparatives and superlatives 29. Use adjectives to compare 30. Use adverbs to compare Coordinating conjunctions 31. Identify coordinating conjunctions 32. Use coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions 33. Identify subordinating conjunctions 34. Use subordinating conjunctions
Parts of Speech
Nouns 1. Which word is a noun? 2. Identify nouns 3. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns 4. Identify common and proper nouns Plural nouns 5. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 6. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 7. Form and use irregular plurals Pronouns 8. Identify personal pronouns 9. Identify possessive pronouns Verbs 10. Use action verbs 11. Identify action verbs 12. Identify main verbs and helping verbs Verb tense 13. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 14. Change the sentence to future tense Regular past tense 15. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 16. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 17. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 18. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 19. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 20. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be 21. To be: use the correct form To have 22. To have: use the correct form Adjectives 23. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 24. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 25. Identify adjectives Adverbs 26. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 27. Identify adverbs Adjectives and adverbs 28. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Comparatives and superlatives 29. Use adjectives to compare 30. Use adverbs to compare Coordinating conjunctions 31. Identify coordinating conjunctions 32. Use coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions 33. Identify subordinating conjunctions 34. Use subordinating conjunctions

Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences		Subjects and predicates 1. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 2. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence Complete sentences 3. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 4. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 5. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 6. Order the words to create a sentence Sentence variety 7. Create compound sentences Pronoun-antecedent agreement 8. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun Subject-verb agreement 9. Is the subject singular or plural? 10. Use the correct subject or verb 11. Pronoun-verb agreement
Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences
Subjects and predicates 1. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 2. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence Complete sentences 3. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 4. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 5. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 6. Order the words to create a sentence Sentence variety 7. Create compound sentences Pronoun-antecedent agreement 8. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun Subject-verb agreement 9. Is the subject singular or plural? 10. Use the correct subject or verb 11. Pronoun-verb agreement
RIT Score: 198–204
Parts of Speech		Relative pronouns 1. Identify relative pronouns 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Modal verbs 4. What does the modal verb show? 5. Use the correct modal verb Past tense 6. Form and use the regular past tense Progressive tense 7. Use the progressive verb tenses 8. Form the progressive verb tenses Relative adverbs 9. Use relative adverbs Adjectives 10. Order adjectives Homophones 11. Homophones with pictures 12. Identify homophones
Parts of Speech
Relative pronouns 1. Identify relative pronouns 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Modal verbs 4. What does the modal verb show? 5. Use the correct modal verb Past tense 6. Form and use the regular past tense Progressive tense 7. Use the progressive verb tenses 8. Form the progressive verb tenses Relative adverbs 9. Use relative adverbs Adjectives 10. Order adjectives Homophones 11. Homophones with pictures 12. Identify homophones

Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences		Subjects and predicates 1. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 2. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence Complete sentences 3. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 4. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 5. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 6. Order the words to create a sentence Prepositional phrases 7. Identify prepositional phrases 8. Prepositions: review
Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences
Subjects and predicates 1. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 2. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence Complete sentences 3. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 4. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 5. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 6. Order the words to create a sentence Prepositional phrases 7. Identify prepositional phrases 8. Prepositions: review
RIT Score: 205–209
Parts of Speech		Modal verbs 1. What does the modal verb show? 2. Use the correct modal verb Past, present, and future tense 3. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 4. Form and use the simple past, present, and future tense 5. Form and use the regular past tense 6. Form and use the irregular past tense Shifts in verb tense 7. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Progressive tense 8. Use the progressive verb tenses 9. Form the progressive verb tenses Perfect tense 10. Choose between the past tense and past participle 11. Use the perfect verb tenses 12. Form the perfect verb tenses Prepositions 13. Identify prepositions 14. Identify prepositions and their objects 15. Identify prepositional phrases 16. Prepositions: review Coordinating conjunctions 17. Use coordinating conjunctions 18. Identify coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions 19. Identify subordinating conjunctions Correlative conjunctions 20. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 21. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction
Parts of Speech
Modal verbs 1. What does the modal verb show? 2. Use the correct modal verb Past, present, and future tense 3. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 4. Form and use the simple past, present, and future tense 5. Form and use the regular past tense 6. Form and use the irregular past tense Shifts in verb tense 7. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Progressive tense 8. Use the progressive verb tenses 9. Form the progressive verb tenses Perfect tense 10. Choose between the past tense and past participle 11. Use the perfect verb tenses 12. Form the perfect verb tenses Prepositions 13. Identify prepositions 14. Identify prepositions and their objects 15. Identify prepositional phrases 16. Prepositions: review Coordinating conjunctions 17. Use coordinating conjunctions 18. Identify coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions 19. Identify subordinating conjunctions Correlative conjunctions 20. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 21. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences		Sentence structure 1. Is the sentence simple or compound? 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? 3. Create compound sentences 4. Order the words to create a sentence Sentence variety 5. Create varied sentences based on models
Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences
Sentence structure 1. Is the sentence simple or compound? 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? 3. Create compound sentences 4. Order the words to create a sentence Sentence variety 5. Create varied sentences based on models
RIT Score: 210–213
Parts of Speech		Pronouns and antecedents 1. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents 5. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person Subject and object pronouns 6. Choose between subject and object pronouns 7. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 8. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns Possessive pronouns 9. Use possessive pronouns Personal and reflexive pronouns 10. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 11. Use reflexive pronouns 12. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? Relative pronouns 13. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 14. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Past, present, and future tense 15. Irregular past tense: review 16. Simple past, present, and future tense: review Shifts in verb tense 17. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Progressive tense 18. Use the progressive verb tenses 19. Form the progressive verb tenses Perfect tense 20. Use the perfect verb tenses 21. Form the perfect verb tenses 22. Choose between the past tense and past participle
Parts of Speech
Pronouns and antecedents 1. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents 5. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person Subject and object pronouns 6. Choose between subject and object pronouns 7. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 8. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns Possessive pronouns 9. Use possessive pronouns Personal and reflexive pronouns 10. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 11. Use reflexive pronouns 12. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? Relative pronouns 13. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 14. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Past, present, and future tense 15. Irregular past tense: review 16. Simple past, present, and future tense: review Shifts in verb tense 17. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Progressive tense 18. Use the progressive verb tenses 19. Form the progressive verb tenses Perfect tense 20. Use the perfect verb tenses 21. Form the perfect verb tenses 22. Choose between the past tense and past participle

Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences		Complete sentences 1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Sentence structure 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses 5. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? Sentence variety 6. Create varied sentences based on models Subject-verb agreement 7. Use the correct subject or verb 8. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences
Complete sentences 1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Sentence structure 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses 5. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? Sentence variety 6. Create varied sentences based on models Subject-verb agreement 7. Use the correct subject or verb 8. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
RIT Score: 214–216
Parts of Speech		Pronouns and antecedents 1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person Reflexive pronouns 5. Use reflexive pronouns Relative pronouns 6. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 7. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Past, present, and future tense 8. Irregular past tense: review 9. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 10. Form the progressive verb tenses 11. Form the perfect verb tenses Shifts in verb tense 12. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Adjectives and adverbs 13. Order adjectives 14. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 15. Is the word an adjective or adverb? 16. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 17. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 18. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 19. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Conjunctions 20. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Parts of Speech
Pronouns and antecedents 1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person Reflexive pronouns 5. Use reflexive pronouns Relative pronouns 6. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 7. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Past, present, and future tense 8. Irregular past tense: review 9. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 10. Form the progressive verb tenses 11. Form the perfect verb tenses Shifts in verb tense 12. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Adjectives and adverbs 13. Order adjectives 14. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 15. Is the word an adjective or adverb? 16. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 17. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 18. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 19. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Conjunctions 20. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences		Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Phrases and clauses 4. Is it a phrase or a clause? 5. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 6. Identify prepositional phrases 7. Identify dependent and independent clauses 8. Identify gerunds and their functions 9. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases Sentence types 10. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Sentence structure 11. Create varied sentences based on models 12. Combine sentences using relative clauses Misplaced and dangling modifiers 13. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 14. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 15. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences
Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Phrases and clauses 4. Is it a phrase or a clause? 5. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 6. Identify prepositional phrases 7. Identify dependent and independent clauses 8. Identify gerunds and their functions 9. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases Sentence types 10. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Sentence structure 11. Create varied sentences based on models 12. Combine sentences using relative clauses Misplaced and dangling modifiers 13. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 14. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 15. Are the modifiers used correctly?
RIT Score: 217+
Parts of Speech		Verb tense 1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Form the perfect verb tenses 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Verbals 4. Identify participles and what they modify 5. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases 6. Identify gerunds and their functions Verb mood 7. Identify the verb mood 8. Correct errors with verb mood Active and passive voice 9. Identify active and passive voice 10. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Conjunctions 11. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Parts of Speech
Verb tense 1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Form the perfect verb tenses 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Verbals 4. Identify participles and what they modify 5. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases 6. Identify gerunds and their functions Verb mood 7. Identify the verb mood 8. Correct errors with verb mood Active and passive voice 9. Identify active and passive voice 10. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Conjunctions 11. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences		Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Phrases and clauses 4. Is it a phrase or a clause? 5. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses Sentence types 7. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Sentence structure 8. Create varied sentences based on models 9. Combine sentences using relative clauses 10. Use parallel structure Subject-verb agreement 11. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 12. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement Misplaced and dangling modifiers 13. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 14. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 15. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences
Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Phrases and clauses 4. Is it a phrase or a clause? 5. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses Sentence types 7. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Sentence structure 8. Create varied sentences based on models 9. Combine sentences using relative clauses 10. Use parallel structure Subject-verb agreement 11. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 12. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement Misplaced and dangling modifiers 13. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 14. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 15. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Language: Understand, Edit for Mechanics
RIT Score: Less than 198
Capitalization		1. Capitalizing titles
Capitalization
1. Capitalizing titles

Punctuation		1. Form the singular or plural possessive 2. Commas with the names of places 3. Punctuating dialogue
Punctuation
1. Form the singular or plural possessive 2. Commas with the names of places 3. Punctuating dialogue

Spelling		Homophones 1. Homophones with pictures 2. Use the correct homophone Compound words 3. Form compound words with pictures 4. Form compound words 5. Form and use compound words Word patterns 6. Word pattern analogies 7. Word pattern sentences Regular plurals 8. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Comparative adjectives 9. Spell adjectives that compare Reference materials 10. Use guide words
Spelling
Homophones 1. Homophones with pictures 2. Use the correct homophone Compound words 3. Form compound words with pictures 4. Form compound words 5. Form and use compound words Word patterns 6. Word pattern analogies 7. Word pattern sentences Regular plurals 8. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Comparative adjectives 9. Spell adjectives that compare Reference materials 10. Use guide words
RIT Score: 198–204
Capitalization		1. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 2. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 3. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 4. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents 5. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages 6. Capitalization: review 7. Capitalizing titles
Capitalization
1. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 2. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 3. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 4. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents 5. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages 6. Capitalization: review 7. Capitalizing titles

Punctuation		Commas in compound sentences 1. Is the sentence simple or compound? 2. Create compound sentences Dialogue 3. Punctuating dialogue Contractions 4. Pronoun-verb contractions 5. Contractions with "not"
Punctuation
Commas in compound sentences 1. Is the sentence simple or compound? 2. Create compound sentences Dialogue 3. Punctuating dialogue Contractions 4. Pronoun-verb contractions 5. Contractions with "not"

Spelling		Compound words 1. Form compound words 2. Form and use compound words Homophones 3. Use the correct homophone Word patterns 4. Word pattern analogies 5. Word pattern sentences Regular plurals 6. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 7. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 8. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves 9. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves Irregular plurals 10. Form and use irregular plurals Possessive nouns 11. Form the singular or plural possessive Irregular past tense 12. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 13. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 14. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 15. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 Comparative adjectives 16. Spell adjectives that compare Reference skills 17. Use guide words
Spelling
Compound words 1. Form compound words 2. Form and use compound words Homophones 3. Use the correct homophone Word patterns 4. Word pattern analogies 5. Word pattern sentences Regular plurals 6. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 7. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 8. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves 9. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves Irregular plurals 10. Form and use irregular plurals Possessive nouns 11. Form the singular or plural possessive Irregular past tense 12. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 13. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 14. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 15. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 Comparative adjectives 16. Spell adjectives that compare Reference skills 17. Use guide words
RIT Score: 205–209
Punctuation		Commas 1. Commas with a series 2. Commas with direct addresses 3. Commas with introductory elements Formatting titles 4. Formatting titles 5. Formatting and capitalizing titles
Punctuation
Commas 1. Commas with a series 2. Commas with direct addresses 3. Commas with introductory elements Formatting titles 4. Formatting titles 5. Formatting and capitalizing titles

Spelling		Homophones 1. Homophones with pictures 2. Use the correct homophone Word patterns 3. Word pattern analogies 4. Word pattern sentences Homographs 5. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Regular plurals 6. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 7. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 8. Form plurals: review 9. Form and use plurals: review Possessive nouns 10. Form the singular or plural possessive 11. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Comparative adjectives 12. Spell adjectives that compare Reference skills 13. Use guide words Frequently confused words 14. Use the correct frequently confused word 15. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Spelling
Homophones 1. Homophones with pictures 2. Use the correct homophone Word patterns 3. Word pattern analogies 4. Word pattern sentences Homographs 5. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Regular plurals 6. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 7. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 8. Form plurals: review 9. Form and use plurals: review Possessive nouns 10. Form the singular or plural possessive 11. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Comparative adjectives 12. Spell adjectives that compare Reference skills 13. Use guide words Frequently confused words 14. Use the correct frequently confused word 15. Correct errors with frequently confused words
RIT Score: 210–213
Punctuation		Commas 1. Commas with series, dates, and places 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 4. Commas with coordinate adjectives 5. Commas: review Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 6. What does the punctuation suggest? 7. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Dashes 8. Use dashes
Punctuation
Commas 1. Commas with series, dates, and places 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 4. Commas with coordinate adjectives 5. Commas: review Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 6. What does the punctuation suggest? 7. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Dashes 8. Use dashes

Spelling		Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Regular plurals 2. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 3. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 4. Form plurals: review 5. Form and use plurals: review Possessive nouns 6. Form the singular or plural possessive 7. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Past tense 8. Irregular past tense: review Adjectives and adverbs 9. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 10. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Contractions 11. Pronoun-verb contractions 12. Contractions with "not" Frequently confused words 13. Use the correct frequently confused word 14. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Spelling
Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Regular plurals 2. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 3. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 4. Form plurals: review 5. Form and use plurals: review Possessive nouns 6. Form the singular or plural possessive 7. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Past tense 8. Irregular past tense: review Adjectives and adverbs 9. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 10. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Contractions 11. Pronoun-verb contractions 12. Contractions with "not" Frequently confused words 13. Use the correct frequently confused word 14. Correct errors with frequently confused words
RIT Score: 214–216
Punctuation		Commas 1. Commas with coordinate adjectives 2. Commas with series, dates, and places 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 5. Commas: review Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 6. What does the punctuation suggest? 7. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Semicolons, colons, and commas 8. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 9. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 10. Use dashes 11. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 12. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Punctuation
Commas 1. Commas with coordinate adjectives 2. Commas with series, dates, and places 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 5. Commas: review Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 6. What does the punctuation suggest? 7. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Semicolons, colons, and commas 8. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 9. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 10. Use dashes 11. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 12. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

Spelling		Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Regular plurals 2. Form and use plurals: review 3. Form and use plurals of compound nouns Possessive nouns 4. Form the singular or plural possessive 5. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Past tense 6. Irregular past tense: review Adjectives and adverbs 7. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 8. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Frequently confused words 9. Use the correct frequently confused word 10. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Spelling
Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Regular plurals 2. Form and use plurals: review 3. Form and use plurals of compound nouns Possessive nouns 4. Form the singular or plural possessive 5. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Past tense 6. Irregular past tense: review Adjectives and adverbs 7. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 8. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Frequently confused words 9. Use the correct frequently confused word 10. Correct errors with frequently confused words
RIT Score: 217+
Punctuation		Commas 1. Commas with compound and complex sentences 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 3. Commas with coordinate adjectives Dashes and ellipses 4. Use dashes 5. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Punctuation
Commas 1. Commas with compound and complex sentences 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 3. Commas with coordinate adjectives Dashes and ellipses 4. Use dashes 5. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

Spelling		Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Regular plurals 2. Form and use plurals: review 3. Form and use plurals of compound nouns Possessive nouns 4. Form the singular or plural possessive 5. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 6. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession Adjectives and adverbs 7. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 8. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Irregular past tense 9. Irregular past tense: review Frequently confused words 10. Use the correct frequently confused word 11. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Spelling
Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Regular plurals 2. Form and use plurals: review 3. Form and use plurals of compound nouns Possessive nouns 4. Form the singular or plural possessive 5. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 6. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession Adjectives and adverbs 7. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 8. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Irregular past tense 9. Irregular past tense: review Frequently confused words 10. Use the correct frequently confused word 11. Correct errors with frequently confused words

Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience
RIT Score: Less than 198
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions		Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Order items from most general to most specific 3. Organize information by topic Topic sentences 4. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 5. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Time-order words 6. Identify time-order words 7. Use time-order words Transitions 8. Choose the best transition 9. Use linking words to complete a passage Text purpose 10. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions
Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Order items from most general to most specific 3. Organize information by topic Topic sentences 4. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 5. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Time-order words 6. Identify time-order words 7. Use time-order words Transitions 8. Choose the best transition 9. Use linking words to complete a passage Text purpose 10. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose

Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Supporting details 3. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Opinions, reasons, and examples 4. Choose reasons to support an opinion 5. Complete the opinion passage with an example 6. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 7. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Conduct research 8. Determine the main idea of a passage
Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Supporting details 3. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Opinions, reasons, and examples 4. Choose reasons to support an opinion 5. Complete the opinion passage with an example 6. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 7. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Conduct research 8. Determine the main idea of a passage

Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language		Descriptive details 1. Sort sensory details 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Show character emotions and traits 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Sentence variety 5. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 6. Combine sentences by adding key details Shades of meaning 7. Shades of meaning with pictures 8. Describe the difference between related words 9. Positive and negative connotation
Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language
Descriptive details 1. Sort sensory details 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Show character emotions and traits 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Sentence variety 5. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 6. Combine sentences by adding key details Shades of meaning 7. Shades of meaning with pictures 8. Describe the difference between related words 9. Positive and negative connotation
RIT Score: 198–204
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions		Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Order items from most general to most specific 3. Organize information by topic 4. Remove the sentence that does not belong Topic sentences 5. Choose the best topic sentence Conclusions 6. Choose the best concluding sentence Time-order words 7. Identify time-order words Transitions 8. Use coordinating conjunctions 9. Use subordinating conjunctions 10. Choose the best transition Text purpose 11. Identify the purpose of a text
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions
Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Order items from most general to most specific 3. Organize information by topic 4. Remove the sentence that does not belong Topic sentences 5. Choose the best topic sentence Conclusions 6. Choose the best concluding sentence Time-order words 7. Identify time-order words Transitions 8. Use coordinating conjunctions 9. Use subordinating conjunctions 10. Choose the best transition Text purpose 11. Identify the purpose of a text

Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion Supporting details 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Conduct research 5. Determine the main idea of a passage 6. Identify and correct plagiarism
Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion Supporting details 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Conduct research 5. Determine the main idea of a passage 6. Identify and correct plagiarism

Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language		Descriptive details 1. Sort sensory details 2. Identify sensory details 3. Show character emotions and traits 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Add imagery to stories Sentence variety 6. Create varied sentences based on models Shades of meaning 7. Shades of meaning with pictures 8. Describe the difference between related words 9. Positive and negative connotation
Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language
Descriptive details 1. Sort sensory details 2. Identify sensory details 3. Show character emotions and traits 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Add imagery to stories Sentence variety 6. Create varied sentences based on models Shades of meaning 7. Shades of meaning with pictures 8. Describe the difference between related words 9. Positive and negative connotation
RIT Score: 205–209
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions		Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Topic sentences 4. Choose the best topic sentence Conclusions 5. Choose the best concluding sentence Transitions 6. Use coordinating conjunctions 7. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 8. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction 9. Choose the best transition Text purpose 10. Identify the purpose of a text
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions
Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Topic sentences 4. Choose the best topic sentence Conclusions 5. Choose the best concluding sentence Transitions 6. Use coordinating conjunctions 7. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 8. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction 9. Choose the best transition Text purpose 10. Identify the purpose of a text

Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion 3. Choose reasons to support an opinion Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in literary texts 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Conduct research 6. Determine the main idea of a passage 7. Identify and correct plagiarism
Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion 3. Choose reasons to support an opinion Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in literary texts 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Conduct research 6. Determine the main idea of a passage 7. Identify and correct plagiarism

Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language		Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? Descriptive details 2. Sort sensory details 3. Identify sensory details 4. Show character emotions and traits 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 6. Add imagery to stories Sentence variety 7. Create varied sentences based on models Shades of meaning 8. Describe the difference between related words 9. Positive and negative connotation
Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language
Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? Descriptive details 2. Sort sensory details 3. Identify sensory details 4. Show character emotions and traits 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 6. Add imagery to stories Sentence variety 7. Create varied sentences based on models Shades of meaning 8. Describe the difference between related words 9. Positive and negative connotation
RIT Score: 210–213
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions		Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Topic sentences 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 7. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Text purpose 8. Identify the author's purpose
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions
Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Topic sentences 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 7. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Text purpose 8. Identify the author's purpose

Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts 4. Identify supporting details in literary texts Conduct research 5. Determine the main idea of a passage 6. Identify and correct plagiarism Analyze sources 7. Identify relevant sources 8. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias
Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts 4. Identify supporting details in literary texts Conduct research 5. Determine the main idea of a passage 6. Identify and correct plagiarism Analyze sources 7. Identify relevant sources 8. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias

Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language		Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? 2. Compare passages for tone Descriptive details 3. Identify sensory details 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Sentence variety 5. Create varied sentences based on models Figurative language 6. Use personification Shades of meaning 7. Describe the difference between related words 8. Positive and negative connotation
Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language
Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? 2. Compare passages for tone Descriptive details 3. Identify sensory details 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Sentence variety 5. Create varied sentences based on models Figurative language 6. Use personification Shades of meaning 7. Describe the difference between related words 8. Positive and negative connotation
RIT Score: 214–216
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions		Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong 3. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Topic sentences and thesis statements 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Text purpose 7. Identify the author's purpose
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions
Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong 3. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Topic sentences and thesis statements 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Text purpose 7. Identify the author's purpose

Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts 4. Identify supporting details in literary texts Counterclaims 5. Identify counterclaims Conduct research 6. Determine the main idea of a passage 7. Identify plagiarism Analyze sources 8. Identify relevant sources 9. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias
Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts 4. Identify supporting details in literary texts Counterclaims 5. Identify counterclaims Conduct research 6. Determine the main idea of a passage 7. Identify plagiarism Analyze sources 8. Identify relevant sources 9. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias

Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language		Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? Descriptive details 2. Identify sensory details 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Sentence variety 4. Create varied sentences based on models Word choice 5. Remove redundant words or phrases Shades of meaning 6. Describe the difference between related words 7. Positive and negative connotation
Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language
Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? Descriptive details 2. Identify sensory details 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Sentence variety 4. Create varied sentences based on models Word choice 5. Remove redundant words or phrases Shades of meaning 6. Describe the difference between related words 7. Positive and negative connotation
RIT Score: 217+
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions		Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Topic sentences and thesis statements 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Text purpose 7. Identify the author's purpose
Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions
Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Topic sentences and thesis statements 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Text purpose 7. Identify the author's purpose

Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Counterclaims 5. Identify counterclaims Conduct research 6. Determine the main idea of a passage 7. Identify plagiarism Analyze sources 8. Identify relevant sources 9. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias
Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting details 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Counterclaims 5. Identify counterclaims Conduct research 6. Determine the main idea of a passage 7. Identify plagiarism Analyze sources 8. Identify relevant sources 9. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias

Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language		Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? Descriptive details 2. Identify sensory details 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 4. Use personification Sentence variety 5. Create varied sentences based on models Word choice 6. Remove redundant words or phrases Shades of meaning 7. Describe the difference between related words 8. Positive and negative connotation
Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language
Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? Descriptive details 2. Identify sensory details 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 4. Use personification Sentence variety 5. Create varied sentences based on models Word choice 6. Remove redundant words or phrases Shades of meaning 7. Describe the difference between related words 8. Positive and negative connotation

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