IXL skill plan | 11&12 Language Level E plan for the Tests of Adult Basic Education

Skill plan for the Tests of Adult Basic Education - 11&12 Language Level E

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Conventions of Standard English
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Text Types and Purposes

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Conventions of Standard English
Use reflexive pronouns		1. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 2. Use reflexive pronouns
Use reflexive pronouns
1. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 2. Use reflexive pronouns

Maintain agreement in number of reflexive pronouns
Maintain agreement in number of reflexive pronouns


Use the past tense of regular and irregular verbs		Regular past tense 1. Use action verbs 2. Form and use the regular past tense 3. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? Irregular past tense 4. To be: use the correct past tense form 5. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 6. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 7. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be 10. To be: use the correct form To have 11. To have: use the correct form
Use the past tense of regular and irregular verbs
Regular past tense 1. Use action verbs 2. Form and use the regular past tense 3. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? Irregular past tense 4. To be: use the correct past tense form 5. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 6. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 7. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be 10. To be: use the correct form To have 11. To have: use the correct form

Use irregular nouns
Use irregular nouns


Use abstract nouns		1. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns
Use abstract nouns
1. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns

Use nouns with irregular plurals		1. Is the noun singular or plural? 2. Form and use irregular plurals
Use nouns with irregular plurals
1. Is the noun singular or plural? 2. Form and use irregular plurals

Identify parts of speech		Nouns 1. Which word is a noun? 2. Identify nouns 3. Identify common and proper nouns Pronouns 4. Identify personal pronouns 5. Identify possessive pronouns Verbs 6. Identify action verbs 7. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 8. Identify the adjective that describes the noun Adjectives 9. Identify adjectives 10. Identify adverbs
Identify parts of speech
Nouns 1. Which word is a noun? 2. Identify nouns 3. Identify common and proper nouns Pronouns 4. Identify personal pronouns 5. Identify possessive pronouns Verbs 6. Identify action verbs 7. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 8. Identify the adjective that describes the noun Adjectives 9. Identify adjectives 10. Identify adverbs

Maintain pronoun-antecedent agreement		1. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
Maintain pronoun-antecedent agreement
1. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

Use comparative adjectives		1. Use adjectives to compare 2. Spell adjectives that compare
Use comparative adjectives
1. Use adjectives to compare 2. Spell adjectives that compare

Use multiple comparative adjectives
Use multiple comparative adjectives


Combine simple sentences		1. Use coordinating conjunctions 2. Identify coordinating conjunctions
Combine simple sentences
1. Use coordinating conjunctions 2. Identify coordinating conjunctions

Combine longer simple sentences		1. Use subordinating conjunctions 2. Identify subordinating conjunctions 3. Create compound sentences
Combine longer simple sentences
1. Use subordinating conjunctions 2. Identify subordinating conjunctions 3. Create compound sentences

Use commas in addresses, greetings, and closings		1. Greetings and closings of letters 2. Commas with the names of places
Use commas in addresses, greetings, and closings
1. Greetings and closings of letters 2. Commas with the names of places

Capitalize the days of the week		1. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays
Capitalize the days of the week
1. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays

Capitalize book titles Capitalize multiple book titles		1. Capitalizing titles
Capitalize book titles Capitalize multiple book titles
1. Capitalizing titles

Form common contractions		1. Form pronoun-verb contractions 2. Form contractions with "not" 3. Use pronoun-verb contractions 4. Use contractions with "not"
Form common contractions
1. Form pronoun-verb contractions 2. Form contractions with "not" 3. Use pronoun-verb contractions 4. Use contractions with "not"

Use quotation marks with a line of dialogue Use quotation marks with multiple lines of dialogue		1. Punctuating dialogue
Use quotation marks with a line of dialogue Use quotation marks with multiple lines of dialogue
1. Punctuating dialogue

Use a possessive apostrophe with common nouns		1. Form the singular or plural possessive
Use a possessive apostrophe with common nouns
1. Form the singular or plural possessive

Spell common words correctly		Homophones 1. Homophones with pictures 2. Use the correct homophone Regular plurals 3. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 4. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Irregular plurals 5. Form and use irregular plurals Regular past tense 6. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 7. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 10. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 11. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 Contractions 12. Pronoun-verb contractions 13. Contractions with "not"
Spell common words correctly
Homophones 1. Homophones with pictures 2. Use the correct homophone Regular plurals 3. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 4. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Irregular plurals 5. Form and use irregular plurals Regular past tense 6. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 7. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 10. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 11. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 Contractions 12. Pronoun-verb contractions 13. Contractions with "not"

Use vowel-sound spelling patterns and resources to spell correctly		1. Use guide words
Use vowel-sound spelling patterns and resources to spell correctly
1. Use guide words

Use spelling patterns to identify correctly spelled words		1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences
Use spelling patterns to identify correctly spelled words
1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Determine the meaning of a common root word		1. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 2. Prefixes and suffixes: review
Determine the meaning of a common root word
1. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 2. Prefixes and suffixes: review

Determine the meanings of less common root words
Determine the meanings of less common root words


Use prefixes to determine a word meaning		1. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 2. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 3. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-
Use prefixes to determine a word meaning
1. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 2. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 3. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-

Select words with similar meanings		1. Shades of meaning with pictures 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Positive and negative connotation
Select words with similar meanings
1. Shades of meaning with pictures 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Positive and negative connotation

Select more complex words with similar meanings		1. Form and use compound words
Select more complex words with similar meanings
1. Form and use compound words

Use adjectives correctly		1. Use sense words 2. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 3. Identify adjectives
Use adjectives correctly
1. Use sense words 2. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 3. Identify adjectives

Use adjectives correctly in more complex sentences
Use adjectives correctly in more complex sentences


Use beginning and transitional temporal words		1. Use subordinating conjunctions 2. Identify prepositions
Use beginning and transitional temporal words
1. Use subordinating conjunctions 2. Identify prepositions

Use temporal words in more complex sentences Use temporal words in multiple sentence across a paragraph		1. Identify time-order words
Use temporal words in more complex sentences Use temporal words in multiple sentence across a paragraph
1. Identify time-order words

Use a resource to determine the meaning of a multiple meaning word		1. Use guide words 2. Use dictionary entries
Use a resource to determine the meaning of a multiple meaning word
1. Use guide words 2. Use dictionary entries

Text Types and Purposes
Add an introductory sentence to an informational paragraph		1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs
Add an introductory sentence to an informational paragraph
1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs

Add evidence to an opinion paragraph Add evidence to a more complex opinion paragraph		1. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 2. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example
Add evidence to an opinion paragraph Add evidence to a more complex opinion paragraph
1. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 2. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example

Add multiple details to an opinion paragraph		1. Choose reasons to support an opinion
Add multiple details to an opinion paragraph
1. Choose reasons to support an opinion

Add a detail to an informational paragraph		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Add a detail to an informational paragraph
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Add details to a more complex informational paragraph		1. Organize information by topic
Add details to a more complex informational paragraph
1. Organize information by topic

Add multiple details to an informational paragraph		1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence
Add multiple details to an informational paragraph
1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence

Use a linking word in an opinion paragraph		1. Use coordinating conjunctions 2. Use subordinating conjunctions
Use a linking word in an opinion paragraph
1. Use coordinating conjunctions 2. Use subordinating conjunctions

Use a linking word in a more complex opinion paragraph		1. Choose the best transition
Use a linking word in a more complex opinion paragraph
1. Choose the best transition

Use multiple linking words in an opinion paragraph		1. Use linking words to complete a passage
Use multiple linking words in an opinion paragraph
1. Use linking words to complete a passage

Add a concluding sentence to an informational paragraph
Add a concluding sentence to an informational paragraph


Use a linking word in an informational paragraph		1. Use coordinating conjunctions 2. Use subordinating conjunctions
Use a linking word in an informational paragraph
1. Use coordinating conjunctions 2. Use subordinating conjunctions

Use a linking word in a more complex informational paragraph		1. Choose the best transition 2. Use linking words to complete a passage
Use a linking word in a more complex informational paragraph
1. Choose the best transition 2. Use linking words to complete a passage

Add a concluding sentence to a more complex opinion paragraph Add a concluding sentence to an opinion paragraph Add multiple concluding sentences to an opinion paragraph Add an concluding sentence to a more complex informational paragraph Add multiple concluding sentences to an informational paragraph		1. Choose the best concluding sentence
Add a concluding sentence to a more complex opinion paragraph Add a concluding sentence to an opinion paragraph Add multiple concluding sentences to an opinion paragraph Add an concluding sentence to a more complex informational paragraph Add multiple concluding sentences to an informational paragraph
1. Choose the best concluding sentence

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