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VT-ACCUPLACER-Arithmetic Scope and Sequence

Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective

Computation - Fractions

Computations with Whole Numbers

Numbers and Expressions

Use the order of operations to evaluate expressions.

Translate verbal phrases into numerical expressions.

Addition or Subtraction of Fractions or Mixed Numbers

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Add and subtract fractions.

Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

Add and subtract mixed numbers.

Multiplication Involving Fractions or Mixed Numbers

Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Multiply fractions and mixed numbers.

Division of Fractions or Mixed Numbers

Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Divide fractions.

Divide mixed numbers.

Squares and Square Roots (Whole Numbers, Fractions)

Square and Square Roots

Find square roots.

Finding Square Roots

Estimate square roots to a given number of decimal places and solve problems using square roots.

Recognition of Equivalent Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Equivalent Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Identify, write, and convert between equivalent fractions and mixed numbers.

Computation - Decimal Numbers

Addition and Subtraction of Decimal Numbers

Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Add and subtract decimals.

Multiplication of Decimals by Whole Numbers Other Than Powers of Ten and by Decimals

Multiplying Decimals

Multiply decimals.

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Division of a Decimal by a Whole Number Other Than a Power of Ten or by a Decimal

Dividing Decimals by Integers

Divide decimals by integers.

Dividing Decimals and Integers by Decimals

Divide decimals and integers by decimals.

Problems Involving Percent

Recognition of Percent and Decimal Equivalences

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Express percents as fractions and vice versa.

Express percents as decimals and vice versa.

Percent of a Number

Using the Percent Proportion

Use the percent proportion to solve problems.

A Number When a Percent of It Is Unknown

Using Percent Equations

Solve percent problems using percent equations.

Solve real-life problems involving discount and interest.

Solving Equations Containing Percents

Solve one-step equations containing percents.

Percent Word Problems

Markup and Discount

Find mark-ups.

Find discounts.

Percent of Change

Find percent of increase.

Find percent of decrease.

Percent and Estimation

Estimate percents by using fractions and decimals.

Estimation, Ordering, and Number Sense

Estimation of Sums, Differences, Products, and Quotients That Involve Fractions or Mixed Numbers

Estimating with Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Estimate sums and differences.

Estimate products and quotients.




Ordering Decimals, Fractions, and Percents

Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers

Compare and order fractions and decimals.

Rounding

Rounding Decimals

Round decimals.

Problems Involving the Number Line

Integers and Absolute Value

Represent, graph, and order integers.

Find opposites and absolute values.

Word Problems and Applications

Rate Problems, Including Ratio and Proportion

Ratios and Rates

Write ratios as fractions in simplest form.

Determine unit rates.

Using Proportions

Solve proportions.

Use proportions to solve real-world problems.

Measurement Problems

Converting Between Measurement Systems

Use a conversion factor to convert measurements between systems

Similar Figures

Determine whether figures are similar, use scale factors, and find missing dimensions in similar figures.

Average

Measures of Central Tendency

Calculate measures of central tendency

Determine the effects of variability on measures of central tendency

Problems Related to Tables

Scale Drawings and Models

Use scale drawings.

Construct scale drawings.

Problem Solving: Make a Table

Solve problems by making a table


VT-ACCUPLACER-Elementary Algebra Scope and Sequence


Real Numbers

Ordering

Number Sets

Classify real numbers

Order real numbers on a number line

Operations with Signed Numbers

Real Number Operations

Perform operations with rational numbers

Simplify numerical expressions by using the order of operations

Find absolute values of rational numbers

Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Systems

Evaluating Linear Expressions

Simplify Expressions

Simplify algebraic expressions by combining like terms.

Simplify expressions by removing grouping symbols.

Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities

Write Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

Write the equation of a line given its slope and y-intercept

Write the equation of a line given its graph

Write the equation of a line given two points on the line

Write and Solve Inequalities

Solve one-variable inequalities

Graph the solution sets of inequalities

Translate written statements into inequalities

Equations with Variables on Both Sides

Apply properties to solve equations with the variable on both sides

Verify a solution for an equation

Solve Equations Using the Distributive Property

Determine if equations are equivalent

Apply the distributive property to solve equations

Determine if an equation has 0, 1, or an infinite number of solutions

Simplify and Solve Equations

Solve multi-step equations

Verify a solution of an equation

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Two-Step Inequalities

Solve two-step inequalities in one variable


Multi-Step Inequalities

Solve multi-step inequalities in one variable


Systems of Linear Equations

Solve a Linear System Graphically

Determine if a linear system of equations is dependent, independent, consistent, or inconsistent

Identify the graphical solution of a system of linear equations

Apply a system of equations to solve a one-variable linear equation graphically

Solve a Linear System by Substitution

Determine if a point is a solution of a linear system

Solve a system of two linear equations in two variables using substitution

Solve a Linear System by Elimination

Determine if a point is a solution of a linear system

Solve a system of two linear equations in two variables using elimination

Model and Solve Problems with Linear Systems

Use a system of linear equations to model and solve real-world problems

Systems of Linear Inequalities

Determine if a point is a solution of a system of linear inequalities

Identify the graphical solution of a system of linear inequalities

Graphing Linear Equations and Inequalities

Graph Functions

Draw graphs of functions

Interpret graphs of functions

Graph Linear Inequalities

Graph linear inequalities in two variables

Model and solve real-world problems involving linear inequalities

Quadratic Expressions and Equations

Squaring a Binomial

Special Products

Identify special products of binomials




Factoring the Difference of Squares

Special Cases

Factor perfect square trinomials

Factor the difference of two squares

Factoring a General Quadratic over the Integers

The Greatest Common Factor

Determine the greatest common factor

Use the greatest common factor to factor polynomials

Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring

Factor by Grouping

Factor polynomials by grouping

Factor Trinomials with Leading Coefficient of One

Factor trinomials with a leading coefficient of one

Factor Trinomials with a Leading Coefficient Other than One

Factor trinomials with a leading coefficient other than one

Algebraic Expressions and Equations (Other Than Linear and Quadratic)

Addition and Subtraction of Monomials and Polynomials

Add and Subtract Polynomials

Classify polynomials

Add and subtract polynomials

Multiplication of Monomials and Polynomials

Multiply Polynomials

Multiply polynomials

Positive Rational Roots and Exponents

Introduction to Radicals

Use the inverse operation to evaluate perfect squares

Express roots using fractions as exponents

Approximate roots of nonperfect squares

Factoring Polynomials That Are Not Quadratics

Factoring Polynomials

Apply various factoring methods to completely factor a polynomial

Division of Monomials and Polynomials, Including Simplification of Algebraic Fractions

Multiply and Divide by a Monomial

Multiply and divide polynomials by monomials




Simplify Rational Expressions

Determine the values for which a rational expression is undefined

Simplify rational expressions by dividing out the greatest common factor

Use factoring methods to simplify rational expressions

Word Problems and Applications

Translating Written Phrases or Sentences into Algebraic Expressions or Equations

Equations as Mathematical Models

Represent and solve real-world situations with equations

Judge the reasonableness of a solution

Model and Solve Problems with Multi-Step Equations

Solve real-world problems using multi-step equations

Judge the reasonableness of a solution

Solving Verbal Problems in an Algebraic Context, Including Geometric Reasoning

Literal Equations

Solve literal equations for a specific variable

Evaluate the unknown variable in a literal equation


VT-ACCUPLACER-Reading Comprehension Scope and Sequence


Reading Comprehension: Text Structure

Text Structure

The Strategy Focus: Text Structure

Use previewing to identify text structure.

Recognize different types of text structure.

Recognize different text formats and purposes.

Expository Text

Skills Lesson: Expository: Nonfiction

Compare and contrast the characteristics and purpose of different types of nonfiction: autobiographies,

biographies, memoirs, articles, essays, and personal accounts.

Explore the use, purpose, and significance of nonfiction in our world.

Examine how authors use language to establish mood and tone in nonfiction texts.

Procedural Text

Skills Lesson: Expository: Procedural Texts

Compare and contrast the characteristics and purpose of different types of procedural texts, including

operational manuals, directions, recipes, and rules for games.

Evaluate and describe how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents.

Follow extended multi-tasked or multi-dimensional instructions in informational or technical texts.

Write a journal explaining the process or procedure of an activity.

Reading Comprehension: Main Idea

Summarizing the Main Idea

The Strategy Focus: Summarizing

Identify the strategy of Summarizing.

Define the strategies used in summarizing.

Apply summarizing strategies to different types of text.

Inferring the Main Idea

The Strategy Focus: Inferencing

Identify the strategy of Inferencing.

Define the strategies used in Inferencing.




Reading Comprehension: Supporting Details

Identifying Supporting Details

Speech: "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" by Winston Churchill

Skill: Evaluate the significance of rhetoric and persuasion in society.

Identify/infer the thesis of a complex speech in which the ideas may be abstract, theoretical, and philosophical

and in which the organization is not necessarily linear, but may proceed from point to point, and distinguish the

essential and less-important details that may subtly elaborate it.

Analyze the rhetorical devices used in a famous speech and their relevance to the argument made.

Reading Comprehension: Inferences

Making Inferences in Fiction

Reading Strategy Lesson: Making Inferences

Identify and describe the types of inferences readers make; define unstated meaning.

Identify how to use personal experience and prior knowledge to make inferences.

Make inferences about causes and effects.

Use a graphic organizer to track connections between the text and the reader's inferences.

Making Inferences in Nonfiction

The Strategy Focus: Inferencing

Learn how to use inferencing in reading text.

Use evidence and reasoning to reach a conclusion.

Use prior knowledge to go Beyond the Text.

Learn to use inferencing to make predictions in text.

Reading: Author's Purpose/Rhetorical Strategies

Theme - Author's Message

Skills Lesson: Theme - Author's Message

Literary Skill: Identify the author's message and what type of message it is. (stated, implicit)

Author's Perspective and Tone in Fiction

Skills Lesson: Author's Perspective and Tone

Literary Skill: Evaluate author's perspective, tone, and logic, persuasive techniques

Author's Purpose Through Structure and Genre

Skills Lesson: Structure

Examine how an author reveals purpose through choice of genre

Analyze how an author develops a work, including the choice of details and the organization of ideas




Author's Purpose in Historical and Cultural Context

Nonfiction: "At the Hearth" by Laura Esquivel

Determine an author`s perspective or purpose in a text

Analyze gender roles among cultures through literature

Evaluate how theme in literature is related to the historical and social context of the text

Rhetorical Strategies: Elements of an Argument

Skills Lesson: The Elements of Argument

Examine the structure of an argument

Analyze the validity and soundness of an argument

Differentiate between inductive and deductive reasoning

Identify how to address and rebut counterclaims properly in persuasive writing

Rhetorical Strategies: Types of Evidence

Skills Lesson: Types of Evidence and Logical Fallacies

Distinguish facts from opinions

Distinguish among different kinds of evidence used to support conclusions in arguments

Identify common logical fallacies and explain why they do not prove the point being argued

Rhetorical Strategies: The Art of Rhetoric

Skills Lesson: The Art of Rhetoric

Identify and analyze the stylistic and rhetorical devices that are used to persuade in written and oral

communication.

Analyze the elements of deductive and inductive arguments, including how premises support conclusions for

both types of arguments.

Rhetorical Strategies: Evaluating Arguments

Skills Lesson: Evaluating Arguments

Describe how to evaluate the relevance and quality of evidence given to support or oppose an argument.

Explain why common logical fallacies such as the appeal to pity, the personal attack, the appeal to common

opinion, and the false dilemma do not prove the point being argued.

Identify false statements and explain the role they play in certain kinds of persuasive arguments.

Rhetorical Strategies: Organizational Patterns

Reading Strategy Lesson: Organizational Patterns

Identify various organizational patterns used in rhetoric and persuasive text and presentations.

Differentiate the components of cause/effect versus problem/solution.

Compare the organizational patterns of compare/contrast, fact/opinion, and theory/evidence.


VT-ACCUPLACER-Sentence Skills Scope and Sequence


Sentence Structure

Understanding the Sentence and Its Parts

Grammar: The Sentence and Its Parts

Define a sentence.

Identify the parts of a sentence, including the subject, predicate, object, and complement.

Demonstrate an understanding of the sentence and its parts by using a graphic organizer to diagram sentences.

Sentence Structure

Grammar: Sentence Structure

Apply rules for sentence construction, including subject/verb, direct object, indirect object, predicate

nominative, and predicate adjective.

Distinguish between and properly punctuate main and subordinate clauses, using commas and semicolons.

Construct complex, compound, and compound-complex sentences from simple sentences.

Sentence Variety

Grammar: Sentence Variety

Use phrases and subordinate clauses to vary sentence beginnings in writing

Use compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to vary sentence structure in writing

Revising Sentence Fragments

Grammar: Revising Sentence Fragments

Grammar Skill: Identify and learn to revise sentence fragments.

Sentences: Subordination

Grammar: Subordinate Clauses

Differentiate between independent and subordinate clauses as well as adjective, adverb, and noun clauses

Analyze subordinate clauses to determine if they are essential or nonessential

Use subordinate clauses to add clarity and details (essential and nonessential) to your writing

Sentences: Coordination

Grammar: Sentence Style

Grammar Skill: Identify ways to achieve sentence clarity; coordinate ideas, subordinate ideas and use parallel

structure. Avoid using sentence fragments and run-on sentences for sentence clarity.

Sentences: Coordination and Parallelism

Grammar: Coordination and Parallelism

Use coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs to relate equally important ideas in writing

Use coordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions to create parallelism in writing

Evaluate sentences for coordination and parallelism; revise as necessary




Sentence Boundaries

Run-on Sentences

Grammar: Run-On Sentences

Grammar Skill: Identify run-on sentences and learn to correct.

Comma Splices

Grammar: Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

Define and recognize fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.

Identify and apply a variety of methods to correct run-ons, fragments, and comma splices, including utilizing

commas and semicolons correctly.

Modifiers

Modifiers

Grammar: Modifiers

Identify and describe modifiers and their function in sentences.

Distinguish between and correctly form adjectives and adverbs, including comparative and superlative versions.

Examine the importance of modifier placement and recognize how to avoid dangling, misplaced, and squinting

modifiers.

Misplaced Modifiers

Grammar: Misplaced Modifiers

Grammar Skill: Identify misplaced modifiers and use correct placement.

Dangling Modifiers

Grammar: Dangling Modifiers

Grammar Skill: Understand what a dangling modifier is and how to use modifiers correctly.

Modifying Phrases: Appositive Phrases

Grammar: The Appositive and Appositive Phrase

Define and recognize appositives and appositive phrases

Distinguish between essential and nonessential appositive phrases; punctuate accordingly

Use appositives and appositive phrases to clarify meaning and add details and variety to sentences

Modifying Phrases: Participles

Grammar: Participles

Grammar Skill: Identify and use participles and participle phrases.




Modifying Phrases: Prepositional Phrases

Grammar: Prepositional Phrases

Recognize prepositional phrases and analyze their components.

Describe the relationship of a prepositional phrase to the rest of the sentence; classify it as an adjective or

adverb phrase.

Diction/Logic

Diction

Skills Lesson: Writer's Voice

Literary Skill: Identify the components of writer's voice; tone, mood, diction, and style

Word Choice, Voice, and Tone

Skills Lesson: Word Choice, Voice, and Tone

Identify and describe the role of specific word choice in establishing a narrative voice and tone.

Distinguish tone from mood.

Analyze the effect of tone in writing.

Conjunctions

Grammar: Conjunctions

Grammar Skill: Identify the types of conjunctions (using graphical organizer for key words) and form

conjunctions correctly.

Agreement

Personal Pronoun Use

Grammar: Personal Pronoun Usage

Differentiate between personal pronouns in the nominative, objective, and possessive cases

Correctly use personal pronouns to add clarity and meaning to writing

Evaluate sentences for correct personal pronoun usage; revise as necessary

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Grammar: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Grammar Skill: Understand the different types, uses, and forms of pronouns.

Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement

Grammar: Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement

Grammar Skill: Understand pronoun and antecedent agreement.




Subject - Verb Agreement

Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement

Identify and apply the rules of subject-verb agreement

Differentiate between both singular and plural subjects and verbs

Evaluate sentences for subject-verb agreement; revise sentences when necessary

Sequence of Verb Tenses

Grammar: Sequence of Verb Tenses

Define and recognize different verb tenses

Observe and demonstrate the appropriate sequencing of verb tenses

Evaluate sentences for appropriate and consistent verb tense; revise as necessary

Consistent Verb Tenses

Grammar: Consistent Verb Tenses

Summarize the guidelines for and provide examples of verb tense consistency.

Recognize the connection between consistent verb tense and clarity in writing.

Compare and correct verb tenses for consistency.


VT-ACCUPLACER-Written Essay Scope and Sequence


The Writing Process

The Writing Process

The Writing Process

Identify and describe the steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.

Use prewriting to generate a specific, focused thesis statement.

Recall and explain how to develop paragraphs of an essay that fit into a logical, cohesive order in a first draft.

Summarize strategies that can be used to evaluate and refine a draft for ideas, clarity, and style.

The Six Traits of Writing

An Overview of The Six Traits of Writing

Writing: The Six Traits

Writing Skill: Learn the Six Trait writing steps; Ideas and Content, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence

Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation. Analyze each traits' corresponding rubric.

The Six Traits of Writing: Voice and Word Choice

Usage and Style - Voice

Grammar: Usage and Style - Voice

Grammar Skill: Identify different types of sentence usage and style, including dialect.

Active and Passive Voice

Grammar: Active or Passive Voice

Infotext Skill: Differentiate between active and passive voice and use correctly.

Examining the Writer's Voice

Skills Lesson: Writer's Voice

Literary Skill: Identify the components of writer's voice; tone, mood, diction, and style

Word Choice, Voice, and Tone

Skills Lesson: Word Choice, Voice, and Tone

Identify and describe the role of specific word choice in establishing a narrative voice and tone.

Distinguish tone from mood.

Analyze the effect of tone in writing.

Writing for Inclusiveness

Grammar: Writing for Inclusiveness

Grammar Skill: Learn tips for making language inclusive in writing and speaking. Use parallel structure in

inclusive writing.

Writing Skill: Learn to write avoiding stereotypes, exclusiveness, and bias.




Connotation and Denotation

Grammar: Denotations and Connotations

Grammar Skill: Distinguish between connotations and denotations and understand their function in writing

The Six Traits of Writing: Sentences

Writing Effective Sentences

Grammar: Writing Effective Sentences

Summarize the characteristics of an effective sentence.

Identify and describe the strategies for developing effective sentences, including varying sentence length,

structure, and order.

Examine sentences and determine ways to increase their effectiveness.

Effective Sentences - Parallelism

Grammar: Effective Sentences: Parallelism

Grammar Skill: Write effective sentences using parallelism.

Sentence Openers and Closers

Grammar: Sentence Openers and Closers

Grammar Skill: Learn words that act as sentence openers and closers and how to use them effectively.

Compound and Complex Sentences

Grammar: Compound and Complex Sentences

Grammar Skill: Identify compound and complex sentences and use correctly.

Sentence Faults

Grammar: Sentence Faults

Recognize and revise sentence fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences

Evaluate sentences for dangling and misplaced modifiers; revise as necessary

The Six Traits of Writing: Organization

Connecting Ideas with Transitions

Grammar: Transitions - Connecting Ideas

Grammar Skill: Understand transitions and how and when to use then in sentences.

Transitional Expressions

Grammar: Transitional Expressions

Grammar Skill: Understand and apply transitional words to make writing more coherent and logical. Use

graphical organizer to recognize transitional words and phrases.




Paragraphs - Word Choice, Phrases, and Transitions

Grammar: Paragraphs - Word Choice, Phrases, Transitions

Grammar Skill: Explain how repetitions of words, phrases, structural features, and ideas affect the meaning

and/or tone of a text.

Narrative and Descriptive Paragraphs

Grammar: Paragraphs- Narrative and Descriptive

Describe the characteristics of narrative and descriptive paragraphs.

Understand when to use narrative and descriptive paragraphs.

Compare and Contrast Paragraphs

Grammar: Paragraphs: Compare and Contrast

Understand the purpose of compare/contrast writing.

Examine the different structures for compare/contrast writing.

Analyze the steps writers should take before, during, and after drafting compare/contrast paragraphs.

Persuasive Paragraphs

Grammar: Paragraphs- Persuasive

Understand the purpose of persuasive writing.

Examine the different ways to persuade.

Analyze the structure and components of a persuasive argument.

The Six Traits of Writing: Conventions - Grammar

Parts of Speech

Grammar: Parts of Speech

Identify and describe the purpose of the eight parts of speech.

Use a graphic organizer to demonstrate that a word's part of speech can change with usage.

Nouns

Grammar: Nouns

Identify different noun classifications (common, proper, countable, uncountable, collective, compound,

concrete, and abstract) and describe their characteristics.

Sort and classify nouns using graphic organizers.

Evaluate the use of collective nouns in sentences and correct as necessary.

Pronouns

Grammar: Pronouns

Recognize the different pronoun types and describe their uses.

Correctly apply rules for pronoun/antecedent agreement.

Evaluate sentences for correct use of subject and object pronouns; correct for misuse and hypercorrection.




Verb Types

Grammar: Verbs Types - Action, Linking, and Auxiliary

Define verb types (action, helping, and linking) and describe their uses.

Analyze sentences and use a graphic organizer to help distinguish between verb types.

Verb Forms

Grammar: Verb Forms - Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

Recognize gerunds and examine their different uses in a sentence.

Identify and describe participles and their function.

Identify infinitives and analyze how they function.

Compare and contrast gerunds, participles, and infinitives.

Subject/Verb Agreement

Grammar: Subject/Verb Agreement

Identify and apply the rules of subject-verb agreement.

Recognize singular and plural subjects and verbs.

Evaluate sentences for subject-verb agreement, correcting sentences when necessary.

Modifiers

Grammar: Modifiers

Infotext Skill: Identify different types of modifiers and use correctly.

Phrases and Clauses

Grammar: Phrases and Clauses

Define "phrase" and "clause" and describe their purposes.

Recognize types of phrases and clauses (verb, noun, adjective, adverb) and their specific functions.

Classify phrases as essential or nonessential and correctly punctuate them.

Evaluate the impact of phrase/clause inclusion and placement on sentence meaning.

The Six Traits of Writing: Conventions - Punctuation

End Marks

Grammar: Punctuation

Review end mark punctuation and its uses.

Differentiate between and correctly use hyphens, dashes, parentheses, and brackets.

The Comma

Grammar: The Comma

Demonstrate proper use of the comma to separate grammatical elements and clarify meaning for the reader

Evaluate sentences for comma usage errors; correct as necessary




The Colon

Grammar: The Apostrophe and Colon

Demonstrate the proper use of a colon to introduce lists, appositives, and long quotations; punctuate letters,

time, and references

Demonstrate the proper use of an apostrophe to indicate possession, omit letters, and pluralize certain

elements

Evaluate sentences for apostrophe and colon usage errors; correct as necessary

Apostrophes

Grammar: Punctuation - Apostrophes, Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses, and Brackets

Grammar Skill: Correctly use the following punctuation: apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, parentheses, brackets.

The Semicolon

Grammar: Punctuation - Commas, Semicolons, and Colons

Grammar Skill: Use punctuation correctly and understand function of commas, semicolons, colons, and italics.

Using Elements in a Series

Grammar: Using Elements in a Series

Grammar Skill: Use elements in a series correctly.

The Six Traits of Writing: Conventions - Capitalization and Spelling

Capitalization

Grammar: Capitalization

Grammar Skill: Identify the rules of capitalization and use them correctly.

Spelling Strategies

Grammar: Spelling Strategies

Grammar Skill: Spell frequently used words correctly, and use effective strategies for spelling unfamiliar words

Forms of Writing

Persuasive Essay

Writing: Persuasive Essay: Our Changing Society

Compose a persuasive essay that clarifies and defends an expressed opinion with precise and relevant evidence

Anticipate and address readers` concerns, opposing viewpoints, or counterarguments

Identify and use language appropriate for audience and purpose

Using the Six Traits, evaluate and revise your essay with particular attention to ideas and content, organization,

and voice




Definition Essay

Writing: Definition Essay: What Is an American?

Compose an expository essay that demonstrates a thorough, balanced definition of a concept from your point

of view; use purposeful details, examples, quotations, allusions, and figurative language

Organize your essay to logically incorporate varied forms of definitions that clarify meaning for the audience

Using the Six Traits, evaluate and revise your essay with particular attention to ideas and content, organization,

and voice

Response to Literature

Writing: Essay - Analyze Nonfiction-Biographies

Write a literary analysis essay comparing two nonfiction pieces. Support your thesis with meaningful examples

and references from the text, carefully citing any direct quotes.


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