Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September/January

Chap. 17

·         Competency Exam

Parts of Speech

           V, N, Adj., Adv.

·         Prepositions

·         Pronouns

·         Writing Prompts

·         Conjunctions and Interjections

·         Linking and Action Verbs

·         Determine Beginning Skill Level

·         Determine Action/linking verbs

·         Determine Proper, Common, Concrete, Abstract Nouns

·         Identify Pronouns- Demonstrative, Interrogative, Reflexive, Intensive

·         Practice Descriptive Language

·         Identify Parts of Speech

·         Identify complete verb phrases

·         Positions of Subjects/Predicates

·         Identify Linking/Action verbs

·         Parts of Speech quizzes

·         Prepositions Quizzes

·         Memorizations

·         Writing prompts

·         Daily Practice

·         Oral, Whole-Class Review

·         Chapter Exam

·         B12.1, B12.2, B12.3, D12.1 D12.2, D12.3

October / February

Chap. 18

Sentence Base

       Subjects and Predicates

       Complements

       Diagramming Sentence    

       Base

Phrases

·         Prepositional phrases

·          

·         Appositive phrases

·         Verbal Phrases

·         Simple Subjects/Predicates

·         Compound Subjects/Predicates

·         Position of Subjects

·         Direct and Indirect Objects

·         Objective Complements

·         Subject Complements

·                    Predicate Nominative

·                    Predicate Adjective

·         Prepositional Phrases

                Adjective Phrases

                Adverb Phrases

·         Appositive Phrases

·         Quizzes

·         Memorizations of Lists

·         Writing Prompts

·         Daily Written Practice

·         Daily Oral Practice

·         Whole-Class Review

·         Chapter Exam

·         B12.1, B12.2, B12.3, D12.1, D12.2, D12.3

November / March

Chap. 20

Phrases Continued

·              Verbal Phrases

·         Personal Essays

Clauses

• Subordinate Clauses

• Kinds of Sentences

·         Participles and phrases

·         Essential and Non-essential info.

·         Punctuating phrases

·         Gerunds and Phrases

·                 Subject, Direct object,         

·                 Indirect object, Object of a 

·                 Preposition, Predicate

·                 Nominative, Appositive

·         Infinitive phrases

• Adverb Clauses
• Adjective Clauses
• Misplaced Modifiers
• Noun Clauses

·         Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex, Simple Misplaced Modifiers

·         Quizzes

·         Memorizations

·         Writing Prompts

·         Daily Written practice

·         Daily Oral Practice

·         Whole-class review

·         Group Workshops

·         Peer Critique Workshops

·         Chapter Exam

·         B12.1, B12.2, B12.3, D12.1, D12.2, D12.3

December

/ April

Chap. 22

Chap. 23

Chap. 24

Chap. 27

Chap. 28

Using Verbs

Principal Parts

Verb Tense

Active/Passive

Using Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Problems

Subject/Verb Agreement

Interrupting Words

Compound Subjects

Special Agreement Problems

End Marks and Commas

Kinds of Sentences

End Marks

Commas

Other Punctuation

Apostrophes

Semicolons and Colons

Underlining

Quotation Marks

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Conjugation

Use of Tenses

Problems with Tenses

Use of Voice

Nominative Case, Objective case, Possessive Case

Who/Whom

Past and Present Tense

Indefinite Pronouns

Inverted Order

Collective Nouns

Singular Nouns with Plural Form

Doesn’t, Don’t

Who, Which, and That

Periods and Abbreviations

Commas that Separate

Commas that Enclose

Possession, Titles, Direct Quotations, Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses, and Brackets

• Diagnostic Test
• Note cards
• Daily Written Practice
• Daily Oral Practice
• Quizzes
• Editing for Correct Use of Commas
• Whole Class Review
• Cumulative Review
• Chapter Exam

• B12.1, B12.2,
• B12.3, D12.1,
• D12.2, D12.3

January

/May/June

• Semester Course Review

• Worksheets, Review Note Cards, Chapter Reviews, Oral, Partner Review, Review Competency Exam (from beginning of semester)

• Cumulative Exam

• B12.1, B12.2, B12.3, D12.1, D12.2, D12.3