| # | Chapter | Date | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | Word A Day | | |
| 2 | Words from Mythology | | |
| 3 | Words from Mythology - 2 | | |
| 4 | N List | | |
| 5 | O List | | |
| 6 | O List - 2 | | |
| 7 | P List | | |
| 8 | P List - 2 | | |
| 9 | Q List | | |
| 10 | R List | | |
| 11 | R List - 2 | | |
| 12 | S List | | |
| 13 | S List - 2 | | |
| 14 | T List | | |
| 15 | T List 2 | | |
| 16 | U List | | |
| 17 | V List | | |
| 18 | W List | | |
| 19 | XYZ List | | |
| 20 | Homework - Learn New Words | | |
| 21 | terr: earth | | |
| 22 | mand/mend: entrust or order | | |
| 23 | tors/tort: to twist, to wind, or to wrench | | |
| 24 | neg: to say ‘no’ | | |
| 25 | fug: to flee or escape | | |
| 26 | Word Roots | | |
| 27 | tempor: time | | |
| 28 | dom: house or master | | |
| 29 | phos/phot: light | | |
| 30 | jur: to swear; take an oath | | |
| 31 | Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - 1 | | |
| 32 | Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - 2 | | |
| 33 | Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - 3 | | |
| 34 | Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - 4 | | |
| 35 | cide: kill | | |
| 36 | avis: bird | | |
| 37 | peri: going around something | | |
| 38 | rupt: break | | |
| 39 | Greek and Latin Number Roots | | |
| 40 | Prefixes Practice | | |
| 41 | Suffixes | | |
| 42 | Greek and Latin Suffixes | | |
| 43 | Suffixes and Parts of Speech | | |
| 44 | Suffixes - Nouns | | |
| 45 | Suffixes - Verbs | | |
| 46 | Suffixes - Adjectives | | |
| 47 | Suffixes - Adverbs | | |
| 48 | Suffix Review Test | | |
| 49 | Prefix and Suffix Review Test | | |
| 50 | Spelling Rules for Adding Suffixes - 2 | | |
| 51 | Spelling Rules for Adding Suffixes | | |
| 52 | Greek and Latin Prefixes | | |
| # | Chapter | Date | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | Parts Of Speech Review | | |
| 2 | Subjects and Nouns | | |
| 3 | Subject-Verb Agreement | | |
| 4 | Mind Your Subject! | | |
| 5 | Direct Objects | | |
| 6 | Indirect Objects | | |
| 7 | Be - As a Helping Verb | | |
| 8 | Be - As a Linking Verb | | |
| 9 | Transitive and Intransitive Verbs | | |
| 10 | Pronouns as Subjects | | |
| 11 | Pronouns and Direct Objects | | |
| 12 | Pronouns and Indirect Object | | |
| 13 | Pronoun Case (Tested in ACT) | | |
| 14 | Pronoun Agreement (Tested in ACT) | | |
| 15 | Adverbs of Time, Place, and Manner | | |
| 16 | Comparing with Adverbs | | |
| 17 | Subjects and Predicates | | |
| 18 | Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates | | |
| 19 | Dependent and Independent Clauses | | |
| 20 | Appositives: Restrictive and Non-restrictive | | |
| 21 | Capitalization | | |
| 22 | Punctuation - Quotation Marks ('' '') | | |
| 23 | Punctuation - Hyphen (-), Dash (—) | | |
| 24 | Punctuation - Parentheses ( ) | | |
| 25 | More Ways to Omit Needless Words in Writing | | |
| 26 | Place the Emphatic Words of a Sentence at the End | | |
| 27 | In Summaries, Keep to One Tense | | |
| # | Chapter | Date | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | Read and Summarize a Book | | |
| 2 | Reading Fiction - Strategies | | |
| 3 | Word A Day | | |
| 4 | Rosa Parks Biography | | |
| 5 | Marie Curie – Biography | | |
| 6 | Rembrandt van Rijn | | |
| 7 | The Matterhorn - A Mountain in the Alps | | |
| 8 | Daffodils by William Wordsworth | | |
| 9 | IF by Rudyard Kipling | | |
| 10 | The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll | | |
| 11 | Sea-Fever by John Masefield | | |
| 12 | The Ransom of Red Chief | | |
| 13 | The Daisy | | |
| 14 | Sasha, Mansor and the Storks | | |
| 15 | The Wise Little Girl | | |
| 16 | The Parrot Shah | | |
| 17 | The Seven Crows | | |
| 18 | Beauty and the Beast | | |
| 19 | The Empress Jowka | | |
| 20 | Bluebeard | | |
| 21 | Six Able Men | | |
| 22 | Analyzing Literature: Moon-Face by Jack London | | |
| 23 | Analyzing Literature: War by Jack London | | |
| 24 | The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe | | |
| 25 | Review Test - Reading Comprehension Level 8 | | |
| # | Chapter | Date | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | Writing Process Steps | | |
| 2 | Writing Process Steps - Doing Research | | |
| 3 | Writing Process Steps - Revising and Editing | | |
| 4 | Writing a Story: Using a Mind Map | | |
| 5 | Character Is Destiny | | |
| 6 | Memorable Speech: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death! | | |
| 7 | Memorable Speech: The Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' Tragedy Address | | |
| 8 | Read and Summarize a Book | | |
| 9 | Nano Technology | | |
| 10 | Researching Career Choices | | |
| 11 | Biotechnology | | |
| 12 | Economic Bubbles | | |
| 13 | Global Financial Crisis of 2008 | | |
| 14 | The Great Depression (1929-1939) | | |
| 15 | Healthy Eating | | |
| 16 | Yoga and Meditation | | |
| 17 | Famous Philosopher -- Confucius | | |
| 18 | Abraham Lincoln | | |
| 19 | Ronald Reagan | | |
| 20 | Writing a Five Paragraph Essay | | |
| 21 | Types of Essays | | |
| 22 | The Argumentative/Persuasive Essay | | |
| 23 | Mini-Speech Practice | | |
| 24 | Writing From Knowledge and Experience | | |
| 25 | Writing Prompts for Middle & High School Students | | |
| 26 | Letters About Literature | | |
| 27 | How to Write a Newspaper Article | | |
| 28 | In the News | | |
| 29 | Means of Persuasion | | |
| 30 | Introduction to Rhetoric | | |
| 31 | Review Test - Writing Level 8 | | |
| 32 | Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Applied: President Bush Addresses the Nation | | |