# | Chapter | Date | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | | |