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Unit 1: Grammar: Sentences
Grammar What is a sentence?
Grammar / Mechanics Declarative and Interrogative Sentences
Grammar / Mechanics Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences
Grammar Subjects and Predicates
Mechanics Using Commas in Sentences
Vocabulary Synonyms
Vocabulary Antonyms
Grammar / Writing Workshop Sentence Combining
  Composition: Classifying
Study Skills Finding words in a dictionary
Study Skills Using a Dictionary
Study Skills / Writing Using a Thesaurus
Writing What is a Paragraph?
Writing Topic Sentence and Details
The Writing Process A Photo Essay
Prewriting / Writing Writing Project
Revising / Publishing Writing a Paragraph of Contrast
Unit 2: Grammar Nouns
  Grammar What is a noun?
  Grammar / Spelling Singular and Plural Nouns
  Grammar / Spelling Spelling Plural Nouns
  Grammar Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
  Mechanics Capitalizing Names and Titles
  Mechanics Capitalizing Proper Nouns
  Grammar / Mechanics Singular Possessive Nouns
  Grammar / Mechanics Plural Possessive Nouns
  Vocabulary Compounds
  Grammar and Writing Workshop Writing with Nouns
     
  Composition Informing
  Speaking / Listening Having a Discussion
  Speaking / Listening Interviewing
  Prewriting / Writing / Revising/ Publishing Writing a Character Sketch
     
Unit 3 Grammar Pronouns
  Grammar What is a Pronoun?
  Grammar Subject Pronouns
  Grammar Object Pronouns
  Grammar Possessive Pronouns
  Usage Using "I" and "Me", "We" and "Us"
  Vocabulary Homophones
  Grammar and Writing Workshop Writing with Pronouns
     
  Composition Creating
  Literature Reading a Story
  Writing / Mechanics Writing Quotations
  Literature The Parts of a Story
  Prewriting / Writing / Revising / Publishing Writing a Fable
     
Unit 4 Grammar Verbs
  Grammar What is a Verb?
  Grammar Linking Verbs
  Usage Using Linking Verbs
  Grammar Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
  Grammar Tenses of Verbs
  Grammar / Spelling Spelling Verbs Correctly
  Vocabulary Prefixes
  Grammar / Writing Workshop Writing with Verbs
     
  Composition Narrating
  Literature / Writing Using Time Order
  Media / Awareness Summarizing a Movie or TV Show
  Speaking / Listening Using the Telephone
  Writing / Mechanics Writing a Friendly Letter
  Prewriting / Writing / Revising / Publishing Writing a Letter
     
Unit 5 Grammar Verbs
  Usage Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
Usage Using Irregular Verbs
Usage Using Irregular Verbs II
Mechanics Contractions with Verbs
Mechanics Contractions with "not" - n't
Vocabulary Suffixes
Grammar and Writing Workshop Writing with Verbs
  Composition Persuading
Listening / Thinking Skills Listening to Facts and Opinions
Literature / Thinking Skills Writing that Persuades
Writing / Mechanics Writing a Book Report
  Prewriting / Writing / Revising / Publishing Writing a Persuasive Paragraph
Unit 6 Grammar Adjectives
Grammar What is an Adjective?
Usage Using "a", "an", and "the"
Grammar Adjectives Following Linking Verbs
Grammar / Usage Adjectives That Compare
Grammar / Usage Using "more" and "most"  with Adjectives
Grammar / Usage Adjectives with Irregular Comparisons
Vocabulary Adjective Suffixes
Grammar and Writing Workshop Writing with Adjectives
Composition Describing
Literature / Listening Listening to Poems
  Literature / Writing Using Comparisons in a Poem
  Literature / Writing Using the Senses to Describe
  Prewriting / Writing / Revising / Publishing Writing a Descriptive Paragraph
     
Unit 7 Grammar Adverbs
  Grammar What is an Adverb?
  Grammar Adverbs That Tell "Where" and "When"
  Grammar / Usage Adverbs That Compare
  Usage Using Words That Mean "No"
  Mechanics Using Commas in a Series
  Vocabulary Context Clues
  Grammar and Writing Workshop Writing with Adverbs
     
  Composition Researching
  Study Skills Choosing a Topic
  Study Skills Using the Library
  Study Skills Using an Encyclopedia
  Study Skills Using the Parts of a Book
  Study Skills Taking Notes in Your Own Words
  Prewriting / Revising / Writing / Publishing Outlining and Writing a Report
     
Unit 8 Grammar Sentences
  Grammar Parts of Speech in a Sentence
  Grammar Simple Subjects
  Grammar Compound Subjects
  Grammar Simple Predicates
  Grammar Compound Predicates
  Grammar Compound Sentences
  Grammar / Mechanics Writing Compound Sentences
  Vocabulary Homographs
  Grammar and Writing Workshop Sentence Combining
     
  Composition Reasoning
  Thinking Skills Finding Patterns in Poetry
  Thinking Skills Giving and Following Directions
  Thinking Skills Restating Problems
  Prewriting / Revising / Writing / Publishing Writing a Quiz Game