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Reading strategies Reading
Writing strategies Writing
Vocabulary Vocab
Grammar and mechanics Grammar
Reading strategies
A. Main idea
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Use key details to determine the main idea
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Determine the main idea of a passage
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3
Combine main ideas from two texts
B. Theme
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1
Determine the themes of short stories
C. Author's purpose and tone
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1
Identify the purpose of a text
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2
Which sentence is more formal?
D. Text structure
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Determine the order of events in informational texts
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2
Compare and contrast in informational texts
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3
Match causes and effects in informational texts
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Match problems with their solutions
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Identify text structures
E. Sensory details
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Sort sensory details
F. Literary devices
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Identify similes and metaphors
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Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
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3
Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
G. Point of view
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Compare and contrast points of view
H. Inference
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Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
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2
Compare and contrast characters
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3
Draw inferences from a text
I. Story elements
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Identify story elements
J. Visual elements
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Compare mythological illustrations
K. Literary texts: level 1
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Read fantasy with illustrations
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Read realistic fiction with illustrations
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Read historical fiction with illustrations
L. Literary texts: level 2
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Read realistic fiction
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Read historical fiction
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Read poetry
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Read drama
M. Informational texts: level 1
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Read about animals
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Read about art, music and traditions
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Read about famous places
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Read about sports and hobbies
N. Informational texts: level 2
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Read about famous people
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Read about business and technology
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Read about science and nature
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Read about history
Writing strategies
O. Organising writing
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Use coordinating conjunctions
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Choose the best transition
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Order items from most general to most specific
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Organise information by topic
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Remove the sentence that does not belong
P. Introductions and conclusions
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Choose the best topic sentence
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Choose the best concluding sentence
Q. Developing and supporting arguments
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Distinguish facts from opinions
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2
Identify an author's statement of opinion
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3
Choose reasons to support an opinion
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Identify supporting details in literary texts
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Identify supporting details in informational texts
R. Descriptive details
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Show character emotions and traits
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2
Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
S. Editing and revising
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Use the correct frequently confused word
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2
Correct errors with frequently confused words
T. Research skills
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1
Identify and correct plagiarism
Vocabulary
U. Prefixes and suffixes
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Words with pre-
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Words with re-
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Words with sub-
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Words with mis-
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Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
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Words with -ful
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Words with -less
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Words with -able and -ible
V. Greek and Latin roots
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Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
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2
Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
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3
Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
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Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
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Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
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Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
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Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings
W. Categories
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Select the members of a group
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Select the words that don't belong
X. Synonyms and antonyms
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Choose the synonym
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Find synonyms in context
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Choose the antonym
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Find antonyms in context
Y. Analogies
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Analogies
Z. hom*ophones
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Use the correct hom*ophone
AA. Multiple-meaning words
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Which definition matches the sentence?
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2
Which sentence matches the definition?
BB. Shades of meaning
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Describe the difference between related words
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2
Positive and negative connotation
CC. Context clues
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Find words using context
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Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
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Use context to identify the meaning of a word
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Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
DD. Reference skills
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Order alphabetically based on the first two letters
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Order alphabetically based on the first three letters
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Order alphabetically: challenge
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Use guide words
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Use dictionary entries
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Use dictionary definitions
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Use thesaurus entries
Grammar and mechanics
EE. Sentences, fragments and run-ons
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Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
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Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
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3
Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
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4
Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
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5
Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
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Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on?
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Identify dependent and independent clauses
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Is the sentence simple or compound?
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Is the sentence simple, compound or complex?
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Order the words to create a sentence
FF. Nouns
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Identify nouns – with abstract nouns
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Identify common and proper nouns
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3
Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y
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4
Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y
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5
Form plurals: review
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Form and use plurals: review
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Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
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Form the singular or plural possessive
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Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
GG. Pronouns
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Identify personal pronouns
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Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
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Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
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Compound subjects and objects with 'I' and 'me'
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Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns
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Use possessive pronouns
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Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
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Use reflexive pronouns
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Identify relative pronouns
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Use relative pronouns: who and whom
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Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that
HH. Verb types
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Identify main verbs and helping verbs
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What does the modal verb show?
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3
Use the correct modal verb
II. Subject-verb agreement
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Use the correct subject or verb
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2
Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects
JJ. Verb tense
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Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense?
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Form and use the regular past tense
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3
Form and use the irregular past tense
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Form and use the simple past, present and future tense
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Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
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Use the progressive verb tenses
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Form the progressive verb tenses
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Choose between the past tense and past participle
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Use the perfect verb tenses
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Form the perfect verb tenses
KK. Adjectives and adverbs
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Identify adjectives
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Order adjectives
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Identify adverbs
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Use relative adverbs
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Choose between adjectives and adverbs
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Is the word an adjective or adverb?
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Use adjectives to compare
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Spell adjectives that compare
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Use adjectives with more and most
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Use adverbs to compare
LL. Prepositions
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Identify prepositions
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Identify prepositions and their objects
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3
Identify prepositional phrases
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Prepositions: review
MM. Conjunctions
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Identify coordinating conjunctions
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Identify subordinating conjunctions
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Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
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4
Fill in the missing correlative conjunction
NN. Contractions
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Pronoun-verb contractions
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Contractions with 'not'
OO. Commas
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Commas with direct addresses, introductory words and interjections
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2
Commas with compound and complex sentences
PP. Capitalisation
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Correct capitalisation errors
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2
Capitalising titles
QQ. Formatting
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Formatting titles
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Formatting and capitalising titles
