VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

WRITING

SPEAKING

LITERATURE

*analogies

*reading comprehension

*weekly vocabulary lists

·          REP/Success  5-10 words

·          AVG  10-15 words

·          QUEST/ADV 20-25 words

·          Emphasize SAT words

*roots, prefixes, & suffixes

·          REP/Success 1-2

·          AVG 2-4

·          QUEST/ADV 4-6

Parts of speech (review)

*Parts of a sentence

*Subject/Verb agreement

  Possessives & plurals (rev)

*Run-on sentences

*Sentence fragments

*Sentence Types

*Structure & punctuation of simple & compound sentences

*Paragraphs

• Descriptive
• Fact/Example
• Comparison/Contrast

*Narrative with correctly punctuated dialogue

* Essay

• Structure
• Thesis Statements
• Supporting Details

*Persuasive Essay

*Propaganda

*Class discussion

  Oral presentation

*short story

• Elements of fiction

*drama  Romeo & Juliet

·         Elements

·         Shakespearean

*non-fiction  Hiroshima, My Life & Hard Times, or selections from text

*novel (see list)

  poetry  The Odyssey

·         Epic, myth, & legend

ADV/QUEST

SUMMER

The Outsiders

And/Or any novel from the average list

*The Pearl

*When the Legends Die

  Z for Zachariah

  Night

  Farewell to Manzanar

 Autobiography of Miss

         Jane Pittman

 Hiroshima

*Great Expectations

*Lord of the Flies

*The Odyssey

 Silas Mariner

 Ethan Frome

 A Tale of Two Cities

 My Life & Hard Times

(novels from the average list may be used also)

I Am the Cheese

Treasure Island

I Heard the Owl Call

The Door Near Here

The Hobbit

The Time Machine

Voices from Vietnam

Secret Adversary

*Great Expectations  

                           (quest)

*A Tale of Two Cities

                     (advanced)