Curriculum

English.

Reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and discourse

Grade 1

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Grade 1 Fall — Sentence Mechanics, Noun-Verb Grammar, and the Three Text Types in Full Sentences
18 weeks 18 lessons 12 skills 35 exercises
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Grade 1 Spring — Compound Sentences, Descriptive Writing, Verb Tense, Pronouns, and Workshop Revision
18 weeks 18 lessons 13 skills 45 exercises

Grade 2

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Grade 2 Fall — Paragraph Structure, Personal Narrative, and Open-Class Parts of Speech
18 weeks 18 lessons 14 skills 53 exercises
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Grade 2 Spring — Opinion Writing, Pronouns/Adverbs/Prepositions, and Word-Building with Prefixes and Suffixes
18 weeks 21 lessons 17 skills 50 exercises

Grade 3

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Grade 3 Fall — Personal Narrative, Complex Sentences with Subordinate Clauses, and Morphology with Affixes and Roots
18 weeks 22 lessons 18 skills 51 exercises
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Grade 3 Spring — Informational/Expository Writing, Research Process Introduction, and Dialogue Mechanics Maintenance
18 weeks 22 lessons 18 skills 52 exercises

Grade 4

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Grade 4 Fall — Persuasive/Argument Writing, Compound-Complex Sentences, Relative Clauses, and Modal Auxiliaries
18 weeks 22 lessons 18 skills 48 exercises
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Grade 4 Spring — Research Report Writing, Source Evaluation, Figurative Language Deepening, and Formal/Informal Register
18 weeks 22 lessons 17 skills 50 exercises

Grade 5

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Grade 5 Fall — Multi-Paragraph Essay (5-Paragraph Format with Flexibility), Citations and Works Cited, and Audience-Aware Craft
18 weeks 22 lessons 21 skills 50 exercises
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Grade 5 Spring — Literary Essay, Voice and Tone as Craft, Poetry Stretch, and Public Speaking
18 weeks 22 lessons 19 skills 52 exercises

Grade 6

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Grade 6 Fall — Argumentative Writing, Claim-Evidence-Warrant (Toulmin Lite), Counterclaim Acknowledgment, and Pronoun Mastery
18 weeks 20 lessons 16 skills 48 exercises
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Grade 6 Spring — Rhetorical Devices, Sentence Craft, and Formal Multi-Pass Peer Revision Protocols
18 weeks 20 lessons 19 skills 52 exercises

Grade 7

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Grade 7 Fall — Research Process, MLA Citation, Source Evaluation, and Multi-Source Synthesis
18 weeks 20 lessons 22 skills 50 exercises
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Grade 7 Spring — Analytical Essay, Syntactic Variety, and the Craft of Sentence Rhythm
18 weeks 20 lessons 20 skills 50 exercises

Grade 8

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Grade 8 Fall — Multi-Source Synthesis, Formal Academic Style, and the Verbals/Voice/Mood Suite
18 weeks 20 lessons 16 skills 48 exercises
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Grade 8 Spring — Capstone Composition, Public Speaking, Formal Style Mastery, and the K-8 Writing Portfolio
18 weeks 20 lessons 17 skills 52 exercises

Grade K

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Kindergarten Fall — Print Concepts, Letter Formation, and Oral Language for Writing
18 weeks 18 lessons 11 skills 34 exercises
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Kindergarten Spring — Lowercase Letter Formation, Sentence Frames, and the First Independent Writing
18 weeks 18 lessons 13 skills 34 exercises