The following set of blocks provide a brief overview of the English Reading and Writing curriculum set for Elementary grades, Middle grades and High School for the each academic year. The curriculum is based on common core standards. It is a gradual preparation for state standardized testing and SAT.
LOWER ELEMENTARY( Grades K – Grade 2)
Block 1
- Reading :Sounds short vowel sounds/ short stories and answer questions
- Vocabulary: Sentence completion
- Writing: words with the short sounds/ complete sentences
- Grammar: sentences/Naming words
- Language Mechanics – writing special names
Block 2
- Reading :Sounds short vowel sounds/ short stories and answer questions
- Vocabulary: Using in sentences
- Writing: words with the short sounds/writing sentences
- Grammar: using correct sentence endings/Naming words
- Language Mechanics – writing special names
Block 3
- Reading :Sounds short vowel sounds/ short stories and answer questions
- Vocabulary: matching definitions
- Writing: words with the short sounds/ writing sentences related to the topic
- Grammar: Action and naming words
- Language Mechanics – writing special names
Block 4
- Reading :Sounds short vowel sounds/ short stories and answer questions
- Vocabulary: using words in a sentence
- Writing: words with the short sounds
- Grammar: Exclamation
- Language Mechanics – adding comma
Block 5
- Reading :Sounds short vowel sounds/ short stories and answer questions
- Writing: words with the short sounds
- Grammar: Action words
- Language Mechanics – contractions
- Reading – Short stories
Block 6
- Reading :Sounds short vowel sounds/ short stories and answer questions
- Writing: words with the short sounds
- Grammar: Describing words
- Language Mechanics – writing titles
- Reading – Short stories
UPPER ELEMENTARY (Grade 3 – Grade 5)
Block 1
- Strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Sentence, Nouns
- Writing – Text structures
- Language Mechanics – Capitalization
Block 2
- Strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Pronouns, Verbs
- Writing – Narrative -Learning main idea, details and conclusion
- Language Mechanics – capitalization
Block 3
- Strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Verbs
- Writing – Narrative -Learning main idea, details and conclusion
- Language Mechanics – comma
Block 4
- Strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Adjectives
- Writing – Expository /Persuasive-Learning similes, metaphors, dialogues
- Language Mechanics – comma, quotations
Block 5
- Strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Adverbs
- Reading – Answering open ended questions – answering and analyzing
- Language Mechanics – contractions
Block 6
- Strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – subject verb agreement
- Reading – Answering open ended questions – answering and analyzing
- Language Mechanics –quotations
MIDDLE GRADES
Block 1
- Strengthening spellings – word search, Cross word puzzle, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Subject verb agreement
- Writing –Persuasive –
- Language Mechanics – Capitalization
- Compositional risks
Block 2
- Spellings – strengthening spellings – word search, Cross word puzzle, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Pronouns
- Writing – Expository
- Language Mechanics – Comma usage
- Compositional risks
Block 3
- Spellings – strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Pronoun antecedents, appositives
- Writing – Argument writing
- Language Mechanics – semi-colons, colons
Block 4
- Spellings – strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Pronoun antecedents, appositives
- Writing – Compare and contrast writing
- Language Mechanics – semi-colons, colons
Block 5
- Spellings – strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – Adjective/ Adverbs
- Reading – short stories – answering and analyzing, literary elements
- Language Mechanics – contractions
Block 6
- Spellings – strengthening spellings – word search, listing in alphabetical order, unscrambling spelling words.
- Vocabulary – matching definitions, synonyms, using in an idea, completing the idea using vocabulary words.
- Grammar – prepositions/preposition phrases
- Reading – short stories – answering and analyzing, literary elements
- Language Mechanics –quotations
HIGH SCHOOL
Block 1
- Strengthening Vocabulary – quizzes and context clue
- Grammar – Subject verb agreement
- Writing – Persuasive
- Reading – Literary elements
- Critical reading
- Language Mechanics – capitalization
Block 2
- Strengthening Vocabulary – quizzes and context clue
- Grammar – Pronoun antecedents
- Writing – Argument based on text
- Reading – Literary elements
- Critical reading
- Language Mechanics – commas
Block 3
- Strengthening Vocabulary – quizzes and context clue
- Grammar – usage of homonyms like affect/effect
- Writing – compare contrast
- Reading – Literary elements
- Critical reading
- Language Mechanics – semi-colons, colons
Block 4
- Strengthening Vocabulary – quizzes and context clue
- Grammar – parallelism
- Writing – compare contrast
- Reading – Literary elements
- Critical reading
- Language Mechanics – dash, hyphens
Block 5
- Strengthening Vocabulary – quizzes and context clue
- Grammar – active passive
- Writing – active passive/ do and don’ts in sentence structure, paragraph improvement
- Reading – Literary elements
- Critical reading
- Language Mechanics – comma, quotations
Block 6
- Strengthening Vocabulary – quizzes and context clue
- Grammar – pronoun case, dangling modifiers
- Writing – comparing texts – elements, characters or plots.
- Reading – Literary elements
- Critical reading
- Language Mechanics – italicize, paragraph improvement