Unit: Parts of Speech

Resources

Lessons

1. Nouns in my Life

   1.Identify nouns in sentences and tell whether they are common or proper nouns
   2.Properly pluralize nouns
   

    
2. Verbs in Motion

   1. Identify and use action and linking verbs within sentences.
   2. Identify and use helping and main verbs within sentences.
   

    
3. Pronouns

   1. Identify personal pronouns in sentences
   2. Substitute pronouns for nouns in paragraphs.
   

    
4. Noun, Verb, & Pronoun Skill Check_Intro Week 1 Spelling and Vocabulary

   1. Demonstrate mastery of nouns, verbs, and pronouns
   2. Identify correct spelling of commonly misspelled spelling words
   3. Identify correct spelling, part of speech, and definition for accelerated vocabulary words.

    
5. Adjectives

   1. Identify and use adjectives in sentences
   2. Identify the word which the adjective is modifying in a sentence
   3. Create detailed descriptions using vivid adjectives

    
6. Adverbs

   1. Define, identify, and correctly use adverbs in sentences.
   2. Distinguish when it is correct to use an adverb or an adjective in a sentence.
   

    
7. Week 1 Spelling/Vocabulary Study Skills

   1. Demonstrate mastery of adjectives and adverbs.
   2. Identify correct spelling of accelerated spelling words.
   3. Identify correct spelling, definition, part of speech and root of accelerated vocabulary words.
   

    
8. Intro Week 2 Spelling and Vocabulary

   1. Identify correct spelling of accelerated spelling and vocabulary words.
   2. Identify part of speech and correct definitnion of accelerated vocabulary words.

    
9. Prepositions

   1. Identify and use prepositions within sentences
   2. Identify objects of prepositions and prepositional phrases
   3. Use prepositional phrases to create a short narrative
   

    
10. Conjunctions and Interjections

    1. Identify coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions and interjections.
    2. Use coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions and interjections in sentences
    

     
11. Week 2 Spelling and Vocabulary with Synonyms and Antonyms

    1. Identify parts of speech within sentences
    2. Correctly spell accelerated spelling and vocabulary
    3. Correctly identify part of speech and definitions for accelerated vocabulary

     
12. Part of Speech Review & Intro Week 3 Sp/Vocabulary

    1. Identify parts of speech within sentences.
    2. Correctly spell accelerated spelling and vocabulary words.
    3. Identify part of speech and definitions for accelerated vocabulary words.

     
13. Sentence Types

    1. Demonstrate mastery of the parts of speech
    2. Identify declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences.
    3. Correctly punctuate and capitalize different types of sentences.

     
14. Introduction to Argumentative Writing Prompts
     
15. Toulmin Introduction - Claim and Clarification

    1. Formulate claims and clarifications for various argumentative writing prompts

     
16. Week 3 Sp/Voc Quiz & Toulmin Introduction - Claim, Clarification, and Evidence

    1. Demonstrate mastery of Week 3 spelling and vocabulary words
    2. Describe the basic characteristics of argumentative writing

     
17. Introduce Week 4 Spelling and Vocabulary

    1. Correctly spell week 4 spelling and vocabulary words.
    2. Identify part of speech, root words, definitions, synonyms and antonyms for week 4 vocabulary words.
    

     
18. Toulmin Practice - Claim, Clarification, and Evidence

    1. Formulate claims for various prompts.

     
19. Essay Test Prep

    1. Create an effective outline for an essay

     
20. Essay Test

    1. Effective identify and explain three conflicts in the novel by telling who was involved, what happened, when and where the action took place, and how it was resolved.
    2. Identify and explain if a conflict was internal or external.
    3. Compose a well-developed essay with an introduction and three body paragraphs.

     
21. Week 4 Sp/Voc Quiz & Intro Week 5 Sp/Voc

    1. Demonstrate mastery of Week 4 spelling and vocabulary
    2. Correctly spell accelerated spelling and vocabulary words
    3. Identify correct part of speech and definitions for accelerated vocabulary

     
22. Skill Check: Argumentative Writing

    1. Demonstrate mastery of Toulmin concepts: claim, clarification and evidence sentence