English language arts
Subject-Verb Agreement: Tricky Cases
Students choose the correct verb in ten tricky sentences, answer two multiple-choice questions and rewrite three sentences to fix agreement errors.
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Symbol and Motif Log: The Stopped Clock
Students read a short original story, log repeating images, and decide what they might symbolize before inventing a symbol of their own.
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Synthesizing Two Sources: Sunday Hours at the Town Library
Students read an original library memo and a resident’s letter about the same facts, compare the two, and write a synthesis that uses both.
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Test-Style Grammar and Words in Context
Students practice sixteen test-style questions on grammar, punctuation and vocabulary in context, with a self-check against the key.
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The Honeybee Waggle Dance: Judge the Summary
Students read an original science article, judge three sample summaries, and then write their own summary and identify supporting details.
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The Lantern of Wren Hollow: Finding the Theme
Students read an original fantasy tale, map its story elements, and tell the difference between a topic and a theme.
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The Missing Trophy: Clues, Red Herrings and Inferences
Students read an original school mystery, record the clues, rule out suspects, and practice drawing supported inferences.
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The Professional Email: Subject, Tone and Clear Requests
Students choose professional subject lines, greetings and closings, rewrite a casual email, and write an email asking a manager to swap a work shift.
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The Sandwich Incident: Point of View in Humor
Students read an original humorous first-person story, analyze how the narrator’s point of view shapes what we know, and rewrite a scene from another character’s view.
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Theme Tracker: Find the Big Idea in Any Novel or Play
Students track repeating ideas across scenes of the book they are reading, then build a supported theme statement.
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Three Prompts, One Story: Writing From Words Alone
Students choose one of three word-only story prompts, brainstorm with a planning table, write a short story, and check it with a self-assessment checklist.
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Tiny Stories: Six-Word Stories and Flash Fiction
Students study original six-word stories, count words, compress a sentence to exactly six words, and write a short flash fiction piece.