See examples of Essential Questions. Create based on texts. 

 1-● Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations  W1

2-● Names and Titles of People W1

People and Society

3-● Names of Places  W2

4-● Capitalizing other proper nouns and adjectives W2

5-● Periods and other end marks W3

6-● Commas  W4

7-● Semicolons and colons  W4

8-● Quotation marks and italics  W5 

9-● Apostrophes and hyphens  W5  

10-● Using Abbreviations  W6

11-●Nouns and Pronouns W6

12-●Nouns and Articles  W7

15-●Pronouns and Possessives  W7

16-●Somebody/Nothing/Anywhere W7

17- ●Present Simple vs Present Continuous 

●GENERAL REVIEW W8

See examples of Essential Questions. Create based on texts. 

 1-● Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) W1

2-● Use the relationship between particular words(e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) W1

Figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings 

3-● Distinguish among the connotations of words with similar denotation (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).  W2

4-● Examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.  W2

5-● Introduce a topic; ● organize ideas, concepts, and information, ● formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables),  W3

6-● Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, W4

8-● Use transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts   W4

9-● Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. W5 

10-● Establish and maintain a formal style.   W5  

11-● Provide a concluding statement or section.  W6

12-●Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem  W6

13-●Contrast what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch   W7

14-●Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems) W7

15-●Verbs

  ● Past Simple

● Past Continuous

● Future

● Present Perfect W7

16- ●Helping Verbs

● Helping Verbs 1

● Helping Verbs 2  W7 

●GENERAL REVIEW W8

Voice and Verb Derivatives 

 1-● The Passive W1

2-● Participial Adjectives W1

3-● Gerunds   W2

4-● Infinitives 1 W2

5-● Infinitives 2 W3

6-● Write narratives   W4

8-● Citations and providing evidence W4

9-● Central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details W5 

10-● Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text Figurative, connotative, and technical meanings  W5  

11-● Review vocabulary from texts as needed using the following strategies W6

12-● Use context as a clue to the 

meaning of a word or 

phrase W6

13-●Use common Greek and Latin affixes and roots as 

clues to the meaning of the word W7

14-●Consult reference materials for definition, spelling, part of speech, etc W7

15-●Verify initial meaning by checking a dictionary W7

●GENERAL REVIEW W8

Comparisons and Conjunctions

 1-● Comparisons  W1

2-● Conjunctions  W1

3-● Sentence Structure   W2

4-● Parts of the Sentence  W2

5-● Types of Sentences  W3

6-●  Tag Questions   W4

8-● Citations and providing evidence W4

9-● Writing Focus: Informational Report  W5 

10-● INTEGRATION WITH TECHNOLOGY: Conduct short research projects W5  

11-● Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others W6

12-● Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or 

phrase W6

13-●Answer a question  W7

14-● Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources W7

15-●Analysis of a sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section  W7

●GENERAL REVIEW W8