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Language Arts Level B (Grades 5-6)

Capitalization

Pretest
Pronoun "I," Names, Initials and Titles
First Words in Sentences and Quotations
Greetings and Closings in Letters
Quiz on Lessons 1-3
Cities and Other Place Names
Days, Months, and Holidays
Books, Magazines, and Other Printed Material
Schools, Institutions and Businesses
Quiz on Lessons 4-7
Nationalities, Agencies, and Other Organizations
Seasons, Compass Points, and Titles as Names
School Courses, Languages, Countries, and Planets
Quiz on Lessons 8-10
Posttest

Punctuation

Pretest
End Marks After Sentences
Periods After Initials and Abbreviations
Quiz on Lessons 1 and 2
Commas to Separate Dates and City and State Names
Commas & Colons in Letter Greetings and Closings
Commas to Separate Items in a List
Quiz on Lessons 3-5
Commas with Introductory Phrases, Interrupting Phrases, and Direct Address
Apostrophes: Contractions and Possessives
Quiz on Lessons 6 and 7
Quotation Marks Around Titles
Quotation Marks Around a Speaker's Words
Quotations at the Beginning of Sentences
Quotations at the End of Sentences
Quiz on Lessons 8-11
Split Quotations
Commas with Conjunctions and Dependent Clauses
Quiz on Lessons 12 and 13
Posttest

Usage

Pretest
Nouns: Singular, Plural, and Possessive
Pronouns: Singular, Plural, and Possessive
Quiz on Lessons 1 and 2
Verbs: Agreement with Simple Subjects
Verbs: Past, Present, and Future Tenses
Verbs: Irregular Forms
Quiz on Lessons 3-5
Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative
Adverbs: Comparative and Superlative
Quiz on Lessons 6 and 7
Simple Subjects and Predicates
Sentences: Complete, Fragment, and Run-on
Quiz on Lessons 8 and 9
Double Negatives
Pronouns: Subject and Object
Pronouns: Reflexive
Quiz on Lessons 10-12
Verbs: Agreement with Compound and Interrupted Subjects
Pronouns: Agreement with Antecedents
Quiz on Lessons 13 and 14
Posttest

Spelling

Pretest
Long A and Long E Sounds
Long I and Long O Sounds
Long U and OO Sounds
Quiz on Lessons 1-3
Words with EI and IE Vowel Patterns
Diphthongs and Less Common Vowel Digraphs
Quiz on Lessons 4 and 5
R-Controlled Vowels 1
R-Controlled Vowels 2
Quiz on Lessons 6 and 7
Schwa Sounds in Unstressed Syllables
Sound of J Spelled with G
Silent Letters with Double ConsonantsQuiz on Lessons 8-10
Compound Words 1
Compound Words 2
Quiz on Lessons 11 and 12
Homophones 1
Homophones 2
Quiz on Lessons 13 and 14
Plural Endings
Suffixes That Begin with Vowels
Suffixes That Begin with Consonants
Quiz on Lessons 15-17
Suffixes: -AR, -ER, and -OR
Suffixes: -TION and -SION
Suffixes: -IBLE, -ABLE, -ENT, and -ANT
Quiz on Lessons 18-20
Contractions
Possessives
Quiz on Lessons 21 and 22
Spelling Demons 1
Spelling Demons 2
Quiz on Lessons 23 and 24
Posttest

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