Language (SP)*

Capitalization

Pretest
First Word in a Sentence
First Word in a Quotation
Greetings and Closings in Letters
Names and Initials of People and Pets
Names of Buildings, Monuments, Ships, etc.
Titles of Books, Magazines, Movies, etc.
Titles of School Courses
Quiz on Lessons 1-7
Thinking Skills Lesson: Induction: Helping a Talented Writer Improve
Proper Adjectives
The Pronoun "I"
A Title Preceding a Person's Name
A Title Used in Place of a Person's Name
Titles That Are Not Capitalized
Quiz on Lessons 8-12
Thinking Skills Lesson: Classification: Tutoring Groups Within a Class
Names of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Groups
Names of Civic, Social, and Fraternal Groups
Names of Organizations, Businesses, etc.
Names of Geographic and Political Divisions
Names of Natural Features
Names of Calendar Items
Quiz on Lessons 13-18
Thinking Skills Lesson: Decision Making: Hiring a Secretary
Posttest

Grammar and Usage

Pretest
Identifying Verbs
Identifying Subjects
Complete and Incomplete Sentences
Difficult Verbs
Difficult Nouns
Quiz on Lessons 1-5
Thinking Skills Lesson: Induction: A Television Writer Improves
Verb Agreement with Subject in Number
Verb Agreement with Tense of Sentence
Irregular Verbs
Double Negatives
Connective Words
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives After State-of-Being and Sense Verbs
Comparatives and Superlatives
Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs
Quiz on Lessons 6-14
Thinking Skills Lesson: Classification: Substituting for the Tutor
Pronouns as SubjectsPronouns as Objects
Possessive Forms of Pronouns
Reflexive Forms of Pronouns
Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement
Quiz on Lessons 15-19
Thinking Skills Lesson: Analogies: Completing a Rhyme
Posttest

Punctuation

Pretest
Periods After Sentences
Periods After Abbreviations
Question Marks
Exclamation Points
Commas to Separate Items in Lists
Commas to Separate Quotations
Commas to Separate Independent Clauses
Commas to Separate Introductory Words
Quiz on Lessons 1-8
Thinking Skills Lesson: Induction: Editing a Reporter's Story
Commas to Separate a City and State
Commas in Dates
Commas to Enclose Interrupting Phrases
Apostrophes in Contractions
Apostrophes to Show Possession
Quotation Marks to Enclose a Speaker's Words
Quotation Marks to Enclose Titles
Quiz on Lessons 9-15
Thinking Skills Lesson: Induction: The Case of the Missing Keys
Commas in Greetings and Closings of Letters
Colons After Greetings in Business Letters
Semicolons to Connect Independent Clauses
Semicolons to Reduce Confusion in Sentences
Colons Between Independent Clauses and Series
Colons to Separate Hours and Minutes
Quiz on Lessons 16-21
Thinking Skills Lesson: Deduction: Beat the Computer
Posttest

Spelling

Pretest
Plurals Formed by Adding S
Plurals of Nouns Ending in S, X, CH, or SH
Plurals of Nouns Ending in Consonants and Y
Plurals of Nouns Ending in Vowels and Y
Plurals of Nouns Ending in Consonants and O
Plurals of Nouns Ending in F or FE
Irregular Plurals
Suffixes After Two Consonants
Suffixes After Two Vowels and a Consonant
Vowel Suffixes After a Vowel and a Consonant
Consonant Suffixes After Silent E
Vowel Suffixes After Silent E
Quiz on Lessons 1-12
Thinking Skills Lesson: Classification: Helping Carlos with Spelling
Suffixes After a Consonant and Y
Suffixes After a Vowel and Y
Words Ending in CEDE, SEDE, and CEED
Words Ending in ENT, ENCE, ANT, and ANCE
Words Ending in ABLE and IBLE
Quiz on Lessons 13-17
Thinking Skills Lesson: Induction: Time Capsule
Using I Before E
Using E Before I
Silent Letters
Same-Sound Consonants
Same-Sound Vowels
Quiz on Lessons 18-22
Thinking Skills Lesson: Abstracting: Teaching a Friend Spelling Rules
Posttest

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