Grade 6

Sentences:

~ kinds of sentences

~ subject & predicate

~ complete vs. fragment

~ diagram all of the above

Capitalization:

~ beginning sentences

~ proper nouns (titles, places, names)

Punctuation:

~ end punctuation

Parts of Speech:

Nouns

~ review kinds

~ common/proper

~ singular/plural

Pronouns

~ personal pronouns

~ correct usage

Verbs

~ action

~ linking & predicates

~ regular verb tenses

~ main & helping verbs

Adjectives

~ adjectives & proper adjectives

~ articles

~ demonstrative

~ comparative

Prepositions, Conjunctions & Interjections

~ define & identify

Subject/Verb Agreement

~ making subject & verb agree

~ problems with locating the subject

Grade 7

Sentences:

~ compound subject & predicate

~ compound sentences

~ diagram all of above

Capitalization:

~ quotations

~ adjectives

Punctuation:

~ all commas

~ quotation usage

~ introduce citing evidence

Parts of Speech:

Nouns

~ compound nouns

~ possessives

~ plurals

~ contractions

~ collective

~ appositives

Pronouns

~ antecedents

~ possessive

~ indefinite pronouns

Verbs

~ transitive & intransitive

~ indirect objects

~ irregular tenses

~ perfect tenses

~ progressive forms

Adverbs

~ using adverbs

~ intensifiers

~ comparative/superlative

Prepositional Phrases

~ pronouns as objects of prepositions

~ prepositional phrases as adjective & adverbs

~ interjection use

Subject/Verb Agreement

~ special subjects

~ agreement with compound subject

Grade 8

Sentences:

~ complex sentences

~ clauses

~ adjective clauses

~ essential & nonessential

~ adverb clauses

~ diagram all of above

Capitalization:

~ salutations

~ titles

~ letter writing

Punctuation:

~ colons & semicolons

~ quotation marks & italics

~ apostrophes

~ hyphens, dashes, parentheses

~ abbreviations

~ writing numbers

Parts of Speech:

Verbs

~ future time

~ voice

Pronouns

~ indefinite

~ reflexive

~ intensive

~ interrogative

~ demonstrative

Adverbs

~ avoiding double negatives

Verbals:

~ all verbals

~ diagram verbals