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Language arts - 12th grade
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Week 1 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage AYA
Writing strategies 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 6CJ
Vocabulary 1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots DZK
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify sentence fragments EB5
2. Identify run-on sentences QMZ
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Week 2 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Identify audience and purpose YMQ
Writing strategies 1. Choose the topic sentence that best capturesthe main idea 7D8
Vocabulary 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to themeanings of words LRG
Grammar and mechanics 1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons UH9
2. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, andcommas XPV
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Week 3 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informationalpassages: set 1 2HF
Writing strategies 1. Identify thesis statements QYP
Grammar and mechanics 1. Is it a phrase or a clause? L99
2. Identify dependent and independentclauses 3L5
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Week 4 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Which text is most formal? J9H
Writing strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 7AD
Vocabulary 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greekand Latin roots BSX
Grammar and mechanics 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, orcompound-complex? WVS
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Week 5 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informationalpassages: set 2 HKC
Writing strategies 1. Organize information by main idea 8PR
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify prepositional phrases VNG
2. Identify appositives and appositive phrases A8K
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Week 6 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 35E
Vocabulary 1. Prefixes D7T
Grammar and mechanics 1. Combine sentences using relative clauses T6V
2. Commas with compound, complex, andcompound-complex sentences EC8
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Week 7 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 MGU
Writing strategies 1. Choose the best evidence to support aclaim PC9
Vocabulary 1. Suffixes 9CA
Grammar and mechanics 1. Correct capitalization errors 7EL
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Week 8 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence tosupport a claim GGR
Vocabulary 1. Describe the difference between relatedwords HAC
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify and correct errors with plural andpossessive nouns AV5
2. Identify and correct errors with compound andjoint possession BMT
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Week 9 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view YWQ
Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation anddenotation best match the sentence MC5
Grammar and mechanics 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductoryelements, absolute phrases, interjections,interrupters, and antithetical phrases PZ8
2. Commas with series, dates, and places 5X7
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Week 10 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs DLQ
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words usingsynonyms in context HJL
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify and correct errors with subject andobject pronouns V5E
2. Subject and object pronouns review A49
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Week 11 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone E2J
Writing strategies 1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclearcomparisons YC9
Grammar and mechanics 1. Pronouns after "than" and "as" B6P
2. Identify and correct pronoun errors with"who" UCF
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Week 12 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Interpret the figure of speech JXV
Writing strategies 1. Remove redundant words or phrases VJC
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words usingantonyms in context 7JD
Grammar and mechanics 1. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 8CE
2. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose,which, and that MRX
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Week 13 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Correct errors with signs Z6M
Vocabulary 1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: scienceand technical subjects KWZ
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify vague pronoun references MSX
2. Identify all of the possible antecedents JZK
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Week 14 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism,hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox DMU
Writing strategies 1. Correct errors in everyday use F9U
Vocabulary 1. Use context to identify the meaning of aword QT8
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 6YY
2. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, andpredicate nouns JS2
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Week 15 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Evaluate counterclaims 5GG
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latinroots 8DH
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify participles and what they modify AUZ
2. Identify gerunds and their functions YGR
3. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases XTK
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Week 16 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 XH7
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greekand Latin roots QYE
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify and correct errors with subject-verbagreement 5YT
2. Identify and correct verb agreement withcompound subjects J2M
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Week 17 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for subjective and objectivetone FSU
Writing strategies 1. Choose the analysis that logically connects theevidence to the claim CAZ
Vocabulary 1. Use the correct homophone 5RB
Grammar and mechanics 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue DXS
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Week 18 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Transition logically between claims, evidence,analysis, and counterclaims 5XQ
Vocabulary 1. Identify and correct errors withhomophones VQY
Grammar and mechanics 1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 9HA
2. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 94A
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Week 19 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 5WS
Writing strategies 1. Classify logical fallacies 7FS
Vocabulary 1. Analogies NYL
Grammar and mechanics 1. Are the modifiers used correctly? YXP
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Week 20 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th edition) 53Y
Vocabulary 1. Analogies: challenge AXA
Grammar and mechanics 1. What does the punctuation suggest? T7F
2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements VXT
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Week 21 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 2 ZPN
Writing strategies 1. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7thedition) W8K
Grammar and mechanics 1. Form the progressive verb tenses 25Z
2. Form the perfect verb tenses 9MM
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Week 22 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA8th edition) 3J7
2. Identify plagiarism PUU
Vocabulary 1. Word pattern analogies 9PL
Grammar and mechanics 1. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verbtense RGK
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Week 23 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from itssource ZKK
Writing strategies 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 5QZ
Vocabulary 1. Word pattern sentences M7W
Grammar and mechanics 1. Choose between adjectives and adverbs MR9
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Week 24 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts:set 1 FNZ
Writing strategies 1. Identify and correct errors with frequentlyconfused words JCM
Grammar and mechanics 1. Form and use comparative and superlativeadjectives EKP
2. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst XXF
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Week 25 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Recall the source of an allusion VUZ
Writing strategies 1. Identify and correct errors with frequentlyconfused pronouns and contractions V7Z
Vocabulary 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings ofwords 9W2
Grammar and mechanics 1. Commas with coordinate adjectives ETJ
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Week 26 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora,antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus,understatement DLS
Writing strategies 1. Identify sentences with parallel structure TP6
Grammar and mechanics 1. Form and use comparative and superlativeadverbs 6XG
2. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst THP
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Week 27 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts:set 2 QVA
Writing strategies 1. Use parallel structure LPA
Vocabulary 1. Use words accurately and precisely F9N
Grammar and mechanics 1. Commas: review 9BB
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Week 28 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Suggest appropriate revisions GVY
Vocabulary 1. Replace words using a thesaurus RHQ
Grammar and mechanics 1. Use colons and commas to introduce lists,quotations, and appositives 6R7
2. Use semicolons and commas to separate itemsin a series HZ7
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Week 29 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Classify the figure of speech: review ABC
Vocabulary 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correctusage HQW
Grammar and mechanics 1. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review NSQ
2. Use dashes CZW
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Week 30 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech onmeaning and tone RZJ
Writing strategies 1. Correct errors with commonly misspelledwords K7Q
Vocabulary 1. Explore words with new or contestedusages 73U
Grammar and mechanics 1. Use hyphens in compound adjectives H57
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Week 31 Day IXL skills
Reading strategies 1. Identify elements of poetry J5W
Writing strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos inadvertisements Y8X
Vocabulary 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreignexpressions 8MM
Grammar and mechanics 1. Decide whether ellipses are usedappropriately JJP
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Week 32 Day IXL skills
Writing strategies 1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos inpersuasive writing H8L
Vocabulary 1. Use the correct foreign expression TZ5
Grammar and mechanics 1. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun numberand person D8M
2. Identify and correct errors with indefinitepronoun-verb agreement L7U
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