Grade 5: Reading & writing
Start with a unit whose prerequisites fit. Work through the lessons, use the study guide to review, and try the new cases before continuing.
- Unit 1 · 4 lessons
Morphemes, Stress and Precise Word Meanings
Apply interpret a root in context, locate stressed syllables, choose a precise meaning, identify an academic instruction using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Read common syllable patterns and use a dictionary entry.
- Unit 2 · 4 lessons
Images, Poem Patterns and Dramatic Delivery
Apply interpret an image’s shared quality, identify a rhyme scheme, recognize dramatic delivery, connect a line to a scene using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Interpret a simple simile and identify a stanza.
- Unit 3 · 4 lessons
Purpose, Structure and Claims in Nonfiction
Apply distinguish an author’s purpose, match a structural transition, identify a supporting statement’s type, read a graphic qualifier using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Read headings and distinguish a fact from a recommendation.
- Unit 4 · 4 lessons
Perfect Tenses, Connectors and Punctuation
Apply recognize perfect tense, identify a conjunction family, identify a word’s sentence job, explain a comma’s job using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Recognize simple and progressive verb phrases.
- Unit 5 · 4 lessons
Combine information and explain your choice
Track dates across sources, summarize essentials, select relevant information, and write a reasoned preference.
Before you begin: Paraphrase with a source cue and preserve limits. · Distinguish a stated fact from a reasonable inference.
- Unit 6 · 4 lessons
Draft Different Texts for a Reader
Apply choose a genre’s opening job, name a paragraph’s development tool, choose a transition function, match a closing to purpose using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Plan a paragraph and write connected sentences.
Check what you can explain
The subject test uses additional supplied cases across these units. Its feedback links back to the relevant lessons. Use it to plan practice; a score on these questions is not a school grade or proof of complete subject mastery.
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