Course curriculum

  • 1

    SUMMER PERT JUNE 2025

    • June 09 Punctuation Practice

    • June 11 homework (PERT PRACTICE TEST)

    • PERT Homework Issued July 18 - Due FRIDAY, JULY 20

    • Practice worksheet June 23

    • June 23 HOMEWORK: Advanced Grammar & Punctuation Mastery Worksheet

    • Grammar Practice: June 25 Class work

    • Punctuation Practice: June 25

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    LESSONS - WRITING - All

    • Lesson 1: Grammar and Usage: Parts of Speech Part 1

    • Lesson 2: Grammar and Usage: Parts of Speech Part 2

    • Lesson 3: Grammar and Usage - Agreement and Sentence structure

    • LESSON 4*: Grammar and Usage - Complements and Pronoun Usage

    • Lesson 5: Grammar and Usage - Clauses and Phrases

    • LESSON 6*: Grammar and Usage - Parallelism, Purpose of a Sentence and Sentence Structure

    • Lesson 7: Grammar and Usage - Punctuation

    • Lesson 8: Grammar and Usage - Common Usage Mistakes

    • Lesson 9: Writing Process - The writing process

    • Lesson 10: Writing Process- Outlining and Organizing Ideas

    • Lesson 11: Writing Process- Writing Style and Form

    • Lesson 12: Writing Process- Common Types of Writing

    • Lesson 13: Research

    • EXTRA: MASTERING MODIFIERS

    • EXTRA: PUNCTUATION

    • EXTRA: Subject-Verb Agreement

    • EXTRA: Simple vs. Compound Sentences

    • EXTRA: Types of Sentences

    • EXTRA: Rules of Capitalization

    • EXTRA: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

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    LESSONS- READING 1 - 5

    • LESSON 1: Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes & Word Meaning

    • QUIZ #1: Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes & Word Meaning (Graded)

    • EXTRA Practice/homework (Lesson #1)

    • LESSON 2: Using Context to Determine Meaning

    • Worksheet Lesson 2: Understanding Context, Contrast, and Description in Text

    • Quiz #2: CONTEXT is everything. (Graded)

    • HOMEWORK CONTEXT DUE SEPT 06 (Graded)

    • LESSON 3: Main Ideas and Author's Purpose

    • Worksheet: The Changing Nature of Communication in the Digital Age DUE on Thursday, Sept 13 (Graded)

    • Sept 10 & 12 Assignment: Analyzing Complex Texts (Graded) DUE on Sept. 13

    • Sept 18: IN-CLASS WORK: The Unseen Costs of Technological Progress

    • Lesson 4: Common Organizations & Making Predictions and Inferences

    • Sept 20: Reading Comprehension Assignment

    • Sept. 24 Class Work (The Bright Side of AI: Efficiency and Progress) GRADED

    • Lesson 5: ELEMENTS OF A STORY: COMPREHENSION NOTES

    • Sept 30: Challenging Story Elements Worksheet/Homework - DUE on October 04

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    LESSONS- READING - 6

    • Oct 02- Rhetorical Devices Classwork DUE Oct 04

    • Assignment: Opinion Piece – Reflecting on the PERT Class So Far

    • October 04: Assignment: Fact vs. Opinion – Understanding Biases and Stereotypes

    • Lesson 6: Craft and Comprehension - Critical Reading skills, Persuasion & Rhetoric

    • October 16: Compare and Contrast Worksheet/homework Due Friday, October 18

    • ANSWERS to Compare and Contrast Worksheet

    • October 24: Examining different text - general understanding

    • Paraphrasing and Summary

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    LESSONS - READING 7 - 10

    • Lesson 7: Reading Comprehension and Connecting with Text

    • Lesson 8: Craft and Comprehension- Reading Argumentative Writing

    • Nov 05 Worksheet: Argumentative work

    • Nov 12 Worksheet - Class Work

    • Lesson 9: Types of Literary texts- Reading Informational texts and Organizational Features

    • Lesson 10: Types of Non-Literary Texts: Technical language and visual information

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    PRETEST Writing

    • Writing PreTest 1 (A)

    • Writing PreTest 2 (A)

    • Writing PreTest 3 (B)

    • Writing PreTest 4 (B)

    • Writing PreTest 5 (C)

    • Writing PreTest 6 (C)

    • Writing PreTest 7(D)

    • Writing PreTest 8 (E)

    • Writing PreTest 9 (F)

    • Writing PreTest 10 (F)

    • Writing PreTest 11 (F)

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    PRETEST Reading

    • 1. Application for Driver License or Non-Driver ID Card

    • Quiz 1: Application for Driver License or Non-Driver ID Card

    • 2. Nobel Peace Prize STORY

    • Quiz 2: Nobel Peace Prize STORY

    • 3. Newspaper Announcement

    • Quiz 3: Newspaper Announcement

    • 4. Walking by Henry David Thoreau

    • Quiz 4: Walking by Henry David Thoreau

    • 5. Letter

    • Quiz 5: Letter

    • 6. Passage about storing medicines.

    • Quiz 6: Passage about storing medicines

    • Reading QUIZ 2

    • Reading QUIZ 3 (A)

    • Reading QUIZ 4 (B)

    • Reading Quiz 5 (C)

    • Reading Quiz 6 (C)

    • Reading Quiz 7 (D)

    • Reading Quiz 8 (D)

    • Reading Quiz 9 (D)

    • Reading Quiz 10 (B)

    • Reading Quiz 11 (E)

    • Reading Quiz 12(E)

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    FINAL READING & WRITING TEST

    • FINAL READING TEST

    • FINAL WRITING TEST Part A

    • FINAL WRITING TEST Part B

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    Worksheets

    • Worksheet 1: Subject-Verb Agreement and Sentence Structure

    • Worksheet 2: Clauses and Phrases

    • CLASSwork - Parallelism, Purpose of a Sentence and Sentence Structure