Table Of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: "Square Dancing"
I. Mechanics:
Capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for names. Periods at the end of sentences
II. Grammar:
Subject pronouns
III. Grammar:
Conjugation of be in the present
IV. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
V. Sentence Construction:
Sentence patterns with be
VI. Sentence Construction:
Concentration
VII. Controlled Composition:
Changing from first person to third person pronouns and verbs
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Puzzle
Chapter 2: "The Weekend Cook"
I. Mechanics:
Capital letters for nationalities and for the days of the week
II. Grammar:
Third person -s forms in the present tense
III. Grammar:
Subject-verb agreement
IV. Grammar:
Object pronouns
V. Sentence Construction:
Sentence patterns with present tense verbs
VI. Grammar:
Adverbs of frequency with be and other main verbs
VII. Grammar:
Adverbs of time at the beginning of the sentence
VIII. Controlled Composition:
Responding to questions
IX.
Free Composition
Chapter 3: "That's Not My Job"
I. Grammar:
Contractions with pronouns and be, be and not
II. Grammar:
Spelling noun plurals
III.Grammar:
Possessive's with people
IV. Mechanics:
Review of capitalization and punctuation
V. Grammar:
Choosing a or an
VI. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
VII. Grammar:
Subject-verb agreement
VIII. Sentence Construction:
Sentence patterns with present tense verbs
Chapter 4: "In a Restaurant"
I. Mechanics:
Review of capitalization and punctuation
II. Grammar:
Noun plurals
III. Grammar:
Subject-verb agreement
IV.Grammar:
Articles
V. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
VI. Sentence Construction:
Concentration
VII. Sentence Construction:
Sentence patterns with present tense verbs
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Puzzle
Chapter 5: "Pen Pals: Roberto Writes a Letter"
I. Mechanics:
A. Noun plurals
B. Capital letters for the names of streets, cities, states, and countries. Commas and question marks
II. Grammar:
Possessive adjectives
III. Controlled Composition:
Replacement exercise
IV. Grammar:
Prepositions of place: in, on, at
V. Grammar:
Questions with be
VI. Grammar:
Questions with do
VII. Sentence Construction:
Asking and answering questions
VIII. Controlled Composition:
Incomplete letter
Chapter 6: "Pen Pals: Sara Writes Back"
I. Mechanics:
A. Noun plurals
B.The exclamation point
II. Grammar:
Making negative statements with don't and doesn't
III. Mechanics:
Review of capitalization and punctuation
IV. Sentence Construction:
Making questions about topics
V. Sentence Construction:
Concentration
VI. Controlled Composition:
Incomplete dialog
VII. Grammar:
Articles
VIII. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
Chapter 7: "Enormous Cabbages Show the Effect of Long Alaskan Days"
I. Mechanics:
Capital letters for the names of continents, oceans,rivers, mountains, valleys, and the months of the year
II. Grammar:
The definite article the before proper names
III. Grammar:
Sentence combining withand,or,but, and so
IV. Sentence Construction:
Concentration
V. Sentence Construction:
Expanding sentences with adjectives
VI. Controlled Composition:
Incomplete letter
VII. Controlled Composition:
Incomplete dialog
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
An Alaskan crossword puzzle
Chapter 8: "Food Customs"
I. Mechanics:
Capitalization and punctuation
II. Grammar:
Sentence combining with the main verb deleted
III. Grammar:
Subject-verb agreement
IV. Sentence Construction:
Noncount nouns
V. Grammar:
Articles
VI. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
VII. Controlled Composition:
Writing about your food habits
VIII.Vocabulary and Spelling:
Word puzzle
Chapter 9: "The Kramers' Woodpile"
I.Mechanics:
A. Third person-s forms
B.Review of capitalization and punctuation
II. Grammar:
Review of the rules for articles with common nouns
III. Grammar:
Using the definite article the for second mention of nouns
IV. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
V. Grammar:
Subject-verb agreement
VI. Controlled Composition:
Responding to a picture
VII. Sentence Construction:
Words that are both nouns and verbs
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Compound nouns
Chapter 10: "In the City or in the Suburbs?"
I. Grammar:
Count and noncount nouns with articles
II. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
III. Sentence Construction:
Statements with There is and There are
IV. Sentence Construction:
Questions with Is there and Are there
V. Grammar:
Word order with adverb phrases
VI. Grammar:
Sentence combining review
VII. Controlled Composition:
Incomplete letter
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Compound nouns
Chapter 11: "Riddles"
I. Grammar:
Review of verbs in yes-no questions
II. Grammar:
Information questions
III. Sentence Construction:
Concentration
IV. Grammar:
Possessives with things
V. Sentence Construction:
Writing riddles
VI. Grammar:
Choosing prepositions
VII. Controlled Composition:
Choosing relevant information
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Puns
Chapter 12: "Crowding"
I.Mechanics:
Using commas in a series
II. Grammar:
Spelling-ing verb forms
III. Grammar:
Subject-verb agreement
IV. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
V. Grammar:
The definite article the before prepositional phrases
VI. Sentence Construction:
Making questions about topics
VII. Controlled
Incomplete dialog
VIII. Controlled Composition:
Choosing relevant information
Chapter 13: "Corner Stores and Supermarkets"
I. Mechanics:
A. Spelling of-ing forms
B.Capital letters for the names of companies and stores
II. Grammar:
Comparison of adjectives
III. Sentence Construction:
Making comparisons
IV. Controlled Composition:
Choosing relevant information
V. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
VI. Grammar:
The definite article the with specific groups
VII. Controlled Composition:
Variety in sentence types
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Crossword puzzle
Chapter 14: "Family Roles"
I. Mechanics:
A. Noun plurals
B.The colon before a list of examples
II. Grammar:
The past tense of to be
III. Grammar:
The past tense with regular verbs
IV. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
V. Sentence Construction:
Comparisons with more, less, and fewer
VI. Grammar: Sentence combining:
compound sentence parts
VII. Controlled Composition:
Variety in sentence types
VIII. Controlled Composition:
Choosing relevant information
Chapter 15: "Tall Tales"
I. Mechanics:
A. Review of comparisons
B.Quotation marks
II. Grammar:
Past tense irregular verbs
III. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
IV. Sentence Construction:
Questions and negatives with did
V. Grammar:
Using very, too, enough, so...that,and such that
VI. Controlled Composition:
Organizing ideas
VII. Controlled Composition:
Responding to a picture
VIII. Controlled Composition:
Responding to a picture
Chapter 16: "Making a Banana Split"
I. Mechanics:
A. Regular and irregular past tense verbs
B.Using a comma after a subordinate clause
II. Grammar:
The past progressive tense
III. Controlled Composition:
Past narration
IV. Grammar:
Sentence combining with adverb clauses
V. Grammar
Review of articles, some as a quantifier
VI. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
VII. Controlled Composition:
Organizing ideas
VIII. Controlled Composition:
Past narration
IX.
Free Composition
Chapter 17: "A Debate: Dogs in the City"
I. Mechanics:
A. Review of comparisons
B.The semi-colon in sentence combining
II. Grammar:
Sentence combining with subordinate conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs
III. Sentence Construction:
Concentration
IV. Grammar:
Modal auxiliaries
V. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
VI. Controlled Composition:
Variety in sentence types
VII. Controlled Composition:
Incomplete dialog
VIII. Free Composition
Chapter 18: "Planning a Trip"
I. Mechanics:
Contractions with have and will
II. Sentence Construction:
The present perfect tense
III. Controlled Composition:
Incomplete dialog
IV. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
V. Grammar:
Indefinite pronouns: some, any, and one
VI. Grammar:
Sentence combining practice
VII. Sentence Construction:
Writing complete sentences
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Past participles as adjectives
Chapter 19: "Phobias"
I. Mechanics:
Nonrestrictive relative clauses
II. Grammar:
Restrictive relative clauses
III. Grammar:
Subject-verb agreement
IV. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
V. Sentence Construction:
Writing definitions
VI. Grammar:
Substituting that for which or who
VII. Controlled Composition:
Organizing ideas
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Present participles as adjectives
Chapter 20: "A Day at the Beach"
I. Mechanics:
Quotations and paragraphs
II. Grammar:
Final review of articles
III. Controlled Composition:
Dicto-comp
IV. Grammar:
Reduced relative clauses
V. Sentence Construction:
Indefinite pronouns: one, ones, and kind
VI. Grammar:
Choosing prepositions
VII. Controlled Composition:
Variety in sentence types
VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling:
Crossword puzzle of irregular verbs
Appendix A: Common Irregular Verbs
Appendix B: Review of Grammar
Appendix C: Answers to Puzzles