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6.E.IV.1
All for one and one for all.
6.E.IV.2
All’s well that ends well.
6.E.IV.3
Bee in your bonnet
6.E.IV.4
The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go awry.
6.E.IV.5
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
6.E.IV.6
Bite the dust
6.E.IV.7
Catch-as-catch-can
6.E.IV.8
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.
6.E.IV.9
Don’t lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.
6.E.IV.10
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
6.E.IV.11
Eat humble pie
6.E.IV.12
A fool and his money are soon parted.
6.E.IV.13
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
6.E.IV.14
Give the devil his due.
6.E.IV.15
Good fences make good neighbors.
6.E.IV.16
He who hesitates is lost.
6.E.IV.17
He who laughs last laughs best.
6.E.IV.18
He who laughs last laughs best.
6.E.IV.19
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
6.E.IV.20
The leopard doesn’t change his spots.
6.E.IV.21
Little strokes fell great oaks.
6.E.IV.22
Money is the root of all evil.
6.E.IV.23
Necessity is the mother of invention.
6.E.IV.24
It’s never over till it’s over.
6.E.IV.25
Nose out of joint
6.E.IV.26
Nothing will come of nothing.
6.E.IV.27
Once bitten, twice shy.
6.E.IV.28
On tenterhooks
6.E.IV.29
Pot calling the kettle black
6.E.IV.30
Procrastination is the thief of time.
6.E.IV.31
RIP
6.E.IV.32
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
6.E.IV.33
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
6.E.IV.34
Rule of thumb
6.E.IV.35
A stitch in time saves nine.
6.E.IV.36
Tenderfoot
6.E.IV.37
There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
6.E.IV.38
Touché!
6.E.IV.39
Truth is stranger than fiction.
6.E.I.A.1
Learn strategies and conventions for writing a persuasive essay, with attention to defining a thesis (that is, a central proposition, a main idea) supporting the thesis with evidence, examples, and reasoning distinguishing evidence from opinion anticipating and answering counter-arguments maintaining a reasonable tone
6.E.I.A.2
Write a research essay, with attention to: asking open-ended questions, gathering relevant data through library and field research summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting accurately when taking notes defining a thesis, organizing with an outline, integrating quotations from sources acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism, preparing a bibliography
6.E.I.A.3
Write a standard business letter.
6.E.I.B.1
Participate civilly and productively in group discussions.
6.E.I.B.2
Give a short speech to the class that is well-organized and well-supported.
6.E.I.B.3
Demonstrate an ability to use standard pronunciation when speaking to large groups and in formal circumstances, such as a job interview.
6.E.I.C.1
Understand what a complete sentence is, and identify subject and predicate identify independent and dependent clauses correct fragments and run-ons
6.E.I.C.2
Identify different sentence types, and write for variety by using simple sentences compound sentences complex sentences compound-complex sentences
6.E.I.C.3
Correctly use punctuation introduced in earlier grades, and learn how to use a semicolon or comma with and, but, or or to separate the sentences that form a compound sentence.
6.E.I.C.4
Recognize verbs in active voice and passive voice, and avoid unnecessary use of passive voice.
6.E.I.C.5
Recognize the following troublesome verbs and how to use them correctly: sit, set rise, raise lie, lay
6.E.I.C.6
Correctly use the following:
6.E.I.D.1
Review spelling rules for use of iReview spelling rules for use of ie and ei; for adding prefixes and suffixes
6.E.I.D.2
Continue work with spelling, with special attention to commonly misspelled words, including:
6.E.I.E.1
Latin/Greek Word | Meaning | Examples:
6.E.II.A.1
All the world’s a stage [from As You Like It ] (William Shakespeare)
6.E.II.A.2
Apostrophe to the Ocean [from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage , Canto 4,
6.E.II.A.3
Nos. 178-184] (George Gordon Byron)
6.E.II.A.4
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (William Wordsworth)
6.E.II.A.5
If (Rudyard Kipling)
6.E.II.A.6
Mother to Son (Langston Hughes)
6.E.II.A.7
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing (James Weldon Johnson)
6.E.II.A.8
A narrow fellow in the grass (Emily Dickinson)
6.E.II.A.9
A Psalm of Life (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
6.E.II.A.10
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
6.E.II.A.11
A Song of Greatness (a Chippewa song, trans. Mary Austin)
6.E.II.A.12
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
6.E.II.A.13
Sympathy (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
6.E.II.A.14
There is no frigate like a book (Emily Dickinson)
6.E.II.A.15
The Walloping Window-blind (Charles E. Carryl)
6.E.II.A.16
The Walloping Window-blind (Charles E. Carryl)
6.E.II.B.1
meter
6.E.II.B.2
iamb
6.E.II.B.3
couplet
6.E.II.B.4
rhyme scheme
6.E.II.B.5
free verse
6.E.III.A.1
The Iliad and The Odyssey (Homer)
6.E.III.A.2
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
6.E.III.B.1
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
6.E.III.C.1
Apollo and Daphne
6.E.III.C.2
Orpheus and Eurydice
6.E.III.C.3
Narcissus and Echo
6.E.III.C.4
Pygmalion and Galatea
6.E.III.D.1
Epic
6.E.III.D.2
Literal and figurative language: imagery
6.E.III.D.3
Literal and figurative language: metaphor and simile
6.E.III.D.4
Literal and figurative language: symbol
6.E.III.D.5
Literal and figurative language: personification
6.E.I.C.6.1
good / well
6.E.I.C.6.2
between / among
6.E.I.C.6.3
bring / take
6.E.I.C.6.4
accept / except
6.E.I.C.6.5
fewer / less
6.E.I.C.6.6
like / as
6.E.I.C.6.7
affect / effect
6.E.I.C.6.8
who / whom
6.E.I.C.6.9
imply / infer
6.E.I.C.6.10
principle / principal
6.E.I.C.6.11
their / there / they’re
6.E.I.D.2.1
acquaintance
6.E.I.D.2.2
develop
6.E.I.D.2.3
naturally
6.E.I.D.2.4
separate
6.E.I.D.2.5
amateur
6.E.I.D.2.6
embarrassed
6.E.I.D.2.7
occurrence
6.E.I.D.2.8
similar
6.E.I.D.2.9
analyze
6.E.I.D.2.10
exaggerate
6.E.I.D.2.11
parallel
6.E.I.D.2.12
sophomore
6.E.I.D.2.13
answer
6.E.I.D.2.14
exercise
6.E.I.D.2.15
peasant
6.E.I.D.2.16
substitute
6.E.I.D.2.17
athlete
6.E.I.D.2.18
fulfill
6.E.I.D.2.19
philosopher
6.E.I.D.2.20
success
6.E.I.D.2.21
Britain
6.E.I.D.2.22
gymnasium
6.E.I.D.2.23
possess
6.E.I.D.2.24
suspicion
6.E.I.D.2.25
characteristic
6.E.I.D.2.26
hypocrite
6.E.I.D.2.27
privilege
6.E.I.D.2.28
tragedy
6.E.I.D.2.29
committee
6.E.I.D.2.30
innocence
6.E.I.D.2.31
receipt
6.E.I.D.2.32
woman
6.E.I.D.2.33
conscious
6.E.I.D.2.34
interrupt
6.E.I.D.2.35
recommendation
6.E.I.D.2.36
writing
6.E.I.D.2.37
cooperate
6.E.I.D.2.38
license
6.E.I.D.2.39
repetition
6.E.I.D.2.40
criticize
6.E.I.D.2.41
marriage
6.E.I.D.2.42
restaurant
6.E.I.D.2.43
dependent
6.E.I.D.2.44
minimum
6.E.I.D.2.45
rhythm
6.E.I.E.1.1
annus [L] | year | annual, anniversary
6.E.I.E.1.2
ante [L] before antebellum, antecedent
6.E.I.E.1.3
aqua [L] water aquarium
6.E.I.E.1.4
astron [G] star astronaut, astronomy
6.E.I.E.1.5
bi [L ] two bisect, bipartisan
6.E.I.E.1.6
bios [G] life biology, biography
6.E.I.E.1.7
centum [L] hundred cent, percent
6.E.I.E.1.8
decem [L] ten decade, decimal
6.E.I.E.1.9
dico, dictum [L] say, thing said dictation, dictionary
6.E.I.E.1.10
duo [G, L] two duplicate
6.E.I.E.1.11
ge [G] earth geology, geography
6.E.I.E.1.12
hydor [G] water hydrant, hydroelecrtric
6.E.I.E.1.13
magnus [L] large, great magnificent, magnify
6.E.I.E.1.14
mega [G] large, great megaphone, megalomania
6.E.I.E.1.15
mikros [G] small microscope, microfilm
6.E.I.E.1.16
minus [L] smaller diminish, minor
6.E.I.E.1.17
monos [G] single monologue, monarch, monopoly
6.E.I.E.1.18
omnis [L] all omnipotent, omniscient
6.E.I.E.1.19
phileo [G] to love philosophy, philanthropist
6.E.I.E.1.20
phone [G] sound, voice phonograph, telephone
6.E.I.E.1.21
photo [from G phos] light photograph, photocopy
6.E.I.E.1.22
poly [G] many polygon
6.E.I.E.1.23
post [L] after posthumous, posterity
6.E.I.E.1.24
pre [L] before predict, prepare
6.E.I.E.1.25
primus [L] first primary, primitive
6.E.I.E.1.26
protos [G] first prototype, protozoa
6.E.I.E.1.27
psyche[G] soul, mind psychology
6.E.I.E.1.28
quartus [L] fourth quadrant, quarter
6.E.I.E.1.29
tele [G] at a distance telephone, television, telepathy
6.E.I.E.1.30
thermos [G] heat thermometer, thermostat
6.E.I.E.1.31
tri [G, L] three trilogy, triangle
6.E.I.E.1.32
unus [L] one unanimous, unilateral
6.E.I.E.1.33
video, visum [L] see, seen evident, visual
6.E.I.E.1.34
vita [L] life vitality, vitamin
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