Grade 5 · Year 6 · Ages 10–11
Grade 5 English
A Common Core-referenced English course for Grade 5: characters' motives and themes, balanced arguments, figurative poetry, perfect tenses and the passive voice, colons and semicolons, reported speech, Greek and Latin roots, confusing words, and writing a clear thesis.
5 units17 lessonsFinal exam: 50 minutes
Each lesson practised, unit test passed and the final exam count as steps.
Units
Unit 1: Reading and Responding
Motives, points of view and figurative language.
Unit test · 12 questionsPassedUnit 2: Grammar
Perfect tenses, the passive, correlatives and modals.
- Perfect Tenses and Tense ConsistencyDone
- Active and Passive VoiceDone
- Correlative ConjunctionsDone
- Modal Verbs for PossibilityDone
Unit test · 12 questionsPassedUnit 3: Punctuation
Commas, colons, semicolons and reported speech.
- Commas After Introductory ElementsDone
- Colons, Semicolons and DashesDone
- Direct and Reported SpeechDone
Unit test · 12 questionsPassedUnit 4: Words and Spelling
Roots, context clues, confusing words and tricky spellings.
- Greek and Latin RootsDone
- Using Context to Find MeaningDone
- Homophones and Confusing WordsDone
- Tricky SpellingsDone
Unit test · 12 questionsPassedUnit 5: Language and Writing
Figurative language, thesis statements and paragraph links.
- Figurative Language and Rhetorical QuestionsDone
- Writing a Strong Opinion: the ThesisDone
- Linking ParagraphsDone
Unit test · 12 questionsPassed
Final exam
Passed36 questions from every unit, 50 minutes. Take it online or print the paper.