English I: your test-prep path

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1. Unit 1 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Vocabulary & reading foundations

   • Read language carefully and justify an inference
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   Use context and precise word meanings, revise predictions, and explain an inference with specific evidence. Includes all 5 current source lessons in this unit, rendered here with their instructional evidence and independent tasks.

   Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

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   • Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
   • Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
   • Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
   • A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

2. Unit 2 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Fiction, theme & literary traditions

   • Connect character, setting, plot, and literary meaning
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   Explain how a character’s choices and a text’s setting or structure develop a theme; compare literary responses without erasing differences. Includes all 5 current source lessons in this unit, rendered here with their instructional evidence and independent tasks.

   Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

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   • Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
   • Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
   • Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
   • A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

3. Unit 3 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Poetry & drama

   • Explain how poetic form and dramatic conventions work
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   Use exact language and staging to explain the effect of a poetic or dramatic choice. Includes all 3 current source lessons in this unit, rendered here with their instructional evidence and independent tasks.

   Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

   Open with a family learner account

   • Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
   • Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
   • Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
   • A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

4. Unit 4 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Informational reading & synthesis

   • Read informational structure and synthesize sources
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   Explain how informational evidence and structure support a claim, then synthesize sources while retaining their limits. Includes all 4 current source lessons in this unit, rendered here with their instructional evidence and independent tasks.

   Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

   Open with a family learner account

   • Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
   • Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
   • Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
   • A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

5. Unit 5 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Argument & author’s craft

   • Evaluate argument, language, tone, and rhetorical choices
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   Evaluate a claim and counterargument while explaining how diction, syntax, and rhetorical devices influence readers. Includes all 5 current source lessons in this unit, rendered here with their instructional evidence and independent tasks.

   Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

   Open with a family learner account

   • Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
   • Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
   • Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
   • A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

6. Unit 6 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Planning & revising

   • Plan and revise evidence-based writing
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   Develop a focused claim, select and explain evidence, and revise a draft for organization, clarity, and appropriate qualification. Includes all 4 current source lessons in this unit, rendered here with their instructional evidence and independent tasks.

   Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

   Open with a family learner account

   • Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
   • Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
   • Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
   • A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

7. Unit 7 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Editing & conventions

   • Edit complete sentences and precise conventions
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   Edit sentence boundaries, agreement, tense, pronoun reference, punctuation, capitalization, and word choice without changing intended meaning. Includes all 4 current source lessons in this unit, rendered here with their instructional evidence and independent tasks.

   Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

   Open with a family learner account

   • Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
   • Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
   • Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
   • A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

8. Unit 8 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Extended writing & correspondence

   • Write extended explanations, arguments, and correspondence
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   Develop source-based extended writing with coherent reasoning and purposeful language, while adapting structure and tone to the audience. Includes all 4 current source lessons in this unit, rendered here with their instructional evidence and independent tasks.

   Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

   Open with a family learner account

   • Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
   • Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
   • Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
   • A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

9. Unit 9 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Bridge: Bracket an added noun phrase with two commas

   • Bracket an added noun phrase with two commas
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   Targeted original instruction for a narrow diagnostic-to-teaching gap, with a worked model, supported practice, independent application and fresh objective checks.

   Supplemental unit for this edition only, separately reviewed for the narrow sampled skill. The initial course diagnostic remains separate. Applications are unscored self/human review, and objective results do not establish mastery, STAAR readiness or course credit.

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   • This bridge does not replace retained course instruction or cover every part of its listed standard.
   • This is not an official TEA assessment. The two-item recheck cannot establish broad proficiency.
   • Writing is saved for self or educator review, not automatically evaluated for quality.

10. Unit 10 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

    Bridge: Proofread separate and its word family

    • Proofread separate and its word family
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    Targeted original instruction for a narrow diagnostic-to-teaching gap, with a worked model, supported practice, independent application and fresh objective checks.

    Supplemental unit for this edition only, separately reviewed for the narrow sampled skill. The initial course diagnostic remains separate. Applications are unscored self/human review, and objective results do not establish mastery, STAAR readiness or course credit.

    Open with a family learner account

    • This bridge does not replace retained course instruction or cover every part of its listed standard.
    • This is not an official TEA assessment. The two-item recheck cannot establish broad proficiency.
    • Writing is saved for self or educator review, not automatically evaluated for quality.

11. Unit 11 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

    Clinic: Clause boundaries: make the reader's connections clear

    • Clause boundaries: make the reader's connections clear
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    One saved instructional clinic with full teaching, worked reasoning, guided feedback, public practice and an unscored transfer response.

    Supplemental narrow-topic instruction retaining the existing course. Source-backed content review is distinct from optional educator review. The public objective questions are practice samples, not secure B/C assessment, fresh baseline evidence, growth, retention, exam readiness or mastery certification.

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    • Does not complete broader EOC coverage or replace retained units and bridges.
    • No automated writing grading, paid AI, tracked card-sorting, separate attempt/help history, or secure delayed assessment.
    • Intermediate paper responses and local definition matching are not separately persisted.

12. Unit 12 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

    Writing clinic: evidence into explanation

    • Build and revise an evidence-based paragraph
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    Build a guided paragraph from authored sentence choices, see why each move works or fails, then write and revise independently from a different original source.

    A focused writing-teaching clinic, not a full EOC course or scored essay assessment. Original fictional passages support prompt analysis, explained evidence, organization, revision, and editing. Objective practice/rechecks sample writing decisions; independent writing is unscored self-review. One objective reassessment form is provided; repeating it is not fresh evidence.

    Open with a family learner account

    • No automatic essay score, proficiency diagnosis, or guarantee of passing STAAR.
    • Not a complete writing curriculum; the existing eight writing workshops remain available.
    • A paragraph-building exercise does not measure full independent composition or replace extended-response practice.
    • Written responses are self-reviewed. Existing authorized account and guardian access still applies; this clinic does not introduce new sharing recipients.

13. Unit 13 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

    Writing follow-through: alternate evidence decisions

    • Build and revise an evidence-based paragraph
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    Revisit the writing clinic’s teaching and unscored application, then apply those moves to a different original source in five alternate questions.

    A follow-through to Writing clinic: evidence into explanation. Teaching, guided paragraph, entry questions, and independent writing prompt repeat the original clinic deliberately; only the five seed-table recheck questions are alternate content. No prior answers or writing are copied. This is not verified first exposure, an essay grade, a mastery decision, or delayed-retention evidence.

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    • No automatic essay score, proficiency diagnosis, or guarantee of passing STAAR.
    • Not a complete writing curriculum; the existing eight writing workshops remain available.
    • A paragraph-building exercise does not measure full independent composition or replace extended-response practice.
    • Written responses are self-reviewed. Existing authorized account and guardian access still applies; this clinic does not introduce new sharing recipients.
    • The original clinic remains a separate unit with its own saved work. Repeated teaching and entry questions are review, not new baseline evidence.
    • Alternate means different questions from the original writing clinic, not independently verified first exposure. After submission, review the same answers; another fresh attempt is not created.