English II: your test-prep path

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1. Unit 1 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Vocabulary & reading foundations

   • Context, connotation, and justified interpretation
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   Explain how different words frame the same behavior, and test that judgment against the surrounding details. Includes all 3 current unit lessons with their original texts, teaching, models, and written applications.

   Self-paced 2026–27 targeted tutoring, not a full course or an official practice exam. The seven objective items sample context, connotation, and justified interpretation; they do not assess every skill taught in the preserved unit lessons. Suggested time is an estimate, not a measured completion requirement. Written work uses self-review or human feedback, not validated automatic essay scoring.

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   • Not a full official exam, a predicted STAAR score, or proof of complete course mastery.
   • The short objective loop does not independently assess every standard in the retained source lessons.
   • No automatic writing-quality grade; extended responses require self-review and may benefit from educator feedback.

2. Unit 2 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Fiction, theme & literary traditions

   • Compare how settings shape choices and themes
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   Trace a setting condition to a character’s available choices, then compare a theme without erasing the texts’ differences. Includes all 4 current unit lessons with their original texts, teaching, models, and written applications.

   Self-paced 2026–27 targeted tutoring, not a full course or an official practice exam. The seven objective items sample compare how settings shape choices and themes; they do not assess every skill taught in the preserved unit lessons. Suggested time is an estimate, not a measured completion requirement. Written work uses self-review or human feedback, not validated automatic essay scoring.

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   • Not a full official exam, a predicted STAAR score, or proof of complete course mastery.
   • The short objective loop does not independently assess every standard in the retained source lessons.
   • No automatic writing-quality grade; extended responses require self-review and may benefit from educator feedback.

3. Unit 3 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Poetry & drama

   • Explain how poetic patterns create meaning
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   Connect rhyme, repeated syntax, line length, and deliberate interruption to a poem’s developing tension. Includes all 3 current unit lessons with their original texts, teaching, models, and written applications.

   Self-paced 2026–27 targeted tutoring, not a full course or an official practice exam. The seven objective items sample explain how poetic patterns create meaning; they do not assess every skill taught in the preserved unit lessons. Suggested time is an estimate, not a measured completion requirement. Written work uses self-review or human feedback, not validated automatic essay scoring.

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   • Not a full official exam, a predicted STAAR score, or proof of complete course mastery.
   • The short objective loop does not independently assess every standard in the retained source lessons.
   • No automatic writing-quality grade; extended responses require self-review and may benefit from educator feedback.

4. Unit 4 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Informational reading & synthesis

   • Synthesize evidence without erasing limitations
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   Develop a new conclusion from two sources while keeping each source’s evidence, scope, and concerns intact. Includes all 3 current unit lessons with their original texts, teaching, models, and written applications.

   Self-paced 2026–27 targeted tutoring, not a full course or an official practice exam. The seven objective items sample synthesize evidence without erasing limitations; they do not assess every skill taught in the preserved unit lessons. Suggested time is an estimate, not a measured completion requirement. Written work uses self-review or human feedback, not validated automatic essay scoring.

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   • Not a full official exam, a predicted STAAR score, or proof of complete course mastery.
   • The short objective loop does not independently assess every standard in the retained source lessons.
   • No automatic writing-quality grade; extended responses require self-review and may benefit from educator feedback.

5. Unit 5 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Argument & author’s craft

   • Answer the actual counterargument
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   Evaluate whether a response fairly represents an objection and supplies relevant reasoning or evidence. Includes all 3 current unit lessons with their original texts, teaching, models, and written applications.

   Self-paced 2026–27 targeted tutoring, not a full course or an official practice exam. The seven objective items sample answer the actual counterargument; they do not assess every skill taught in the preserved unit lessons. Suggested time is an estimate, not a measured completion requirement. Written work uses self-review or human feedback, not validated automatic essay scoring.

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   • Not a full official exam, a predicted STAAR score, or proof of complete course mastery.
   • The short objective loop does not independently assess every standard in the retained source lessons.
   • No automatic writing-quality grade; extended responses require self-review and may benefit from educator feedback.

6. Unit 6 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Planning & revising

   • Revise claims, organization, and sentence effectiveness
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   Improve a draft’s meaning by matching claims to evidence, selecting relevant details, and creating logical connections. Includes all 3 current unit lessons with their original texts, teaching, models, and written applications.

   Self-paced 2026–27 targeted tutoring, not a full course or an official practice exam. The seven objective items sample revise claims, organization, and sentence effectiveness; they do not assess every skill taught in the preserved unit lessons. Suggested time is an estimate, not a measured completion requirement. Written work uses self-review or human feedback, not validated automatic essay scoring.

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   • Not a full official exam, a predicted STAAR score, or proof of complete course mastery.
   • The short objective loop does not independently assess every standard in the retained source lessons.
   • No automatic writing-quality grade; extended responses require self-review and may benefit from educator feedback.

7. Unit 7 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Editing & conventions

   • Control complete sentences and clause boundaries
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   Recognize fragments, comma splices, and run-ons, then repair them while preserving the intended relationship. Includes all 3 current unit lessons with their original texts, teaching, models, and written applications.

   Self-paced 2026–27 targeted tutoring, not a full course or an official practice exam. The seven objective items sample control complete sentences and clause boundaries; they do not assess every skill taught in the preserved unit lessons. Suggested time is an estimate, not a measured completion requirement. Written work uses self-review or human feedback, not validated automatic essay scoring.

   Open with a family learner account

   • Not a full official exam, a predicted STAAR score, or proof of complete course mastery.
   • The short objective loop does not independently assess every standard in the retained source lessons.
   • No automatic writing-quality grade; extended responses require self-review and may benefit from educator feedback.

8. Unit 8 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Extended writing & correspondence

   • Develop a qualified argument with evidence and commentary
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   Plan and draft an argument that uses accurate evidence, explains its relevance, and answers a genuine opposing concern. Includes all 4 current unit lessons with their original texts, teaching, models, and written applications.

   Self-paced 2026–27 targeted tutoring, not a full course or an official practice exam. The seven objective items sample develop a qualified argument with evidence and commentary; they do not assess every skill taught in the preserved unit lessons. Suggested time is an estimate, not a measured completion requirement. Written work uses self-review or human feedback, not validated automatic essay scoring.

   Open with a family learner account

   • Not a full official exam, a predicted STAAR score, or proof of complete course mastery.
   • The short objective loop does not independently assess every standard in the retained source lessons.
   • No automatic writing-quality grade; extended responses require self-review and may benefit from educator feedback.

9. Unit 9 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

   Bridge: Control supplementary appositives in editing

   • Control supplementary appositives in editing
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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: Preserve the base in successful and related forms

    • Preserve the base in successful and related forms
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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

    Bridge: Place a sentence-ending period with a quotation

    • Place a sentence-ending period with a quotation
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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.

12. Unit 12 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

    Clinic: Make every reference carry the intended meaning

    • Make every reference carry the intended meaning
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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.

13. Unit 13 · 1 targeted skill · Untimed

    Writing clinic: evidence, warrants, and counterclaims

    • Turn evidence and a fair counterclaim into a qualified argument
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    Build a qualified argument from paired sources, test its reasoning, answer a real counterclaim, and transfer the process to independent writing.

    A focused English II argument-writing clinic, not a complete course or a scored essay assessment. Original fictional sources teach evidence limits, warrants, concessions, rebuttals, organization, revision, and editing. Objective checks sample decisions only; independent writing remains unscored. Repeating this single recheck form is not fresh independent evidence.

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    • No automatic essay score, mastery claim, readiness prediction, or guarantee of passing STAAR.
    • Not a replacement for sustained extended-response instruction or the existing English II writing workshops.
    • An assembled paragraph does not demonstrate independent composition; self-review requires reading and revising your own response.
    • Existing authorized account and guardian access remains unchanged; no new sharing recipients or AI evaluation are introduced.