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Welcome to GRAMMAR SUPER PRACTICE! You'll spot tricky past-tense verbs, missing capital letters, and missing apostrophes, then fix the sentences so they read just right.
Let's learn about rabbits! You will read about rabbits, then use what you read to answer a question about them.
Let's read about ocean animals! Then you'll find the main idea and a fact that helps prove it.
Let's read the story of the Three Little Pigs! Then you'll think about what each pig is like and how they respond to the wolf.
In this assignment, you will read about dogs. Then you will write to teach someone else about dogs. Share facts and details from the passage!
Step into GRAMMAR DETECTIVE mode! You'll hunt down irregular verbs, subject-verb mismatches, and missing punctuation in dialogue and possessives, then rewrite each sentence cleanly.
Let's learn about emperor penguins! You will read about these amazing birds, then find details that answer this question: How do emperor penguins survive in the cold?
Let's learn about recycling! You'll read about how recycling helps our planet, then find the main idea and pick key details from the passage that support it.
Let's read Jack and the Beanstalk! Then you'll describe what kind of person Jack is and explain how his choices lead to what happens in the story.
Let's write a story about an adventure! You'll plan the story, write a beginning, middle, and end, then make it even better so the reader feels like they were right there with you.
Welcome to PARAGRAPH FOUNDATIONS! You'll practice two skills: **identifying** topic sentences and spotting off-topic ones, and **building** paragraphs by ordering sentences and writing your own...
Welcome to WORD POWER PRACTICE! You'll crack tricky words using context clues and Greek/Latin word parts, then work with similes, metaphors, idioms, synonyms, and antonyms.
Let's read about elephants — some of the smartest animals on Earth. Then you'll find the main idea of the passage and write a short summary in your own words.
Let's read a scene from Charlotte's Web, where Charlotte the spider decides to do something amazing to save her friend Wilbur. Then you'll find details and examples that show why Charlotte helps him.
In this assignment, you will think about whether students should have homework every night. You will read a passage about the different sides of the homework debate. Then you will write a...
Write a 3-paragraph story about a snow day. Use sensory details — what you see, hear, feel, smell, and taste — to help the reader experience the day with you.
You'll read about the water cycle and write an informative essay explaining how it works. Use facts and details from the passage to teach your reader about the four steps and why they matter.
You'll examine 20 days of cloud and rainfall observations and write a CER response — a claim about which cloud types predict rain, evidence from the data, and reasoning that explains why.
Time to flex your GRAMMAR POWER. You'll catch shifting verb tenses, missing commas, wrong past-participle forms, and tricky correlative pairs, then rewrite each sentence so it reads sharp.
Welcome to PARAGRAPH POWER with amazing animals! A great paragraph is like an animal pack - every member plays a role and they all work together. In this mission, you'll discover how paragraphs...
Welcome to SENTENCE SAFARI - where we'll track down writing mistakes like a wildlife expert tracks animals! Clear sentences help us share amazing facts about animals. But sometimes our sentences...
Did you know that honey bees do much more than make honey? They play a huge role in helping plants grow, and they live in colonies with fascinating teamwork! Here's what you'll practice: -...
What happens when people change the land too much? In the 1930s, huge dust storms buried farms and forced families to leave their homes. This passage tells the story of the Dust Bowl and how it...
You're about to read one of the most beloved stories ever written! It's about a young bird who doesn't fit in and goes on a difficult journey before discovering who he truly is. Your job is to...
Did you know that our solar system is about 4.6 billion years old? It contains eight planets, dozens of moons, and countless smaller objects, all orbiting around one star - our Sun. In this...
You'll study a week of bird-visit data across four feeder types and write a CER response — a claim about whether feeder type affects which species visit, evidence from counts, and reasoning.
You'll analyze runoff data from soil trays tilted at different angles and write a CER response — a claim about how slope affects erosion, evidence in grams, and reasoning that explains why.
You'll read the citizenship oath and a community volunteer's story, then explain what good citizenship means using specific details from both sources to support your claim.
Welcome to GRAMMAR POWER PRACTICE. You'll wrangle pronoun case, untangle vague references, lock down pronoun consistency, and set off nonrestrictive clauses with the right commas.
Welcome to SENTENCE ANALYST - where you will sharpen the analytical skills that strong writers depend on every day! Great ideas about innovation and discovery deserve clear, precise...
Does homework actually help you learn? Scientists have studied this question, and the answers might surprise you! This topic is pretty relevant to your life, right? Let's dig in!
Jack London's powerful novel The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck, a large, comfortable house dog who is stolen from his California home and sold into the brutal world of Yukon sled dog...
You'll weigh evidence on whether public schools should require uniforms and write an argumentative essay that takes a clear claim, supports it with the passage, and answers opposing views.
You'll compare turbidity after dirty water passes through five natural materials and write a CER response — a claim about the best filter, NTU evidence, and reasoning about why it works.
You'll read Samuel Adams's call to action alongside a British tax notice, then explain why the Boston Tea Party happened by weighing both sides of the taxation-and-representation dispute.
You'll examine a voting-rights timeline and a first-time voter's testimony, then explain why voting matters in a democracy using specific evidence and history from both sources.
An on-demand writing assessment. You'll read three sources on inventors and innovation, then write a multi-paragraph explanatory article on what makes inventions successful and helpful.
An on-demand narrative assessment. You'll read a mentor text about a mysterious compass, then continue Maya's story with descriptive detail, dialogue, and a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Time for GRAMMAR POWER PRACTICE. You'll move misplaced modifiers, anchor dangling ones, comma coordinate adjectives correctly, and combine choppy sentences for sharper meaning.
Welcome to WORD PARTS DETECTIVE work. You'll decode sophisticated vocabulary by combining Greek and Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes, then transfer those morphemes to unfamiliar words.
Coral reefs are often called the "rainforests of the sea" because of the incredible variety of life they support. But these vital ecosystems are in serious trouble. In this assignment, you will...
Throughout history, pandemics have changed the course of civilizations. In this assignment, you will read about how disease outbreaks have interacted with human societies, sometimes causing...
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe is a chilling story narrated by a person who insists they are perfectly sane while describing a terrible crime. The narrator is obsessed with an old man's...
You'll weigh evidence on whether social media does more harm than good for teen mental health and write an argumentative essay that defends a claim and answers the strongest opposing view.
You'll compare surface and air temperatures across asphalt, concrete, grass, and tree canopy and write a CERR response — claim, evidence, albedo-based reasoning, and a counterclaim rebuttal.
You'll weigh three sources on lowering the voting age to 16 — an activist letter, brain science, and international turnout data — and build an argument that handles a counterclaim.
An on-demand writing assessment. You'll read three sources on cell phones in schools and write an argumentative essay that takes a position, cites two sources, and answers the opposing view.
Step into ADVANCED GRAMMAR. You'll flip passive to active, master the subjunctive for hypotheticals and demands, hold voice steady across clauses, and punctuate for rhetorical effect.
We consume more information today than any generation in history, but can we tell what is true? Media literacy has become an essential skill. In this assignment, you will analyze the central idea...
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is one of the most beloved stories in the English language. Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold and miserly man, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him...
In this assignment, you will analyze the debate over social media age restrictions and write a 4-paragraph argumentative essay. Your essay must include a counterclaim paragraph where you address...
In this assignment, you will read about adolescent brain development and write a comprehensive informative essay explaining how the teenage brain differs from an adult brain and why this matters....
You'll analyze a zooplankton dose-response study and write a CERR response — a claim about microplastic harm, evidence across three measures, reasoning, and a temperature counterclaim.
You'll analyze four sources — King's Birmingham letter, a Greensboro sit-in account, the Voting Rights Act, and a segregationist editorial — and argue how the movement won change.
An on-demand writing assessment. You'll read three sources on U.S. metric adoption and write an argumentative essay that takes a position, cites two sources, and addresses counterclaims.
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