Year 11 in England
10th grade English
Every 10th grade English skill on Eurekami: 28 skills in 5 areas, each with a worked example, free practice that checks answers as you go, and printable worksheets with answer keys.
Vocabulary
Grammar
- Modifier placement in complex sentences
- Usage: fewer/less, lay/lie, who/that, between/among
- Identifying phrase types: absolute, appositive, participle, gerund…
- Past perfect for the earlier of two past events
- Mixed conditionals: past cause, present result (and vice versa)
- Avoiding double comparatives and comparing absolutes
- Idiomatic prepositions (consistent with, capable of, prefer…to)
Punctuation
Reading Comprehension
- Analysing language for effect
- Analysing structure
- Command of evidence (SAT/ACT)
- The effect of sentence forms: short sentences, fragments, lists, questions
- The effect of narrative perspective and tense
- Poetic structure: enjambment, caesura, volta, refrain…
- Working out a rhyme scheme (ABAB, AABB, ABCB…)
- Theme statements versus topics
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Writing & Editing
Mixed 10th grade review
Ten questions from across the year, a quick way to see what is secure and what needs another look.
Writing & Editing
Adding, deleting and revising for purpose
CCSS W.9-10.5CCSS W.11-12.5England: ACT English (Topic Development)England: SAT Reading and Writing
Example
An essay about the invention of the telephone includes the sentence: "Many people today prefer texting to calling." Should this sentence be deleted?
- Add or keep a sentence only if it supports the paragraph's purpose.
- So the answer is: Yes, because it shifts away from the invention of the telephone.
Answer: Yes, because it shifts away from the invention of the telephone.
Builds on: Organisation: sentence placement and logical order
Leads to: Rhetorical synthesis (SAT)
Thesis statements and supporting evidence
CCSS W.9-10.1.ACCSS W.9-10.1.BEngland: GCSE English Language Paper 2 Q5England: US argumentative essay
Example
Thesis: The town should ban single-use plastic bags. Which sentence best acknowledges and answers a counterargument?
- Arguments need a clear thesis supported by relevant, credible evidence.
- So the answer is: Some shoppers worry about the cost of reusable bags, but most last for years and quickly pay for themselves.
Answer: Some shoppers worry about the cost of reusable bags, but most last for years and quickly pay for themselves.
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