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Curriculum FiltersASSIGNMENTS & DATA

● Choose from a list of state and national standards.

● Sort by “Heavily Tested,” “Moderately Tested,” “Lightly Tested,” or “Tested on the Essay” or by desired grade level to prioritize curriculum.

● Use the Curriculum page to preview tutorials, lessons, and practice before assigning topics to students.

● Pro Tip: Want to do a whole-class mini lesson before diving into a topic? Project interactive tutorials and example practice for a quick and easy “I do, we do, you do”-style lesson.

To view filters, go to your Curriculum page and choose your standards.

Mastery FiltersASSIGNMENTS & DATA

● Choose from a list of state and national standards.

● Sort by “Heavily Tested,” “Moderately Tested,” “Lightly Tested,” or “Tested on the Essay” or by desired grade level to prioritize curriculum.

● View “Class Average” data and individual student data.

● Hover over a student’s performance to see an overall percent mastered; work here includes assignments students may have completed for your class, other classes, or on their own!

To view data, go to your Student Data page and choose the “Mastery” tab.

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ACT/SAT Passage Quiz

Passage-Based QuizzesASSIGNMENTS & DATA

● NoRedInk's ACT and SAT passages allow students to practice the most common types of grammar and conventions questions they'll encounter on the ACT English Test and the SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Test.

● Because NoRedInk’s passage-based quizzes allow students to work on a diverse set of errors in an authentic context, they assess skills more authentically and with greater rigor.

● NoRedInk’s passages are assigned as quizzes, so you get clear, actionable data to remediate for individual students and for your class as a whole. Students receive instant feedback and custom remediation so that they can clear up any misconceptions in the moment.

To see our ACT/SAT passages, go to the Grammar section of our Curriculum Library.

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Premium Report ResultsASSIGNMENTS & DATA

This data is available in your school’s NoRedInk Premium Report.

● Choose from a list of state and national standards.

● The colors represent to what degree the pathway will be tested. Rows are organized by the number of topics mastered in a particular pathway by students.

● Hovering over the topics mastered bar will provide detailed information about how many topics within that pathway have been mastered by students overall.

● Pro Tip: Curriculum Specialists or teachers can review this data after Year 1 of implementation to see which areas of instruction aligned with these standards and where to improve for Year 2; additionally, this data can be used to track vertical alignment across grades.

ACT Prioritization GuideThis guide outlines the best NoRedInk learning pathways to prioritize as students prepare for the ACT. These pathways will equip students to tackle the most common question types on the ACT English Test.

Heavily tested Moderately tested Lightly tested

● Identifying Sentences and Fragments

● Connecting Clauses with Colons and Semicolons

● Punctuation with Conjunctions: All

● Commas for Clarity

● Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses

● Phrases and Dependent Clauses

● Lists

● Pronoun Case

● Verb Tense I: Simple Tenses

● Verb Tense II: Perfect and Progressive Tenses

● Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

● Plural vs. Possessive Nouns

● Singular vs. Plural Possessives

● Vague Pronouns

● Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

● Active and Passive Voice

● Parallel Structure

● Commonly Confused Words III

● Commonly Confused Words IV

● Commonly Confused Words V

● Choosing the Appropriate Conjunction

Ready to get started?

Get a baseline by giving students one of our pre-made Planning Diagnostics:

1. ACT Planning Diagnostic: Heavily Tested Skills

2. ACT Planning Diagnostic: Moderately Tested Skills

3. ACT Planning Diagnostic: Lightly Tested Skills

The data from the diagnostic can help you identify areas of weakness and assign students targeted practice for ACT grammar skills.

CURRICULUM

SAT Prioritization GuideThis guide outlines the best NoRedInk learning pathways to prioritize as students prepare for the SAT. These pathways equip students to tackle the most common question types making up the SAT Standard English Conventions subscore.

Heavily tested Moderately tested Lightly tested

● Commas for Clarity

● Building Compound and Complex Sentences

● Contractions

● Phrases and Dependent Clauses

● Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement

● Singular vs. Plural Possessives

● Subject–Verb Agreement I

● Verb Tense I: Simple Tenses

● Verb Tense II: Perfect and Progressive Tenses

● Appositive Phrases

● Connecting Clauses with Colons and Semicolons

● Identifying Sentences and Fragments

● Lists

● Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

● Parallel Structure

● Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses

● Subject–Verb Agreement II

● Active and Passive Voice

● Commonly Confused Words III

● Choosing the Appropriate Conjunctions

● Pronoun Case

● Vague Pronouns

CURRICULUM

Ready to get started?

Get a baseline by giving students one of our pre-made Planning Diagnostics:

1. SAT Planning Diagnostic: Heavily Tested Skills

2. SAT Planning Diagnostic: Moderately Tested Skills

3. SAT Planning Diagnostic: Lightly Tested Skills

The data from the diagnostic can help you identify areas of weakness and assign students targeted practice for SAT grammar skills.

● The Curriculum page will allow you to access a library of NoRedInk’s mini lessons and tutorials. These are great tools to project to your entire class or review with a small group of students.

● Click the icon next to each topic to find mini lessons for the concept.

● Click the icon to view an interactive tutorial for a topic.

● Click the icon to “Preview topic!” which will allow you to try a few questions on that concept.

Curriculum Page

Mini Lessons and Tutorials for ReviewSTUDENT REVIEW

To find lessons and tutorials, go to the Curriculum page and select any one of our pathways.

ACT and SAT PlansLesson Plans

On the next pages, you’ll find:

● ACT/SAT Grammar Practice Plans, designed to prepare students for the most heavily tested grammar questions on the SAT or ACT

● An SAT Essay Plan, designed to prepare students to write a timed rhetorical analysis essay for the SAT Essay test

These plans are just examples—adapt any plan to meet your and your students’ needs!

Plans link directly to assignments in NoRedInk and resources that you can print or project. Simply click on any assignment to review, customize, and assign it to your students.

For all of our sample writing units and lesson plans, head to the NoRedInk Help Center.

Diagnose 1 class period

Assess: ACT Grammar DiagnosticStudents take a baseline assessment to determine their proficiency with the most heavily tested grammar skills on the ACT.

To learn more about using Planning Diagnostics to survey students’ skills, check out this article in our Help Center: What is a Planning Diagnostic?

25–40 minutes

ACT Practice: GrammarObjective: Students practice the grammar skills most heavily tested on the ACT®.

Estimated Time: 3–4 class periods, or fewer with homework

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Practice 1-2 class periods

Review students’ results from the diagnostic. Assign each student only one of the practice units below based on an area where the student struggled.

Practice: Identifying Sentences and Fragments Punctuation with Conjunctions: Coordinating (FANBOYs) Conjunctive Adv. (THAMOs) Subordinating (SWABIs) Commas for Clarity Phrases and Dependent Clauses Connecting Clauses with Colons and Semicolons Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses

To learn more about using Planning Diagnostic results, check out this article in our Help Center: Where are the results from my Planning Diagnostic?

30–90 minutes

Review 1 class period

Passage Quiz: The Protective Power of Chinese Guardian LionsStudents apply what they’ve learned by correcting grammar and conventions errors in a multi-paragraph passage closely aligned with the ACT.

To learn more about our ACT Passage Quizzes, check out this article in our Help Center: What are your ACT/SAT passages?

Need more ACT-aligned practice? Check out our full collection of ACT Passages!

25–40 minutes

Diagnose 1 class period

Assess: SAT Grammar DiagnosticStudents take a baseline assessment to determine their proficiency with the most heavily tested grammar skills on the SAT.

To learn more about using Planning Diagnostics to survey students’ skills, check out this article in our Help Center: What is a Planning Diagnostic?

35–50 minutes

SAT Practice: GrammarObjective: Students practice the grammar skills most heavily tested on the SAT®.

Estimated Time: 3–4 class periods, or fewer with homework

SAT® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this content. © NoRedInk Corp. All Rights Reserved. www.noredink.com.

Practice 1-2 class periods

Review students’ results from the diagnostic. Assign each student only one of the practice units below based on an area where the student struggled.

Practice: Contractions and Possessives Subject–Verb Agreement Verb Tense Identifying Sentences and Fragments Punctuation with Conjunctions: Coordinating (FANBOYs) Conjunctive Adv. (THAMOs) Subordinating (SWABIs) Commas for Clarity Phrases and Dependent Clauses

To learn more about using Planning Diagnostic results, check out this article in our Help Center: Where are the results from my Planning Diagnostic?

30–90 minutes

Review 1 class period

Passage Quiz: The Masterful Mimicry of Cuckoo BirdsStudents apply what they’ve learned by correcting grammar and conventions errors in a multi-paragraph passage closely aligned with the SAT.

To learn more about our SAT Passage Quizzes, check out this article in our Help Center: What are your ACT/SAT passages?

Need more SAT-aligned practice? Check out our full collection of SAT Passages!

25–40 minutes

Learn 1 class period

Tutorial: Writing the SAT EssayStudents learn or review the basics of a rhetorical analysis essay, the genre tested on the SAT.

Try projecting this tutorial and having students vote on the “Try it out!” question.

5–10 minutes

Prompt and Sample Essays: “Let There Be Dark” (from the College Board)Have students read this SAT Essay prompt and identify the features of the text that make it persuasive. Then, walk students through low- and high-scoring sample essay responses.

Try projecting the samples and discussing students’ observations as a whole class!

In the next task, students will apply what they learned to respond to a new prompt.

30–40 minutes

SAT Practice: EssayObjective: Students learn about the SAT® Essay and practice writing rhetorical analysis essays for

sample SAT prompts.

Duration: 3–4 class periods, or fewer with homework

Apply 1 class period

Quick Write: SAT Essay PracticeStudents write a full, timed essay for an SAT prompt, without scaffolding.

Prompt: SAT Practice Essay “The Digital Parent Trap” Provide students with this SAT essay prompt from the College Board as a printed hand-out or link.

Give students 50 minutes to read the prompt and write their essay. Limiting this Quick Write activity to 50 minutes will let students practice in test-taking conditions.

50 minutes

Try 1-2 class periods

Guided Draft: SAT Essay PracticeStudents write a full essay for an SAT prompt, supported by targeted tips and scaffolding.

Prompt: SAT Practice Essay “Arctic National Wildlife Refuge” Provide students with this SAT Essay prompt from the College Board as a printed hand-out or link.

A Guided Draft gives students scaffolding, exemplars, and targeted tips as they write. For this assignment, allow students more time than the standard 50 minutes for the SAT Essay so that they can take advantage of these supports and internalize the requirements of the rhetorical analysis essay genre.

For this assignment or the one below, feel free to replace the prompt with a different one from the SAT (check out our prompt library for more)!

60-100 minutes

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Check out our NoRedInk ACT/SAT Alignment Guides!

● Head to NoRedInk’s Help Center to find guides aligned to a variety of state and national assessments.