Through weekly lessons and daily practice, this class will help students build strong writing and grammar skills. Using theme-based writing lessons in Frontiers in Writing, students will write about intriguing topics such as Halley’s Comet, the Mona Lisa, the Wild West, and other interesting subjects while they learn to write with the IEW Structure and Style® writing method. In addition, students will build strong grammar skills through lessons in Fix It!® Grammar: Level 2 Town Mouse and Country Mouse. Students will follow the adventures of a curious town mouse and his country cousin as they explore each other’s worlds, revealing new portions of the tale in daily passages. As students hunt for and correct errors, they learn parts of speech, basic comma and capitalization rules, complex sentence patterns, and more. The literature aspect of the course will incorporate literature-based thinking activities to sharpen critical reading, comprehension, and vocabulary skills while teaching a variety of literary concepts. Students will also read several novels throughout the year. (2025-2026)