Honors English IV Usage Quiz Schedule

August 22- Checkpoint 1

Chapter 1: Elementary Rules of Usage - # 1 & 2
Chapter 2: Elementary Principles of Composition - #12 & 13
Chapter 3: A Few Maters of Form - colloquism & exclamation
Chapter 4: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - "Aggravate" through "Comprise"

Practice

August 31 - Checkpoint 2

Chapter 1: Elementary Rules of Usage - #3 & 4
Chapter 2: Elementary Principles of Composition - #14, 15, and 16
Chapter 3: A Few Maters of Form - Headings, Hyphens, & Margins
Chapter 4: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - "Consider" through "Fortuitous"

Practice

September 14 - Checkpoint 3

Chapter 1: Elementary Rules of Usage - #5 & #6 & #7
Chapter 2: Elementary Principles of Composition - #17 & #18
Chapter 3: A Few Maters of Form - Numerals and Parentheses
Chapter 4: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - "Get" through "Meaningful"

Practice

September 28 - Checkpoint 4

Chapter 1: Elementary Rules of Usage - #8 & #9
Chapter 2: Elementary Principles of Composition - #19
Chapter 3: A Few Maters of Form - Titles (note - we are jumping to the last one in this section)
Chapter 4: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused -"Memento" through "Shall"

Practice

October 26 - Checkpoint 5

Chapter 1: Elementary Rules of Usage - #10
Chapter 2: Elementary Principles of Composition - #20
Chapter 3: A Few Maters of Form - Quotations
Chapter 4: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused -"So" through "This"

Practice

November 9 - Checkpoint 6

Chapter 1: Elementary Rules of Usage - #11
Chapter 2: Elementary Principles of Composition - #21 & #22
Chapter 3: A Few Maters of Form - References & Syllabication
Chapter 4: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - "Thrust" through "Would"

Practice

November 30 - Usage Test