MTEL Middle School Humanities (76) study plan

Diagnose current knowledge by completing a 30-item self-made literature and language quiz, then classify each miss as a term, genre, or reading-skill gap.

Build a timeline of major American and British literary periods from colonial through contemporary, listing two representative authors and one characteristic per period.

Annotate three short passages for theme, tone, structure, figurative language, and point of view, writing one defensible claim per passage.

Create a 40-term glossary of literary and language terms, each with a definition and an original example.

Close-read four paired texts, two literary and two informational, and write a comparison paragraph identifying audience, purpose, and rhetorical strategy.

Practice two 25-minute open-response essays using a claim-evidence-commentary structure, then self-score each with a 4-point rubric.

Identify and define 20 rhetorical and literary devices in authentic excerpts, explaining the effect of each in one sentence.

Compare two historical documents from different eras for argument, evidence, and bias.

Construct a 25-event U.S. history timeline from early settlement through Reconstruction, adding cause and consequence notes for 10 events.

Summarize 10 world-history turning points, naming one political, one economic, and one cultural effect for each.

Analyze six primary sources for source, context, audience, purpose, and bias, writing a five-sentence analysis for each.

Compare the causes and outcomes of two revolutions or independence movements in a one-page outline.

Explain five major U.S. constitutional principles and apply each to a historical or current example.

Interpret four maps and two charts to describe population, migration, or economic patterns, citing specific data.

Compare federal, state, and local government structures and identify two responsibilities of each.

Complete a 40-item mixed history, government, and geography set and log every error by cause.

Create a concept map linking 12 geographic terms to human and physical geography examples.

Explain five economic concepts, including scarcity, opportunity cost, supply, demand, and incentives, using original scenarios.

Compare three economic systems and describe two advantages and two limitations of each.

Interpret four data displays on GDP, unemployment, inflation, or trade and write one accurate conclusion per display.

Complete a 45-item Domain 3 quiz and classify misses as geography, government, or economics.

Write three 25-minute open-response essays that integrate at least two domains, using a clear thesis and cited evidence from provided text.

Outline two multi-source prompts by grouping evidence, stating a counterpoint, and drafting a conclusion.

Revise one earlier essay using a 4-point rubric focused on thesis, evidence, organization, and conventions.

Explain how to connect literature, history, geography, government, and economics in a single humanities argument without losing focus.

Complete a 100-question timed mixed practice set across all four domains, then chart misses by domain and subskill.

Re-teach the two weakest subskills using a one-page summary and five original practice items for each.

Write two open-response essays under 25-minute conditions, one literary and one historical or geographic.

Review all error-log entries from Weeks 1-6 and mark each as resolved or still weak.

Reattempt every previously missed item or a fresh equivalent item and explain the correct reasoning in writing.

Create one one-page review sheet per domain with 8-10 must-know facts, terms, or formulas.

Simulate test-day conditions for a two-hour mixed drill including two open-response outlines, then score and review immediately.

Finalize a pacing plan for multiple-choice and open-response sections, including checkpoints and review time.