Language Arts

229 Pages·2008·5.24 MB·English

Curriculum Planning Manual
Language Arts
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Table of Contents

Language Arts Curriculum Planning Manual
Teachers’ Guides and Scope and Sequences

Please note: Courses are listed in grade level sequence.

Building Vocabulary I - VIII ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Language Usage I - VIII ............................................................................................................................................ 36
Learning Letter Sounds ............................................................................................................................................. 58
Storybook Phonics I and II ........................................................................................................................................ 65
Reading I - VIII ....................................................................................................................................................... 77
English Literature IX - XII ....................................................................................................................................... 107
English Skills IX - XII .............................................................................................................................................. 162
Writing I - XII ........................................................................................................................................................ 178
Language Arts Keyboard Companion I - VI ................................................................................................................ 209

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Language Arts
Grade Levels K - 12

The A+LS™ Language Arts courses include comprehensive, completely integrated courses for grades K-12. The Language Arts
titles are designed to reinforce skills in vocabulary, grammar, language, writing, literature, and reading comprehension in many
forms and levels of learning. The Language Arts courses provide an extensive e-learning solution ideal for schools that want to
use technology to improve their instructional process.

• Language Arts is presented as a collection of
year-long courses.

• All lessons contain an integrated study guide and
essay or constructed response.

• Lessons include a variety of essay types such as
descriptive, persuasive, expository, and letter
writing.

• Most Language Arts lessons are certified by
MetaMetrics® with Lexile® scores.

• A+® VIP Bundle customers receive access to
Encyclopædia Britannica® Online School Edition
(EB) workspaces which contain learning
materials. Learning materials may contain
articles, games, images, maps, and/or videos.
Clearvue (CV) video clips may be included as
well.
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Language Arts
Grade Levels K - 12

• The content in these courses is designed to meet and exceed the requirements of the National Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE) for the Standards of English Language Arts.

• Students learn to identify and correctly use nouns, verbs, modifiers, and the other parts of speech. They also learn the
importance of sentence construction and identifying sentence parts including simple and complex subjects and
predicates, verbs, and phrases as well as capitalization and punctuation guidelines.

• The Writing titles emphasize six aspects of writing including ideas, organization, voice, word choice, fluency, and
conventions. Students will learn varieties of writing formats that include personal narratives, journals, newspaper
writing, and descriptive writing.

• The Literature lessons provide a broad exposure to literature, enabling the student to acquire the necessary skills to
understand and appreciate literature by exploring universal themes through study guides and later in the questions on
literary terms, devices, and forms.

• Due to the interactive nature of the A+ VIP Bundle, there are a few specific software requirements:

o EB requires a web browser, the following are recommended:
(cid:131) Microsoft Internet Explorer® versions 6.0 or higher
(cid:131) Safari® versions 2.0 or higher
Note: EB requires cookies enabled.

o EB interactive activities require a web browser equipped with the Adobe® Flash® and Shockwave plug-ins.
Available at: www.adobe.com (select Get ADOBE FLASH PLAYER and Get Shockwave Player).

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Language Arts
Grade Levels K - 12
o EB video clips are offered in Windows Media® and MPEG-4 formats. You’ll need to have a media player installed
that will support these formats:
(cid:131) Quicktime® - available at: www.apple.com/quicktime/download
(cid:131) Windows Media® Player - available at: www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/
download

• Numerous links to the Internet are provided in the A+ VIP Bundle. An Internet connection is not required for completion
of this course, but it is required to utilize the EB components of the A+ VIP Bundle.

The A+ VIP Bundle includes the Encyclopædia Britannica Online
School Edition, which has teacher resources and student
learning materials. The materials include a wide range of
interactive lessons, research projects, animations, and
worksheets that support the Writing courses.

• Writing contains EB workspaces.
• Each workspace may contain an article, diagram, study
guide, video, or interactive media.
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Language Arts
Grade Levels K - 12
The Writing courses each contain a variety of lessons and differ in length, grade level, and available features. Listed below are
the courses found within the curriculum planning manual.

Length of
Course Number of Grade Lexile
Course in
Name Lessons Levels Measure
Semesters
Building Vocabulary I 57 1 640L
Building Vocabulary II 49 2 780L
Building Vocabulary III 49 3 630L
Building Vocabulary IV 43 4 790L
Building Vocabulary V 43 5 830L
Building Vocabulary VI 47 6 820L
Building Vocabulary VII 48 7 820L
Building Vocabulary VIII 48 8 830L
Language Usage I 33 1 470L
Language Usage II 44 2 510L
Language Usage III 40 3 600L
Language Usage IV 47 4 620L
Language Usage V 45 5 640L
Language Usage VI 44 6 750L
Language Usage VII 38 7 800L
Language Usage VIII 45 8 760L

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Language Arts
Grade Levels K - 12
Length of
Course Number of Grade Lexile
Course in
Name Lessons Levels Measure
Semesters
Learning Letter Sounds 69 K
Storybook Phonics I 15 K-2
Storybook Phonics II 15 1-2
Reading I 43 1 500L
Reading II 45 2 580L
Reading III 43 3 620L
Reading IV 43 4 700L
Reading V 45 5 790L
Reading VI 48 6 810L
Reading VII 40 7 840L
Reading VIII 42 8 870L
English Literature IX 42 2 9 1010L
English Literature X 56 2 10 980L
English Literature XI 52 2 11 960L
English Literature XII 33 2 12 1040L
English Skills IX 40 2 9 930L
English Skills X 38 2 10 960L
English Skills XI 36 2 11 990L
English Skills XII 34 2 12 1030L

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Language Arts
Grade Levels K - 12
Length of
Course Number of Grade Lexile
Course in
Name Lessons Levels Measure
Semesters
Writing I 30 1
Writing II 34 2
Writing III 34 3
Writing IV 38 4
Writing V 45 5
Writing VI 45 6
Writing VII 45 7
Writing VIII 45 8
Writing IX 41 2 9
Writing X 44 2 10
Writing XI 46 2 11
Writing XII 46 2 12
Language Arts Keyboard Companion I 89 3-5
Language Arts Keyboard Companion II 65 3-5
Language Arts Keyboard Companion III 39 6-8
Language Arts Keyboard Companion IV 40 6-8
Language Arts Keyboard Companion V 45 9-12
Language Arts Keyboard Companion VI 32 9-12
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