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1 -2015 CURRICULUM CATALOG COMPLETE CORE COURSE CATALOG 2014 GLYNLYON, INC.

2 Welcome to Odysseyware We are excited that you are including Odysseyware as part of your program of instruction, and we look forward to serving you and your students. This Odysseyware Curriculum Catalog provides a quick-reference overview of our course materials. The catalog may also be helpful in planning instruction using Odysseyware course materials. In this document, you will find: Customer Experience Management Team and Technical Support contact information a description of course contents; course information. As always, we welcome your feedback. Thanks for choosing us! The Glynlyon Curriculum Development Team Customer Experience Management Team is Odysseyware s full-service customer support system. Services include: customer support; professional development training and integration; technical support; product configuration and update management; license administration; customer education. You can contact the Customer Experience Management Team for any support need using the following contact information: Phone Support: Toll Free: Fax - Toll Free: Customer Support / Training Support: Monday Friday: 6 a.m. - 5 p.m. Arizona Time* Dial Option 2 *Please note: Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time Odysseyware 2.0 Technical Support Monday Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. CDT Toll Free: i 2014 GLYNLYON, INC.

3 Table of Contents ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS... 1 LANGUAGE ARTS LANGUAGE ARTS LANGUAGE ARTS LANGUAGE ARTS LANGUAGE ARTS LANGUAGE ARTS 700 CCSS LANGUAGE ARTS LANGUAGE ARTS 800 CCSS ENGLISH I ENGLISH I CCSS ENGLISH II ENGLISH II CCSS ENGLISH III ENGLISH III CCSS ENGLISH IV ENGLISH IV CCSS HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY WORLD CIVILIZATIONS HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY WORLD HISTORY U.S. HISTORY FOUNDATIONS TO PRESENT U.S. HISTORY RECONSTRUCTION TO PRESENT ECONOMICS GOVERNMENT MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS 700 CCSS PRE-ALGEBRA MATHEMATICS 800 CCSS INTEGRATED MATH I ALGEBRA I ALGEBRA I CCSS GEOMETRY GEOMETRY CCSS ALGEBRA II ALGEBRA II CCSS PRE-CALCULUS COORDINATE ALGEBRA ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY ADVANCED ALGEBRA SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE EARTH SCIENCE INTEGRATED PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY PHYSICS ELECTIVES ART HISTORY BUSINESS COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS I- A BUSINESS COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS I- B CIVIL WAR CONSUMER MATH DIGITAL ARTS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS ESSENTIALS OF COMMUNICATION FRENCH I FRENCH II GENERAL HISTORY GENERAL SCIENCE HEALTH QUEST HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH MEDIA STUDIES MUSIC APPRECIATION MUSIC THEORY PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIVING PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY PHYSICAL EDUCATION PHYSICAL FITNESS PSYCHOLOGY SPANISH I SPANISH II TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH TRIGONOMETRY TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY VIETNAM ERA WORLD GEOGRAPHY ii 2014 GLYNLYON, INC.

4 ADVANCE PLACEMENT CALCULUS ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION U.S. HISTORY BLENDED LEARNING LIBRARY MATH 7 RESOURCES MATH 8 RESOURCES ALGEBRA I RESOURCES GEOMETRY RESOURCES ALGEBRA II RESOURCES SKILLS DIAGNOSTICS AND PLACEMENT ENGLISH GRAMMAR SKILLS DIAGNOSTIC MATH SKILLS DIAGNOSTIC HISTORY PLACEMENT TEST LANGUAGE ARTS PLACEMENT TEST MATHEMATICS PLACEMENT TEST SCIENCE PLACEMENT TEST TEST PREP ACT* TEST PREP ESSENTIALS OF LANGUAGE ARTS ESSENTIALS OF MATHEMATICS GED PREP HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY GED PREP LANGUAGE ARTS GED PREP MATHEMATICS GED PREP SCIENCE GED TEST PREP HISET TEST PREP TASC TEST PREP i 2014 GLYNLYON, INC.

5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS LANGUAGE ARTS 300 COURSE OVERVIEW Language Arts 300 focuses on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students' understanding in the following ways: Reading introduces students to basic reading skills, including the identification of main ideas, supporting details, sequence, and facts and opinions; shows students how to identify parts of speech in sentences; helps students develop basic literary comprehension skills through the reading of short stories, a short play, and haiku poetry. Writing develops students understanding of sentence structure, providing hands-on experience with complete sentences and parts of speech; introduces students to roots and affixes, and basic word relationships, including homographs, synonyms, and antonyms; develops students vocabulary and spelling skills; gives students the opportunity to develop their abilities in writing paragraphs, haiku poetry, short stories, and friendly letters. Special Topics introduces basic research skills, including the use of atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspaper and magazine articles, and textbooks. Curriculum Contents Reading Comprehension Skills Cause and Effect Context Clues Determining Author s Purpose Reading for Entertainment and Reading for Information Following Written Directions Identifying Facts and Opinions Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details Predicting Outcomes Reading Haiku Reading a Short Play Reading Short Stories Sequence Composition Writing a Friendly and Thank You Letter Writing Haiku Writing Short Stories Grammar and Usage Adjectives Making Comparisons Nouns Singular and Plural Parts of Speech Identification Punctuation Commas, Exclamation Points, Periods, and Question Marks Sentence Structure Complete Sentences Literature Studies Drama o Definition o Elements Structure, Character, and Setting Fiction Definition Nonfiction Definition Poetry o Definition o Elements Structure, Rhyme, and Meter o Haiku Spelling Compound Words Confusing Spellings Irregular Vowels Short and Long Vowels Silent Letters R-controlled and W-controlled Words Glynlyon, Inc.

6 Roots and Affixes Word Endings Words with ie, ei and ar Words with Irregular Vowels LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE ARTS 1. Course Overview 12. Quiz 3: Capitalizing and Using Complete 2. Language Arts Symbols Sentences 3. Spelling Lesson Grammar: Punctuation 4. Quiz 1: Language Arts Symbols 14. Spelling Lesson 3 5. Spelling Quiz Quiz 4: Punctuation 6. Reading to Find the Main Idea 16. Spelling Quiz 3 7. Project: Learning a New Language 17 Special Project 8. Spelling Lesson Test 9. Quiz 2: The Story of Pedro 19. Alternate Test 10. Spelling Quiz Glossary and Credits 11. Grammar: Complete Sentences; Capitalization LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 2: SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND READING 1. Grammar: Sentence Sense; Capital Letters (1) 12. Spelling Lesson 3 2. Book Report -- Poetry 13. Quiz 3: Vowels and Consonants; Alphabetizing 3. Spelling Lesson Spelling Quiz 3 4. Quiz 1: Capital Letters (1); Spelling Lesson Spelling Lesson 4 5. Spelling Quiz Project: Writing a Story 6. Grammar: Capital Letters (2) 17. Quiz 4: Grammar and Spelling 7. Short Story: Jeff learns about Sharing 18. Spelling Quiz 4 8. Spelling Lesson Special Project 9. Quiz 2: Capital Letters (2); Spelling Lesson Test 10. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 11. Grammar: Alphabetical Order 22. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 3: WORDS AND MEANING 1. Grammar: Using the Dictionary 15. Spelling Lesson 3 2. Project: Making Your Own Dictionary 16. Quiz 3: Antonyms and Button the Lamb 3. Grammar: Capital Letters 17. Spelling Quiz 3 4. Spelling Lesson Grammar: Using Titles Correctly 5. Quiz 1: Capital Letters and Using the Dictionary 19. Grammar: Synonyms 6. Spelling Quiz Project: Writing a Story about Pets 7. Grammar: Word Parts (1) 21. Spelling Lesson 4 8. Grammar: Word Parts (2) 22. Quiz 4: Capital Letters and Synonyms 9. Spelling Lesson Spelling Quiz Quiz 2: Word Parts 24. Special Project 11. Spelling Quiz Test 12. Grammar: Antonyms 26. Alternate Test 13. Short Story: Button the Lamb 27. Glossary and Credits 14. Book Report -- Folktales Glynlyon, Inc.

7 LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 4: GRAMMAR PRACTICE AND BIOGRAPHY 1. Grammar: Nouns 14. Quiz 3: Capitalization and Punctuation 2. Grammar: Adjectives 15. Grammar: Reviewing Words and Word Parts 3. Spelling Lesson Short Story: The Real McCoy 4. Quiz 1: Nouns and Adjectives 17. Project: Observation 5. Spelling Quiz Project: McCoy Today 6. Grammar: Verbs 19. Book Report -- Biography 7. Grammar: Adverbs 20. Spelling Lesson 3 8. Spelling Lesson Quiz 4: Words and Word Parts 9. Quiz 2: Verbs and Adverbs 22. Spelling Quiz Spelling Quiz Special Project 11. Grammar: Punctuation Marks 24. Test 12. Grammar: Using Capital Letters 25. Alternate Test 13. Grammar: Using the Dictionary 26. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 5: SHORT STORIES AND GRAMMAR REVIEW 1. Reading 12. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Grammar: Review 13. Grammar: Reviewing Capital Letters 3. Project: Vowels 14. Grammar: Punctuation Marks 4. Spelling Lesson Spelling Lesson 3 5. Quiz 1: Grammar Review 16. Quiz 3: Capitalization and Punctuation 6. Spelling Quiz Spelling Quiz 3 7. Short Story: My Dog Zipper (1) 18. Special Project 8. Short Story: My Dog Zipper (2) 19. Test 9. Book Report -- Animal Stories 20. Alternate Test 10. Spelling Lesson Glossary and Credits 11. Quiz 2: My Dog Zipper LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 6: FORMS OF LITERATURE 1. Fables; Cause and Effect 12. Haiku Poetry; Homographs 2. Spelling Lesson Book Report -- Haiku Poetry 3. Quiz 1: Reading a Fable and Spelling 14. Project: Haiku Poetry 4. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson 4 5. Grammar: Capitalizing Titles; Using Commas 16. Quiz 3: Reading Haiku Poetry 6. Project: Book Report 17. Spelling Quiz 4 7. Spelling Lesson Special Project 8. Quiz 2: Capitalizing Titles, Commas, and Spelling 19. Test 9. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 10. Spelling Lesson Glossary and Credits 11. Spelling Quiz 3 LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 7: NOUNS AND FRIENDLY LETTERS 1. Reading (1) 15. Grammar: Suffixes -er and -est 2. Grammar: Noun Review 16. Spelling Lesson 3 3. Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns (1) 17. Quiz 3: Pronouns and Suffixes 4. Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns (2) 18. Spelling Quiz 3 5. Extra Practice: Singular and Plural Nouns 19. Friendly Letters 6. Spelling Lesson Essay: Writing a Friendly Letter 7. Quiz 1: Reading and Grammar Nouns 21. Project: Advertisements and Forms 8. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson 4 9. Reading (2) 23. Quiz 4: The Friendly Letter 10. Project: Following Directions 24. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson Special Project 12. Quiz 2: Sequence, Fact and Fiction, and Spelling 26. Test 13. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 14. Grammar: Pronouns 28. Glossary and Credits Glynlyon, Inc.

8 LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 8: CLOSE READING AND ADJECTIVES 1. Reading for Sequence 12. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Grammar: Adjective Review 13. Reading a Play 3. Spelling Lesson Grammar: Verbs (1) 4. Quiz 1: Reading for Sequence; Adjectives 15. Grammar: Verbs (2) 5. Spelling Quiz Project: Cinderella Comparison and Contrast 6. Reading for Details 17. Spelling Lesson 3 7. Grammar: Comparing with Adjectives (1) 18. Quiz 3: Reading a Play; Verbs 8. Grammar: Comparing with Adjectives (2) 19. Spelling Quiz 3 9. Extra Practice: Comparing with Adjectives 20. Special Project 10. Spelling Lesson Test 11. Quiz 2: Reading for Details; Comparing with 22. Alternate Test Adjectives 23. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 9: READING AND WRITING 1. Reading to Classify 13. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Grammar: Adverbs Review 14. Reading to Predict Outcome 3. Spelling Lesson Using Reference Books 4. Quiz 1: Classifying; Adverbs 16. Project: Informational Report 5. Spelling Quiz Project: Writing a Book Report 6. Reading for Information 18. Spelling Lesson 3 7. Book Report -- Nonfiction 19. Quiz 3: Reading 8. Book Report -- Biography 20. Spelling Quiz 3 9. Thank You Letters 21. Special Project 10. Project: Writing a Thank You Letter 22. Test 11. Spelling Lesson Alternate Test 12. Quiz 2: The Thank You Letter 24. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 10: REVIEW 1. Reading: Sequence and Context 12. Quiz 3: Review 2. Grammar: Vowels 13. Reading Fiction and Nonfiction 3. Grammar: Using Sentences Correctly 14. Book Report -- Historical Fiction 4. Quiz 1: Review 15. Grammar: Alphabetical Order 5. Grammar: Punctuation 16. Project: Revising a Report 6. Grammar: Capitalizing Words 17. Project: Writing Paragraphs 7. Quiz 2: Review 18. Quiz 4: Review 8. Reading: Main Ideas; Cause and Effect 19. Special Project 9. Grammar: Parts of Speech Review 20. Test 10. Writing Letters 21. Alternate Test 11. Project: Writing Letters 22. Glossary and Credits Glynlyon, Inc.

9 LANGUAGE ARTS 400 COURSE OVERVIEW Language Arts 400 focuses on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students' understanding in the following ways: Reading introduces students to basic reading skills, including the identification of main ideas, supporting details, sequence, and facts and opinions; shows students how to identify parts of speech in sentences; develops students capacity for identifying basic elements of narrative prose; introduces students to types of nonfiction, including biographies, autobiographies, and short essays; helps students develop basic literary comprehension skills through the reading of short stories, nonfiction pieces, and poetry. Writing develops student s understanding of sentence structure, providing hands-on experience with subjectverb agreement and parts of speech; emphasizes parts of speech and their roles, including adjectives, nouns, and verbs; familiarizes students with roots and affixes, and basic word relationships, including homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms; develops students vocabulary and spelling skills; gives students the opportunity to develop their abilities in writing paragraphs, four-line poetry, and short stories; guides students through planning, organizing, writing, and revising a report. Listening teaches effective listening comprehension skills, weaving these throughout the lessons. Special Topics teaches basic research skills, including dictionary, encyclopedia, and safe Internet usage. Curriculum Contents Reading Comprehension Skills Grammar and Usage Determining Cause and Effect Determining Author s Purpose Reading for Entertainment and Reading for Information Identifying Facts and Opinions Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details Predicting Outcomes Reading Poetry Determining Reading Rates Reading Short Stories Reading for Sequence Composition Adjectives Making Comparisons, Using Articles, and Changing Nouns to Adjectives Kinds of Sentences Statement, Question, Command, and Surprise/Excitement Nouns Singular and Plural, Possessive, Subjects, and Common and Proper Nouns Punctuation Commas, Exclamation Points, Periods, Question Marks, Quotation Marks, and Apostrophes Sentence Structure Subject-Verb Agreement Verbs Being Verbs, Tense, and Contractions Book Report Summary Paragraph Elements and Structure Writing Four-Line Poetry Writing Friendly Letters and Invitations Writing Haiku Writing a Report Outlining, Writing, and Revising Writing Short Stories Narratives, Tall Tales, and Fables Literature Studies Fiction o Definition Short Story o Elements Structure, Character, Plot, and Setting o Genre/Type Allegory, Parable, Fable, and Tall Tale Glynlyon, Inc.

10 Nonfiction o Definition o Genre/Type Autobiography, Biography, and Essay o Literary Device Figures of Speech Poetry o Definition o Elements Structure, Rhyme, Meter, Diction, and Mood o Haiku o Literary Device Alliteration Speaking and Listening Listening Skills Following Directions Spelling Abbreviations Compound Words Contractions Days of the Week Names of Months Homonyms, Synonyms and Antonyms Hyphenated Words Possessives Roots and Affixes Vowel Combinations Word Endings Words with Silent First Letters Words with Silent and Irregular Vowels Special Topics Origin/Development of Language Research Skills Reference Materials, Library Skills, and the Internet Study Skills Note Taking Literature List The literary works students will encounter in Language Arts 400 include, but are not limited to: Fiction Poetry Spyri, Johanna. o Heidi Eastman, Charles. o "The Grandfather" Stevenson, Robert. o "Bed in Summer" LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 1: READING AND WRITING 1. Course Overview 13. Spelling Lesson 3 2. Short Story: Joey and the Sad Tree (Part 1) 14. Quiz 3: Study Skills 3. Sources of Words in the English Language 15. Spelling Quiz 3 4. Spelling Lesson Writing a Report 5. Quiz 1: Joey... (Part 1) and Sources of Words 17 Essay: Report 6. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson 4 7. Short Story: Joey and the Sad Tree (Part 2) 19. Quiz 4: Writing a Report 8. Reading Fluency 20. Spelling Quiz 4 9. Spelling Lesson Special Project 10. Quiz 2: Reading Fluency 22. Test 11. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 12. Study Skills 24. Glossary and Credits Glynlyon, Inc.

11 LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 2: READING FOR MEANING 1. Poem: Kippy the Kiwi 12. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Short Story: Envying Others 13. Haiku Poems 3. Sound Study 14. Haiku Poetry Composition 4. Following Instructions 15. Project: Book Report -- Haiku Poetry 5. Spelling Lesson Spelling Lesson 3 6. Quiz 1: Kippy the Kiwi; Ben s Model 17. Quiz 3: Haiku Poetry 7. Spelling Quiz Spelling Quiz 3 8. Short Story: Greedy, Selfish, and Honor 19. Special Project 9. Dictionary Skills 20. Test 10. Spelling Lesson Alternate Test 11. Quiz 2: Using the Dictionary 22. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 3: WORD PLAY 1. Short Story: How Willie Was Rescued 14. Spelling Lesson 3 2. Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes (1) 15. Quiz 3: Come Little Leaves ; Synonyms and 3. Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes (2) Antonyms 4. Spelling Lesson Spelling Quiz 3 5. Quiz 1: How Willie Was Rescued ; Word Parts 17. More About Poetry 6. Spelling Quiz Project: Book Report -- Poetry 7. Short Story: Candy Bars; Outlining 19. Spelling Lesson 4 8. Homonyms 20. Quiz 4: Poetry 9. Spelling Lesson Spelling Quiz Quiz 2: Candy Bars ; Outlining; Homonyms 22. Special Project 11. Spelling Quiz Test 12. Poetic Expressions 24. Alternate Test 13. Synonyms and Antonyms 25. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 4: WORDS IN SEASON 1. Short Story: Heidi (1) 15. Following Instructions; Writing Invitations 2. Nouns and Verbs 16. Adverbs 3. Adjectives 17. Spelling Lesson 3 4. Adjectives That Compare 18. Quiz 3: Following Directions; Adverbs 5. Possessive Words 19. Spelling Quiz 3 6. Spelling Lesson Writing Study Notes 7. Quiz 1: Heidi; Parts of Speech 21. Subject-Verb Agreement; Tenses 8. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson 4 9. Short Story: Heidi (2); Fiction and Nonfiction 23. Quiz 4: Study Notes; Agreement; Tenses 10. Project: Book Report -- Fiction 24. Spelling Quiz Kinds of Sentences 25. Special Project 12. Spelling Lesson Test 13. Quiz 2: Kinds of Stories; Sentences 27. Alternate Test 14. Spelling Quiz Glossary and Credits Glynlyon, Inc.

12 LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 5: READING AND WRITING STORIES 1. Short Story: Jeannie's Friend (1) 14. Spelling Lesson 3 2. Paragraphs 15. Quiz 3: Stamp Collecting 3. Essay: Writing Paragraphs 16. Spelling Quiz 3 4. Spelling Lesson Writing Stories 5. Quiz 1: Reading Skills 18. Essay: Writing a Story 6. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson 4 7. Short Story: Jeannie's Friend (2) 20. Quiz 4: Writing a Story 8. Capital Letters 21. Spelling Quiz 4 9. Spelling Lesson Special Project 10. Quiz 2: Reading Skills Part II 23. Test 11. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 12. Comprehension: The Hobby of Stamp Collecting 25. Glossary and Credits 13. Punctuation Marks LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 6: RHYMES AND REPORTS 1. Fact and Opinion 12. Poetry Review 2. Book Reports 13. Principles of Poetry 3. Essay: Writing a Summary 14. Writing Poetry 4. Project: Book Report -- Nonfiction 15. Project: Four-Line Poem 5. Spelling Lesson Spelling Lesson 3 6. Quiz 1: Preparing a Book Report 17. Quiz 3: Writing Poetry 7. Spelling Quiz Spelling Quiz 3 8. Following Directions in Parables and Fables 19. Special Project 9. Spelling Lesson Test 10. Quiz 2: Following Directions 21. Alternate Test 11. Spelling Quiz Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 7: FORMS OF LITERATURE 1. Biography 13. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Project: Book Report -- Biography 14. Tall Tales 3. Exploring Nouns (1) 15. Project: Tall Tale 4. Exploring Nouns (2) 16. Project: Book Report -- Folk Tales 5. Spelling Lesson Exploring Verbs (2) 6. Quiz 1: Biography 18. Spelling Lesson 3 7. Spelling Quiz Quiz 3: Tall Tales 8. Fables 20. Spelling Quiz 3 9. Essay: Writing a Fable 21. Special Project 10. Exploring Verbs (1) 22. Test 11. Spelling Lesson Alternate Test 12. Quiz 2: Fables and Exploring Verbs 24. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 8: LANGUAGE IN LITERATURE 1. Biography: On the Farm; Cause and Effect 13. Paragraph Writing 2. Adjectives 14. Essay: Narrative Writing -- Autobiography 3. Spelling Lesson Essay: Descriptive Paragraph 4. Quiz 1: Reading 16. Spelling Lesson 3 5. Spelling Quiz Quiz 3: Reading (2);Figurative Language; 6. Adjectives That Compare Paragraphs 7. Adverbs 18. Spelling Quiz 3 8. Spelling Lesson Special Project 9. Quiz 2: Adjectives/Adverbs 20. Test 10. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 11. Short Story: The Early Olympic Games 22. Glossary and Credits 12. Figurative Language Glynlyon, Inc.

13 LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 9: READING AND RESEARCHING 1. Reasons for Reading 14. Finding Information 2. Reading Skills (1) 15. Taking Notes and Making an Outline 3. Report: Native American Culture 16. Project: Report Project -- Part 1 4. Spelling Lesson Writing a Report 5. Quiz 1: Reading Skills 18. Project: Report Project -- Part 2 6. Spelling Quiz Project: Report Project -- Part 3 7. Comprehension: A Little Salt, Please 20. Spelling Lesson 3 8. Reading Skills (2) 21. Quiz 3: Planning a Report 9. Project: Book Report -- Historical Fiction 22. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson Special Project 11. Quiz 2: A Little Salt, Please 24. Test 12. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 13. Planning a Report 26. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 10: REVIEW 1. Short Story: Lost (Parts 1 and 2) 11. Recognizing Literary Forms 2. Thinking About What You Read 12. Quiz 3: Review 3. Quiz 1: Reading Skills 13. Essay: Writing a Narrative or a Description 4. Using a Dictionary 14. Essay: Writing a Letter 5. Working With Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs 15. Project: Book Report 6. Verbs of Action or Being 16. Report: Writing a Report 7. Word Parts and Word Play 17. Special Project 8. Punctuating Correctly 18. Test 9. Quiz 2: Review 19. Alternate Test 10. Study Skills and Note Taking 20. Glossary and Credits Glynlyon, Inc.

14 LANGUAGE ARTS 500 COURSE OVERVIEW Language Arts 500 continues to build on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students' understanding in the following ways: Reading develops students basic reading skills, including the identification of main ideas, supporting details, sequence, and facts and opinions; introduces more advanced reading skills, showing students how to make inferences and derive implied meanings; shows students how to identify parts of speech in sentences, with emphasis on nouns, adverbs, and verb tenses; develops students capacities for identifying basic elements of narrative prose; introduces students to types of nonfiction, including biographies, autobiographies, and short essays; helps students develop basic literary comprehension skills through the reading of excerpts from Beowulf, and Gulliver s Travels and of various short stories, nonfiction pieces, and poetry. Writing develops students understanding of sentence structure, providing hands-on experience with subjectverb agreement and parts of speech; emphasizes parts of speech and their roles, including adjectives, nouns, and verbs; familiarizes students with roots, affixes, and basic word relationships, including homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms; develops students vocabulary and spelling skills; gives students the opportunity to develop their abilities in writing paragraphs, dialogue, poetry, and short stories; guides students through planning, organizing, writing, and revising a report. Curriculum Contents Reading Comprehension Skills Comparing and Contrasting Determining Author s Purpose Reading for Entertainment and Reading for Information Identifying Facts and Opinions Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details Finding Implied Meanings Making Inferences Reading Poetry Determining Reading Rates Reading Short Stories Reading for Sequence Composition Writing Reports Summary Writing Dialogue Writing a Fable Writing with Facts and Opinions Writing Poetry Pen Pictures, Couplets, and Free Verse Writing a Report Outlining, Writing, and Revising Writing Short Stories Coming Up with Seed Ideas, Developing Story Parts, Developing Characters, Writing, and Revising Grammar and Usage Adjectives Adjectives Changing Adverbs from Adjectives, Adverb Comparison, and Negative Adverbs Dialogue Using and Punctuating Dialogue Kinds of Sentences Statement, Question, Command, and Surprise/Excitement Levels of Language Use Formal and Informal Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns, Possessives, Subjects, Objects, and Common and Proper Nouns Pronouns Pronunciation Punctuation Exclamation Points, Periods, Question Marks, and Quotation Marks Sentence Structure Subject/Predicate, Participles, and Phrases Verbs Verb Forms Glynlyon, Inc.

15 Literature Studies Fiction o Definition Short Story and Novel o Elements Structure, Character, Dialogue, Plot, Setting, and Symbolism o Genre/Type Fable and Legend o Literary Device Metaphors and Similes Nonfiction o Definition o Genre/Type Autobiography, Biography, Essay, History, and Articles Poetry o Definition o Elements Structure, Rhyme, Meter, and Symbolism o Genre/Type Ballad, Free Verse, and Limerick o Literary Device Metaphors, Similes, and Sound Effects Speaking and Listening Spelling Compound Words Contractions Confusing Spellings Dividing Words Homonyms and Antonyms Ordinal Numbers Roots and Affixes Sight Words Strategies Digraphs and Diphthongs Words with Silent Letters Words with Silent and Irregular Letters Special Topics Graphic Aids Maps, Charts, Diagrams, Captions, and Illustrations Dictionary Skills Handwriting Skills Origin/Development of Language Middle and Modern English Study Skills Note-Taking and Summarizing Word Play Palindromes, Puns, Conundrums, and Idioms Using Appropriate Words Literature List The literary works students will encounter in Language Arts 500 include, but are not limited to: Fiction Nonfiction Swift, Jonathan. o Gulliver s Travels (excerpt) Morales, Leslie Anderson. o African Americans in Colonial Williamsburg Poetry Beowulf (prose paraphrase) Hemans, Felicia. o The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England Longfellow, Henry. o The Village Blacksmith Stevenson, Robert Louis. o The Swing Whittier, John. o Barbara Frietchie o Glynlyon, Inc.

16 LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 1: LANGUAGE SKILLS 1. Course Overview 11. Quiz 2: A Dialogue and Vocabulary Study 2. The Author's Message 12. Essay: Spelling Story 3. Project: Finding the Topic 13. Spelling Quiz 2 4. Vowel Diphthong Design 14. Writing; Short Story: Joe's Dilemma (2) 5. Spelling Lesson Spelling Lesson 3 6. Quiz 1: The Author's Message and Vowel 16. Quiz 3: A Written Message and Good Handwriting Diphthong Design 17 Spelling Quiz 3 7. Spelling Quiz Special Project 8. Short Story: Joe's Dilemma(1) 19. Test 9. Vocabulary Study 20. Alternate Test 10. Spelling Lesson Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 2: WORKING WITH INFORMATION 1. Reading Nonfiction 11. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Compound Words and Hyphens 12. Parts of Speech 3. Spelling Lesson Contractions 4. Quiz 1: Reading and Hyphens 14. Spelling Lesson 3 5. Spelling Quiz Quiz 3: Contractions 6. Main Ideas and Supporting Details 16. Spelling Quiz 3 7. Project: Outline 17. Special Project 8. Good Communication 18. Test 9. Spelling Lesson Alternate Test 10. Quiz 2: Main Ideas, Details, and Good 20. Glossary and Credits Communication LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 3: THE STORY OF OUR LANGUAGE 1. Comprehension 12. Language Confusion: Anglo-Saxon 2. Word and Sentence Study 13. Middle and Modern English 3. Spelling Lesson Homonyms, Idioms, and Abbreviations 4. Quiz 1: Comprehension and Word Study 15. Essay: Descriptive Story 5. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson 3 6. Abused Language 17. Quiz 3: Language Confusion-Homonyms 7. Prefixes and Suffixes 18. Spelling Quiz 3 8. Phrases, Adjectives, and Adverbs 19. Project: Book Report - Nonfiction 9. Spelling Lesson Special Project 10. Quiz 2: Abused Language; Phrases, Adjectives 21. Test and Adverbs 22. Alternate Test 11. Spelling Quiz Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 4: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION 1. Reading Skills 14. Project: Taking Notes 2. Sentence Patterns; Appropriate Words 15. The Written Report (2) 3. Spelling Lesson Project: Outline 4. Quiz 1: Main Ideas to Appropriate Words 17. Essay: Report 5. Spelling Quiz Report: Advertisements and Persuasion 6. Sensible Sentences 19. Spelling Lesson 3 7. Essay: Pollution 20. Quiz 3: The Written Report 8. Reading Skills and Robin Hood 21. Spelling Quiz 3 9. Spelling Lesson Special Project 10. Quiz 2: Sensible Sentences and Reading Skills 23. Test 11. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 12. Essay: Robin Hood 25. Glossary and Credits 13. The Written Report (1) Glynlyon, Inc.

17 LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 5: READING AND WRITING STORIES 1. Reading for Meaning 14. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Essay: Writing a Summary 15. Story Writing 3. Judging the Value of a Story 16. Essay: Short Story 4. Project: Book Report -- Historical Fiction 17. Report: Story Comparison 5. Spelling Lesson Spelling Lesson 3 6. Quiz 1: Reading and Judging the Value of a Story 19. Quiz 3: Writing the Story 7. Spelling Quiz Spelling Quiz 3 8. Mastering Dialogue 21. Special Project 9. Project: Making Conversation 22. Test 10. Project: Seed Ideas 23. Alternate Test 11. Writing Better Sentences 24. Glossary and Credits 12. Spelling Lesson Quiz 2: Mastering Dialogue: Writing Better Sentences LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 6: POETRY 1. Reading Story Poems 13. Reading Inspirational Poems 2. Enjoying Poetry 14. Poetic Ideas and Devices 3. Project: Rhythm 15. Poetic Forms 4. Spelling Lesson Project: Pen Pictures and Couplets 5. Quiz 1: Reading Story Poems; Enjoying Poetry 17. Project: Free Verse Poem 6. Spelling Quiz Project: Poetry Book 7. Reading Humorous Poems 19. Spelling Lesson 3 8. Playing With Words 20. Quiz 3: Inspirational Poems; Writing Poetry 9. Project: Book Report -- Poetry 21. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson Special Project 11. Quiz 2: Reading Humorous Poems; Playing With 23. Test Words 24. Alternate Test 12. Spelling Quiz Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 7: READING COMPREHENSION 1. Cause and Effect 16. Vocabulary Practice 2. From GULLIVER'S TRAVELS 17. Spelling Lesson 3 3. Essay: Personal Reaction to Lilliput 18. Quiz 3: Judgments in Reading 4. Spelling Lesson Spelling Quiz 3 5. Quiz 1: Gulliver's Travels; Personal Reactions 20. Adjectives (1) 6. Spelling Project: Homonyms 21. Project: Adjectives 7. Spelling Quiz Adjectives (2) 8. Reviewing Nouns 23. Spelling Lesson 4 9. Singular and Plural Nouns 24. Quiz 4: Adjectives 10. Possessive Nouns; Uses of Nouns 25. Spelling Quiz Pronouns 26. Special Project 12. Spelling Lesson Test 13. Quiz 2: Nouns 28. Alternate Test 14. Spelling Quiz Glossary and Credits 15. Judgments, Inferences, Facts, Opinions, and Mood Glynlyon, Inc.

18 LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 8: WORKING WITH WORDS 1. Main Verbs 13. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Verb Forms 14. Aesop and Fables 3. Subject/Verb Agreement; Contractions 15. Essay: Fable Rewrite 4. Participles 16. Project: Fables 5. Spelling Lesson Spelling Lesson 3 6. Quiz 1: Verbs 18. Quiz 3: Fables 7. Spelling Quiz Spelling Quiz 3 8. Modifying with Adverbs 20. Special Project 9. Making Adverbs from Adjectives 21. Test 10. Showing Comparisons with Adverbs 22. Alternate Test 11. Spelling Lesson Glossary and Credits 12. Quiz 2: Adverbs and Adjectives LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 9: READING AND STUDY SKILLS 1. Improving Reading Fluency and Study Skills 13. Reviewing Literary Forms 2. Short Story: Dick Whittington and his Cat 14. Writing a Report with Facts and Opinions 3. Essay: Summary of Dick Whittington 15. Project: Preparing a Fact and Opinion Report 4. Spelling Lesson Essay: Fact and Opinion Report 5. Quiz 1: Reading and Study Skills 17. Spelling Lesson 3 6. Spelling Quiz Quiz 3: Literary Forms 7. Maps, Charts, and Diagrams 19. Spelling Quiz 3 8. Outlines 20. Special Project 9. Project: Book Report -- Biography 21. Test 10. Spelling Lesson Alternate Test 11. Quiz 2: Maps, Charts, and Diagrams; Outlines 23. Glossary and Credits 12. Spelling Quiz 2 LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 10: REVIEW 1. Literature 13. Using Adverbs 2. Project: Book Report -- Fiction 14. Quiz 2: Reading Comprehension to Verbs/Adverbs 3. Project: Composition Folder 15. Reading Skills 4. Poetry 16. Types of Sentences 5. Essay: Poetry 17. Essay: Dialogue 6. Using Nouns and Adjectives 18. Essay: Personal Reaction 7. Writing a Short Story 19. Quiz 3: Reading and Study Skills to Dialogue and 8. Essay: Short Story Personal Reaction 9. Quiz 1: Reading Literature to Writing Short 20. Special Project Stories/Poems 21. Test 10. Reading Comprehension 22. Alternate Test 11. Using Word Study Skills 23. Glossary and Credits 12. Using Verbs Glynlyon, Inc.

19 LANGUAGE ARTS 600 COURSE OVERVIEW Language Arts 600 continues to build on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students' understanding in the following ways: Reading develops students reading skills, including the identification of main ideas, supporting details, sequence, and facts and opinions; introduces more advanced reading skills, showing students how to analyze propaganda, make inferences, and determine the author s authority; shows students how to identify parts of speech in sentences, with emphasis on kinds and uses of nouns, pronouns, and verb tenses; develops students capacities for identifying basic elements of narrative prose; enhances students abilities for reading newspaper articles and informative nonfiction; helps students develop basic literary comprehension skills through the reading of short stories, nonfiction pieces, and poetry. Writing develops students understanding of sentence structure, providing hands-on experience with subjectverb agreement, participles, and phrases; emphasizes parts of speech and their roles, including adjectives, nouns, and verbs; familiarizes students with roots, affixes, and basic word relationships, including homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms; develops students vocabulary and spelling skills; gives students the opportunity to develop their abilities in writing paragraphs, business letters, poetry, and short stories; guides students through planning, organizing, writing, and revising a report. Curriculum Contents Reading Comprehension Skills Analyzing Propaganda Comparing and Contrasting Determining Author s Purpose Reading for Entertainment and Reading for Information Determining Author s Reliability Identifying Facts and Opinions Evaluating a Text Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details Finding Implied Meanings Reading Newspaper Articles Reading Poetry Reading Short Stories Composition Paragraph Elements and Structure Report Shepherding Using Invented Words Writing a Business Letter Writing Poetry Pen Pictures, Cinquains, and Shaped Poems Writing a Report Outlining, Writing, and Revising Writing with Metaphors Writing Short Stories Plot, Setting, Structure, and Character Development Grammar and Usage Adjectives Comparative Adjectives, Superlative Adjectives, and Articles Adverbs Comparative Adverbs and Superlative Adverbs Interjections and Conjuctions Kinds of Sentences Statement, Question, Command, and Surprise/Excitement Nouns Plural, Possessive, and Common and Proper Nouns Pronouns Pronoun Case, Personal Pronouns, and Demonstrative Pronouns Punctuation Exclamation Points, Periods, Question Marks, and Commas Sentence Structure Subject/Predicate, Prepositions, and Phrases Verbs Verb Tense, Irregular Verbs, Auxiliary Verbs, Person, Number, and Compound Verbs Glynlyon, Inc.

20 Literature Studies Drama Fiction o o Elements Structure, Character, Plot, and Setting Genre/Type Fable, Legend, Animal Story, Myth, Fairy Tale, Adventure, Historical Piece, Mystery, and Science Fiction Nonfiction o Definition o Elements Organization and Diction o Genre/Type Autobiography, Poetry o o o o Biography, Propaganda, and Articles Definition Elements Structure, Rhyme, Meter, and Diction Genre/Type Ballad, Free Verse, Limerick, Shaped Poem, Epic, Narrative, and Pen Picture Literary Device Metaphors, Similes, Alliteration, Sound Effects, and Parallelism Elements Structure, Character, Plot, and Setting Speaking and Listening Speaking Qualities Listen Effectively Spelling Homonyms Words with /sh/ sound Roots and Affixes Special Topics The Nature of Advertising Creating an Advertisement Graphic Aids Charts and Graphs Reference Materials Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Who s Who, Thesaurus, and Concordance Study Skills Note-Taking Word Play Palindromes, Puns, and Conundrums Literature List The literary works students will encounter in Language Arts 600 include, but are not limited to: Fiction Poetry Guerbner, H.A. o "The Tyrant of Syracuse" Shaw-Smith, Melissa o "The Magic Weaver" Carroll, Lewis o "A Mouse s Tail" Stevenson, Robert o Rain Glynlyon, Inc.

21 LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 1: ELEMENTS OF GRAMMAR 1. Course Overview 13. Adverbs 2. The Sentence 14. Spelling Lesson Three 3. Sentence Types 15. Quiz 3: Adjectives and Adverbs 4. Spelling Lesson One 16. Spelling Quiz 3 5. Quiz 1: The Sentence 17 Pronouns 6. Spelling Quiz Prepositions 7. Nouns 19. Conjunctions and Interjections 8. Verbs 20. Quiz 4: Pronouns to Interjections 9. Spelling Lesson Two 21. Special Project 10. Quiz 2: Nouns and Verbs 22. Test 11. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 12. Adjectives 24. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 2: GRAMMAR USAGE 1. Capitalization 14. Using Auxiliary Verbs, Verb Phrases, and 2. Punctuation Contractions 3. Spelling Lesson One 15. Spelling Lesson Three 4. Quiz 1: Capitalization and Punctuation 16. Quiz 3: Verbs--Person/Number, Tense, Auxiliaries 5. Spelling Quiz Spelling Quiz 3 6. Word Parts 18. Effective Sentences: Using Adjectives and Adverbs 7. Word Parts: Exercises 19. Effective Sentences: Avoiding Fragments and 8. Synonyms, Antonyms, and Idioms Wordiness 9. Spelling Lesson Two 20. Quiz 4: Effective Sentences 10. Quiz 2: Word Parts; Synonyms, Antonyms, and 21. Special Project Idioms 22. Test 11. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 12. Person and Number of Verbs 24. Glossary and Credits 13. Principal Parts of Verbs LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 3: READING SKILLS 1. Developing Reading Skills 13. Project: Book Report -- Short Story 2. Reading to Develop Vocabulary 14. Analyzing Story Structure 3. Spelling Lesson One 15. Comparing and Contrasting Stories 4. Quiz 1: Developing Reading Skills and Vocabulary 16. Project: Application 5. Spelling Quiz Spelling Lesson Three 6. Reading to Find Relationships 18. Quiz 3: Analyzing Story Structure; Comparing and 7. Reading to Comprehend (1) Contrasting Stories 8. Reading to Comprehend (2) 19. Spelling Quiz 3 9. Spelling Lesson Two 20. Special Project 10. Quiz 2: Reading to Find Relationships; 21. Test Comprehension 22. Alternate Test 11. Spelling Quiz Glossary and Credits 12. Reading Critically LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 4: WRITING SKILLS 1. Paragraph Writing 13. Project: Outline 2. Essay: Paragraph 14. Spelling Lesson Two 3. Essay: Autobiography 15. Spelling Quiz 2 4. Business Letters 16. Writing the Report 5. Project: Business Letter 17. Essay: Final Report 6. Report Writing: Preparation 18. Spelling Lesson Three 7. Spelling Lesson One 19. Quiz 2: Preparing and Writing a Report 8. Quiz 1: Writing Paragraphs to Report Preparation 20. Spelling Quiz 3 9. Spelling Quiz Special Project 10. Report Writing: Researching 22. Test 11. Project: Note Taking 23. Alternate Test Glynlyon, Inc.

22 12. Outlining 24. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 5: NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA 1. The Newspaper 12. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Distinguishing Fact from Opinion 13. Recognizing Propaganda 3. Report: Newspapers Today 14. Project: Propaganda 4. Analyzing a News Story 15. Essay: Propaganda 5. Report: News Story 16. Quiz 2: Propaganda 6. Spelling Lesson One 17. Spelling Lesson Three 7. Quiz 1: Newspapers 18. Spelling Quiz 3 8. Spelling Quiz Special Project 9. Propaganda 20. Test 10. Project: Advertisement 21. Alternate Test 11. Spelling Lesson Two 22. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 6: LITERARY FORMS 1. Spelling Lesson One 10. Mood 2. Spelling Quiz Report: Persuasive Oral Presentation 3. Poetry 12. Spelling Lesson Three 4. Prose Fiction (1) 13. Quiz 2: Literary Forms and Mood 5. Prose Fiction (2) 14. Spelling Quiz 3 6. Spelling Lesson Two 15. Special Report 7. Quiz 1: Literary Forms 16. Test 8. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 9. Prose Nonfiction 18. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 7: READING FOR A PURPOSE 1. Judging a Book 12. Spelling Quiz 2 2. Short Story: The Magic Weaver 13. Reading for Inspiration (1) 3. Spelling Lesson One 14. Reading for Inspiration (2) 4. Quiz 1: Judging a book; The Magic Weaver 15. Spelling Lesson Three 5. Spelling Quiz Quiz 3: Reading for Inspiration 6. Reading for Information 17. Spelling Quiz 3 7. Organizing Details 18. Special Project 8. Project: Outline 19. Test 9. Report: Sheepherding 20. Alternate Test 10. Spelling Lesson Two 21. Glossary and Credits 11. Quiz 2: Reading for Information LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 8: POETRY 1. Characteristics of Poetry 16. Essay: Pen Picture 2. Free Verse 17. Poetic Forms (2) 3. Project: Youthfulness 18. Essay: Cinquain and Shaped Poems 4. Spelling Lesson One 19. Spelling Lesson Three 5. Quiz 1: Poetic Characteristics 20. Quiz 3: Poetic Forms 6. Spelling Quiz Spelling Quiz 3 7. Synonyms and Similes 22. Musical Poems 8. Metaphors 23. Report: Lullabies 9. Project: Metaphors 24. Word Play 10. Poetic Devices 25. Project: Limericks 11. Essay: Invented Words 26. Quiz 4: Musical Poems 12. Spelling Lesson Two 27. Special Project 13. Quiz 2: Figures of Speech 28. Test 14. Spelling Quiz Alternate Test 15. Poetic Forms (1) 30. Glossary and Credits Glynlyon, Inc.

23 LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 9: ELEMENTS OF DRAMA AND LISTENING 1. The Elements of Drama 11. Quiz 2: Dictionary Use and Listening to Summarize 2. Literary Terms 12. Spelling Quiz 2 3. Listening Effectively 13. Plurals, Apostrophes, and Conjunctions 4. Project: Effective Listening 14. Spelling Lesson Three 5. Spelling Lesson One 15. Quiz 3: Plurals, Apostrophes, and Conjunctions 6. Quiz 1: Drama and Listening 16. Spelling Quiz 3 7. Spelling Quiz Special Project 8. The Dictionary and Thesaurus 18. Test 9. Listening and Summarizing 19. Alternate Test 10. Spelling Lesson Two 20. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 10: REVIEW 1. Patterns in Language 11. Communication (1) 2. Capitalization and Punctuation 12. Project: Advertising 3. Quiz 1: Language Patterns; Capitalization and Essay: The President's Thoughts 13. Punctuation 4. Organization in Literary Forms 14. Communication (2) 5. Quiz 2: Organization in Literary Forms 15. Project: Newspaper 6. Essay: Short Story 16. Quiz 4: Communication and its Purposes 7. Literary Forms: Fiction 17. Special Project 8. Essay: Fish Story 18. Test 9. Literary Forms: Nonfiction and Poetry 19. Alternate Test 10. Quiz 3: Literary Forms 20. Glossary and Credits Glynlyon, Inc.

24 LANGUAGE ARTS 700 COURSE OVERVIEW Language Arts 700 continues to build on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students' understanding in the following ways: Reading develops students reading skills, including the identification of main ideas, supporting details, and sequence; teaches students how to reach logical conclusions; shows students how to identify parts of speech in sentences, with emphasis on adjectives, pronouns, verb types; and word choice; helps students develop basic literary comprehension skills through the reading of biographical and autobiographical pieces, poetry, character analyses, and the newspaper. Writing develops students understanding of sentence structure, providing hands-on experience with coordination, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, familiarizes students with roots, affixes, and basic word relationships, including homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms; develops students vocabulary and spelling skills; gives students the opportunity to develop their abilities in writing paragraphs, character analyses, character sketches, short biographies, summaries, and poetry. Speaking teaches skills that enable students to become effective speakers and communicators, weaving the skills together throughout the course. Listening teaches effective listening comprehension skills, weaving these together throughout the lessons; builds upon students' study skills. Curriculum Contents Reading Comprehension Skills Analyzing Characters Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details Reaching Logical Conclusions Reading Nonfiction Reading Poetry Composition Character Analysis Character Sketch Essay Structure Paragraph Elements Topic Paragraph Organization Sequence, Unity, and Format Paragraph Structure Transitional, Inductive, and Deductive Summarizing Business and Personal Letters Technical Directions Writing a Biography Writing Responses to Literature Writing and Listening Writing Poetry Limerick Writing a Report Grammar and Usage Adjectives Levels of Language Use Standard, Nonstandard, Formal, and Informal Nouns Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, and Uses in Sentences Pronouns Nominative, Objective, Possessive, Reflexive Punctuation Apostrophes, Quotation Marks, Hyphens, and Parentheses Sentence Structure o Errors in Construction Fragments, o o Comma Splices, and Run-ons Patterns Subjects and Predicates Verbs Tense, Irregular, and Auxiliary Glynlyon, Inc.

25 Literature Studies Drama o o o o Fiction o Definition History Elements Genre/Type Definition Nonfiction o Definition o Elements Setting, o o Poetry o o Characterization, and Purpose Genre/Type Autobiography and Biography Literary Device Elements Rhyme and Meter Genre/Type Limerick and Nonsense Verse o Literary Device Alliteration and figurative Language Speaking and Listening Gestures Listening Strategies Speaking Strategies Types of Listening Passive, Purposeful, Critical, Appreciative, and Conversational Voice Pitch, Accent, Pause, and Intonation Spelling Words often confused Roots and Affixes Word Endings Special Topics Research Skills Library and Visual Aids Study Skills Note Taking and Summarizing Literature List The literary works students will encounter in Language Arts 700 include, but are not limited to: Nonfiction Poetry Bradford, Sarah. o Harriet Tubman: the Moses of Her People "Jackie Robinson" "Dolley Madison" Douglass, Frederick. o The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Carroll, Lewis. o "Jabberwocky" Lear, Edward. o "The Pobble Who Has No Toes" o (excerpt) Various Limericks Glynlyon, Inc.

26 LANGUAGE ARTS 700 UNIT 1: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR WRITING 1. Course Overview 12. Paragraph Components: Unity and Sequence 2. Sentence Structure 13. Paragraph Patterns and Flaws 3. Sentence Patterns (1) 14. Project: Paragraph Practice 4. Sentence Patterns (2) 15. Project: Self-Check Questions 5. Writing Complete Sentences 16. Quiz 2: Writing Paragraphs 6. Writing Effective Sentences (1) 17 Special Project 7. Writing Effective Sentences (2) 18. Review 8. Structure: Informal, Formal, and Nonstandard 19. Test 9. Project: Using Sentence Patterns 20. Alternate Test 10. Quiz 1: Sentence Structure and Patterns 21. Glossary and Credits 11. Paragraph Components: Format and Topic LANGUAGE ARTS 700 UNIT 2: REFRESHING YOUR MECHANICS MEMORY 1. Using Capital Letters (1) 8. Project: Using Punctuation 2. Using Capital Letters (2) 9. Quiz 2: Punctuation 3. Quiz 1: Capitalization 10. Special Project 4. Punctuation: Apostrophes 11. Review 5. Punctuation: Quotation Marks 12. Test 6. Punctuation: Parentheses and Hyphens 13. Alternate Test 7. Punctuation: Commas 14. Glossary and Credits LANGUAGE ARTS 700 UNIT 3: PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS, AND ACTIONS 1. Labeling with Nouns 12. Verbs Often Confused (Lie/Lay) 2. Common and Proper Nouns 13. Verbs Often Confused (Sit/Set) 3. Nouns and Pronouns 14. Verbs Often Confused (Rise/Raise) 4. Pronouns (1) 15. Project: Using Verb Tenses 5. Pronouns (2) 16. Quiz 2: Actions 6. Pronouns Often Confused 17. Special Project 7. Quiz 1: Nouns and Pronouns 18. Review 8. Present Tense Verbs 19. Test 9. Past Tense Verbs 20. Alternate Test 10. Auxiliary Verbs and Future Tense 21. Glossary and Credits 11. Perfect Tense Verbs and Conjugation LANGUAGE ARTS 700 UNIT 4: INFORMATIONAL TEXTS: LETTERS AND DIRECTIONS 1. Business Letters, Structure, and Form 11. Project: Writing Technical Directions 2. The Three Types of Business Letters 12. Project: Analyzing Technical Directions 3. Personal Letters, Structure, and Form 13. Project: Giving a How-to Speech 4. The Three Types of Personal Letters 14. Quiz 2: Technical Directions 5. Project: Writing a Letter of Application 15. Special Project 6. Project: Business Letters 16. Review 7. Essay: Personal Letters 17. Test 8. Project: Revising a Letter 18. Alternate Test 9. Quiz 1: Personal and Business Letters 19. Glossary and Credits 10. Technical Directions, Purpose, and Features Glynlyon, Inc.