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Language Arts 700

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 as well as use appropriate reading rates; shows students how to identify parts of speech in sentences, with emphasis on adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, pronouns, and verb types; helps students develop basic literary comprehension skills through the reading of biographical and autobiographical pieces, poetry, and character analyses.
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  • Writing–develops students’ understanding of sentence structure, providing hands-on experience with coordination, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, participles, and phrases; 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, and summaries; develops students’ critical thinking skills through speculative writing on morality.
  • 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.

Language Arts 700 Online

UNIT 1 – NOUNS, PRONOUNS, AFFIXES, AND USING WORDS CORRECTLY

  1. Course Overview
  2. Documentation
  3. Nouns as Labels; Related Nouns; Categories
  4. Common and Proper Nouns
  5. Report: The Meaning of Names 
  6. Spelling Lesson 1: Content Words; ei and ie
  7. Quiz 1: Using Nouns
  8. Spelling Quiz 1
  9. Personal Pronoun Case
  10. Reflexive Pronouns; Archaic Pronouns
  11. Demonstratives; Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
  12. Spelling Lesson 2: General/Easily Confused Words
  13. Quiz 2: Using Pronouns

UNIT 2 – USAGE; SPEAKING AND LISTENING; VERB TENSES

  1. Speaking Expressively
  2. Retelling a Story: Alfred the Great
  3. Report: Alfred the Great – Look up Alfred the Great in the encyclopedia or on the Internet and write at least 150 words on some of his accomplishments which influenced the culture and literature we enjoy today. Remember to document your source(s) properly, using MLA format.
  4. Spelling Lesson 1: Multi-syllable Words
  5. Quiz 1: Speaking Expressively
  6. Spelling Quiz 1
  7. Adjusting Listening to Purpose
  8. Essay: Listening
  9. Spelling Lesson 2: Frequently Misspelled Words
  10. Quiz 2: Speaking and Listening
  11. Spelling Quiz 2
  12. Verbs: Present Tense
  13. Past Tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs
  14. Auxiliary Verbs/Future Tense
  15. Verbs: Perfect Tenses and Conjugation
  16. Spelling Lesson 3: General Words
  17. Quiz 3: Speaking/Listening; Verb Tenses
  18. Spelling Quiz 3
  19. Book Report: Novel –
  20. Test
  21. Alternate Test
  22. Reference

UNIT 3 – BIOGRAPHIES AND GRAMMAR (AFFIXES)

  1. Biography: William Tyndale
  2. Sequence of Events
  3. Essay: Special Day
  4. Flashback and Inferences in Biography
  5. Project: Biography
  6. Spelling Lesson 1: General/ -le and -el
  7. Quiz 1: Biographies/Sequence of Events
  8. Spelling Quiz 1
  9. Prefixes: Finding
  10. Prefixes: Meanings
  11. Suffixes: Finding
  12. Meaning of Suffixes/Parts of Speech
  13. Prefixes and Suffixes
  14. Spelling Lesson 2: Words with Affixes
  15. Quiz 2: Affixes, Biography, Sequence
  16. Spelling Quiz 2
  17. Test
  18. Alternate Test
  19. Reference

UNIT 4 – STRUCTURE OF WRITTEN AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE

  1. Structure: Subject and Predicate
  2. Patterns: Inverted, Compound Parts, S/V/DO
  3. Patterns: S/LV/PN, S/LV/PA, S/V/IO/DO
  4. Essay: Using Sentence Patterns
  5. Spelling Lesson 1: Content Area Words
  6. Quiz 1: Sentence Structure and Patterns
  7. Spelling Quiz 1
  8. Writing Complete Sentences
  9. Structure; Word Choice; Ambiguity
  10. Effective Sentences: Vivid Modifiers
  11. Spelling Lesson 2: General
  12. Quiz 2: Sentence Structure and Variety
  13. Spelling Quiz 2
  14. Pitch/Accent/Pause
  15. Punctuating Pauses
  16. Spelling Lesson 3: General
  17. Quiz 3: Cumulative
  18. Spelling Quiz 3
  19. Test
  20. Alternate Test
  21. Reference

    UNIT 5 – THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

    1. Words That Signal Types of Organization
    2. Words That Express Feelings
    3. Essay: Words for Feelings – Write about your feelings using one of the following three Select from the topics given to you to complete the assignment. Your completed writing should be at least 200 words long.
    4. Spelling Lesson 1: Using y and ou
    5. Quiz 1: Signal Words and Words for Feelings
    6. Spelling Quiz 1
    7. Formal, Informal, Nonstandard English
    8. Smooth and Clear Expression
    9. Essay: Informal/Formal English
    10. Spelling Lesson 2: Homonyms
    11. Quiz 2 Cumulative
    12. Spelling Quiz 2
    13. Subject-Verb Agreement in Number
    14. Form of Action Verbs
    15. Verb Tense: Past and Present
    16. Direct Object
    17. Verbs Often Confused: Lie/Lay
    18. Verbs Often Confused: Sit/Set
    19. Verbs Often Confused: Rise/Raise
    20. Verbs Often Confused: Review
    21. Pronouns Often Confused
    22. Spelling Lesson 3: Past Tense Verbs
    23. Quiz 3: Cumulative
    24. Spelling Quiz 3
    25. Test
    26. Alternate Test
    27. Reference

      UNIT 6 – MECHANICS AND STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH

      1. Capital Letters 1
      2. Capital Letters 2
      3. Spelling Lesson 1: Adjectives and Adverbs
      4. Quiz 1: Capitalization
      5. Spelling Quiz 1
      6. Apostrophe
      7. Quotation Marks
      8. Parentheses/Hyphen
      9. Comma
      10. Punctuation Review
      11. Essay: Importance of Language Mechanics
      12. Spelling Lesson 2: Special Types of Words
      13. Quiz 2: Capitals and Punctuation
      14. Spelling Quiz 2
      15. Subjects and Predicates
      16. Complements
      17. Adjectives
      18. Adverbs
      19. Prepositional Phrases as Modifiers
      20. Quiz 3: Structure and Mechanics
      21. Coordination
      22. Spelling Lesson 3: General Words
      23. Quiz 4: Cumulative
      24. Spelling Quiz 3
      25. Test
      26. Alternate Test
      27. Reference

      UNIT 7 – THE HIDING PLACE: A STUDY GUIDE

      1. Chapters 1-3: Flashback/Foreshadowing
      2. Chapters 4-5: Reading for Details
      3. Understanding Characters
      4. Essay: Occupied 
      5. Report: Dietrich Bonhoeffer 
      6. Spelling Lesson 1: Noun Suffixes
      7. Quiz 1: The Hiding Place, chapters 1-5
      8. Spelling Quiz 1
      9. Chapters 6-7: Comprehension
      10. Chapter 8-9: Suspense
      11. Interpretation and Communication
      12. Essay: Pickwick
      13. Spelling Lesson 2: Verb Suffixes
      14. Quiz 2: The Hiding Place, chapters 6-9
      15. Spelling Quiz 2
      16. Chapter 10: Sequence
      17. Chapters 11-13: Reading for Details
      18. Chapters 14-15: Understand Characters
      19. Author’s Purpose/Modes of Writing
      20. Essay: Character Sketch 
      21. Spelling Lesson 3: Noun Suffixes
      22. Quiz 3: The Hiding Place, chapters 10-15
      23. Spelling Quiz 3
      24. Test
      25. Alternate Test
      26. Reference

      UNIT 8 – NONFICTION AND COMMUNICATION

      1. Nonfiction Literature: Helen Keller
      2. Nonfiction Literature: The Apple Tree Switch
      3. Spelling Lesson 1: General
      4. Quiz 1: Nonfiction
      5. Spelling Quiz 1
      6. Learning to Listen Review
      7. Note-taking and Summarizing
      8. Essay: Summary 
      9. Spelling Lesson 2: General
      10. Quiz 2: Listening, Summarizing, and Nonfiction
      11. Spelling Quiz 2
      12. Communicating with Gestures
      13. Spelling Lesson 3: General
      14. Quiz 3: Speaking with Gestures
      15. Spelling Quiz 3
      16. Test
      17. Alternate Test
      18. Reference

      UNIT 9 – WRITING AND PRONUNCIATION

      1. Sentence Types: Introduction
      2. Sentence Types: Declarative/Interrogative
      3. Sentence Types: Imperative/Exclamatory
      4. Sentence Errors: Fragments
      5. Sentence Errors: Comma Splice/Run-on
      6. Spelling Lesson 1: General and Content Area Words
      7. Quiz 1: Correct Sentences
      8. Spelling Quiz 1
      9. Paragraph Format/Topic Sentence
      10. Paragraph Unity and Sequence
      11. Deductive/Inductive/Transitional Paragraphs
      12. Essay: Paragraph Practice 
      13. Project: Paragraph Self Check 
      14. Spelling Lesson 2: Noun and Adjective Suffixes
      15. Quiz 2: Writing Paragraphs and Mechanics
      16. Spelling Quiz 2
      17. Pronunciation
      18. Regional Differences in Pronunciation
      19. Words in Reading/Nonsense Words
      20. Essay: A Nonsense Poet 
      21. Project: Limericks
      22. Spelling Lesson 3: Words Often Mispronounced
      23. Quiz 3: Cumulative
      24. Spelling Quiz 3
      25. Test
      26. Alternate Test
      27. Reference

        UNIT 10- REVIEW

        1. Verb Tense
        2. Verb Agreement and Confusion
        3. Nouns and Pronouns
        4. Reflexive and Demonstrative Pronouns; Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
        5. Adjectives/Adverbs
        6. Prepositional Phrases
        7. Sentence Patterns and Types
        8. Spelling Review Lessons 1 and 2
        9. Review Quiz 1
        10. Spelling Quiz 1
        11. Capitalization
        12. Apostrophe
        13. Quotation Marks/Parentheses
        14. Hyphens/Commas
        15. Mechanics: Cumulative Practice
        16. Project: Punctuation Practice 
        17. Spelling Review Lessons 3 and 4
        18. Review Quiz 2
        19. Spelling Quiz 2
        20. Communication: Writing and Reading
        21. Book Report: Short Story 
        22. Communication: Speaking and Listening
        23. Spelling Review Lessons 5 and 6
        24. Review Quiz 3
        25. Spelling Quiz 3
        26. Test
        27. Alternate Test
        28. Reference