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Language Arts

Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development

Reading Comprehension

Literary Response and Analysis


	Word Recognition
	Figurative Language
	Words with Multiple Meanings
	Foreign Words in English
	Using Context Clues
	Shades of Meaning
	Vocabulary A - D
	Vocabulary E - J
	Vocabulary K - R
	Vocabulary S - Z
	Enrichment: Sayings and Expressions


	Identify Structural Features of Media
	Comparing and Contrasting
	Connect and Clarify Main Ideas
	Clarify an Understanding of Texts
	Following Multiple-Step Instructions
	Analyzing Evidence
	Making Assertions
	Finding Fallacies and Similar Errors


	Structural Features of Literature
	Analyzing Character
	Analyzing Setting
	Poetry
	Identifying the Speaker
	Analyzing Themes
	Effects of Common Literary Devices
	Literary Criticism
	Enrichment: Foreshadowing
	Enrichment: Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
	Enrichment: Tone and Mood
	Enrichment: Characteristics of Westerns and Mysteries
	Enrichment: Irony
	Enrichment: Bias and Propaganda
	Enrichment: Reading Historical Documents
	Enrichment: Epic Poems
	Enrichment: Ballads

Writing Strategies

Writing Applications (Genres and their Characteristics)

Written and Oral English Language Conventions: Sentence Structure and Grammar


	Choosing a Form
	Exposition: Strong Openings
	Exposition: Developing the Topic
	Exposition: The Conclusion
	Organizational Techniques
	Electronic Information
	Word-Processing Skills
	Revision


	Writing Narratives: Setting
	Writing Narratives: Creating a Character
	Writing Narratives: Plot
	Writing Narratives: Point of View
	Writing Narratives: Sensory Details and Concrete Language
	Writing Narratives: Other Devices
	Writing Narratives: Your Assignment
	Writing Expository Compositions: Organizational Pattern
	Writing Expository Compositions: Thesis or Purpose
	Writing Expository Compositions: Explaining
	Writing Expository Compositions: Persuasive Evidence
	Writing Expository Compositions: Your Assignment
	Writing Research Reports: The Basics
	Writing Reasearch Reports: Relevant Questions/Staying on Topic
	Writing Research Reports: Supporting the Main Idea
	Writing Research Reports: Bibliography
	Writing Research Reports: Your Assignment
	Writing Responses to Literature: Interpretation - Coming Soon
	Writing Responses to Literature: Organization
	Writing Responses to Literature: Examples and Textual Evidence
	Writing Responses to Literature: Your Assignment
	Writing Persuasive Compositions: Stating a Clear Position
	Writing a Persuasive Compostion: Addressing Arguments
	Writing a Persuasive Composition: Support
	Writing a Persuasive Composition: Your Assignment
	Enrichment: Descriptive Essay
	Enrichment: Using Dialogue
	Enrichment: Writing About Yourself


	Simple Sentences
	Compound and Complex Sentences
	Coordination and Subordination of Ideas
	Indefinite Pronouns and Agreement
	Subject/Verb Agreement with Compound Subjects
	Enrichment: Progressive Tense Verbs
	Perfect Tense Verbs
	Enrichment: Vivid Verbs
	Enrichment: Irregular Verbs
	Enrichment: Practice with Nouns
	Enrichment: Appositives
	Enrichment: Fixing Awkward Sentences

Written and Oral English Language Conventions: Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling

Listening and Speaking Strategies

Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)


	Colons
	Punctuation
	Semicolons
	Commas to Link Clauses
	Capitalization
	Spelling Commonly Misspelled Words
	Enrichment: Parentheses and Brackets
	Enrichment: Using Commas for Clarification
	Enrichment: Using Commas with Nonessential Elements
	Enrichment: Faulty Parallelism
	Enrichment: Incorrect Use of Semicolons, Hyphens, and Colons
	Enrichment: Incorrect Use of Commas
	Enrichment: Hyphens and Dashes
	Enrichment: Misplaced Modifiers
	Enrichment: Abbreviations


	Relating Verbal and Nonverbal Messages
	Identifying Tone, Mood, Emotion
	Multiple Step Instructions - Coming Soon
	Matching Focus, Style to Audience
	Emphasizing Points
	Supporting Opinions with Details, Graphics
	Rate, Volume, Pitch, and Tone
	Rhetorical Devices
	Persuasion and Propaganda
	Oral Presentation: Write and Present


	Narrative: Context, Plot, Point of View
	Narrative: Sensory Details, Concrete Language
	Narrative: Other Devices
	Informational: Pose and Answer Questions
	Informational: Developing the Topic
	Informational: Develop and Justify Interpretation
	Literature: Interpretation
	Literature: Organizing Around Ideas
	Persuasive: Relevant Evidence
	Persuasive: Position Statement
	Persuasive: Logical Sequence
	Persuasive: Engaging the Listener
	Problem/Solution: Cause and Effect
	Problem/Solution: Evidence

Enrichment: How to Write Essays

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