English Curriculum by Grade

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Civilization, events, and major figures of the Middle Ages come alive as students write using IEW's stylistic techniques and the nine structural units. These 29 lessons acquaint young learners with Charlemagne, the Vikings, William the Conqueror, Knighthood, geniuses of the Renaissance, and more! This Teacher's Manual includes teaching and reviewing tips, sample whiteboards, games, vocabulary quizzes, and answer keys. Purchase only if you already own a copy of the accompanying Student Book: both are needed for program implementation. These lessons are designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Teaching Writing: Structure & Style seminar, either live or on DVD.

This final book of the series, for grades 11 and 12, features the cumulative sentence as the fundamental unit of good writing. This book examines how the grammatical elements already studied in the preceding books can be structured in a variety of ways to create clear, interesting, and detailed sentences. By considering these grammatical units in terms of levels of generality, students explore sentence patterns they have read but never before had the confidence to create themselves. In addition, the principles of sentence structure become the principles of paragraph structure, as creative writing moves into expository writing.

Introductory CD for Level 6 provides the jingles and Question and Answer flows for Introductory sentences. It may be used to demonstrate jingles and Question and Answer Flows to children, or simply as a resource for parents."

Level 3 Introductory CD provides the jingles and the Question and Answer Flows for Introductory Sentences. It may be used to demonstrate jingles and Question and Answer Flows to children, or it may simply be used as a resource for the parents."

Level 3 An educational software product, Classifying with Quigley will reinforce your child's understanding of the parts of speech. As sentences are displayed on the screen, your child labels each part of speech. This unique reinforcement makes practice fun while your child is learning. It gives your child a solid foundation of the role each word plays in a sentence. At each successive level, the sentences become more challenging. Quigley is an animated character featured in the lessons."

This kit contains all the materials needed to teach one child for an entire year. It contains a teacher's manual, student workbook, and introductory cd. The teacher's manual is the heart of the program at every level. Each lesson in the manual begins with a planning box, which contains lesson objectives. Scripted lessons provide you with the exact words for the Question & Answer Flows, questioning strategies, and the teaching techniques that make this program consistent for all grade levels. The script is especially helpful for parents who are new to homeschooling or are new to Shurley English. The Teacher's Manual is set up in chapters. There are five lessons in each chapter, and each chapter can be finished in one week. Each lesson takes approximately twenty to forty-five minutes to complete. Grammar, language skills, and writing are taught in each chapter. Most student workbooks contain a Jingle Section, a Reference Section, a Practice Section, and a Test Section. The Jingle Section contains all the jingles. The Reference Section includes vocabulary words, guided practices, samples, guidelines, and charts. The Practice Section provides extra practice on the various skills taught before the skills are tested. The Test Section contains the tests for each chapter. Each test is divided into four basic areas: grammar, vocabulary, language skills, and a summary of things learned for the week. Shurley English places special emphasis on parent-child interaction and participation. The introductory CD provides the jingles and the Question & Answer Flows for the Introductory Sentences. It may be used to demonstrate jingles and Question & Answer Flows to children, or it may be used as a resource for the parents. Grade 1.

This developmental, integrated language arts program based on Ruth Beechick s philosophies was designed especially for homeschoolers. Through reading and literature, students learn and master skills in language, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, writing mechanics, creative writing, critical thinking, and more."

The author points out ways in which recognizing sound and letter patterns makes spelling easier. Also important are recognition of diphthongs, silent letters, compound and abbreviated words, contractions, homophones, homographs, prefixes, suffixes, and base words. "Brain tickler" problems challenge students' imaginations and test their learning progress.

Barron's popular Painless Series of study guides for middle school and high school students offer a lighthearted, often humorous approach to their subjects, transforming details that might once have seemed boring or difficult into a series of interesting and mentally challenging ideas. Most titles in the series feature many fun-to-solve "Brain Tickler" problems with answers at the end of each chapter.