Language Arts 5th

• * Silent and oral reading
  * Types of literature
  * Presenting original plays
  * Listening skills
  * Dictionary use for word meaning,
  analysis, spelling
  * Common homonyms
  * Homophones and homographs
  * Synonyms and antonyms
  * Using a thesaurus
  * Spelling
  * Plurals and possessives
  * Kinds of sentences
  * Parts of sentences
  * Cursive handwriting
  * Outlining
  * Paragraph writing
  * Writing letters, stories, reports, poems, plays
  * Preparing a simple bibliography
  * Proofreading skills
  * Parts of a newspaper
  * Using study materials: keys, tables, graphs, charts, legends, library catalogs, index, table of contents, reference materials, maps

 

 

Language Arts 6th

* Reading silently and skimming
* Critical reading skills
* Introduction to mythology
* Types of literature
* Lyric, narrative, dramatic poetry
* Listening skills
* Nonverbal communication
* Extending dictionary skills
* Vocabulary building
* Homonyms, synonyms, antonyms
* Using roots, prefixes, and suffixes
* Spelling
* Concepts of noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb
* Sentence structure
* Diagramming sentences
* Cursive handwriting
* Types of writing: narration, description, exposition, persuasion
* Simple note taking
* Writing outlines, letters, factual matter (reports, newspaper articles), verse (limericks, ballads), creative prose (diary, stories)
* Bibliography building
* Organization of a book
* Using reference books and indexes
* Using on-line information services, CD-ROM’s, and other electronic reference materials

 

 

Language Arts 7th

* Improving reading skills
* Literary terms
* Novels, short stories, plays
* Myths, legends, ballads
* Types of poetry
* Biography and autobiography
* Planning and producing dramatizations
* Speech activities
* Listening skills
* Refining dictionary skills
* Spelling
* Parts of speech
* Person, number, gender of nouns and pronouns
* Punctuation of conversation
* Clauses and phrases
* Compound sentences
* Writing descriptions, reports, journals, and letters
* Note taking and outlining
* Extending reference skills: atlases, directories, encyclopedias, periodicals, on-line information services, CD-ROMs, and other electronic reference material
* Library organization

 

Language Arts 8th

•  Independent reading
•  Literal, inferential, and evaluative reading skills
• Literary terms
• Novel, short story, narrative poetry
•  Nonfiction
• Biographies of great Americans
• American poets and storytellers
• Creative dramatics
• Listening and speech activities
• Advanced dictionary work
  >Dictionary Skills
• Extended vocabulary
• Figures of speech
• Spelling
• Infinitive, participle, gerund, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, direct and indirect object
• Kinds of sentences and their parts
• Functions of sentence elements
• Writing simple business letters
• Report-writing skills
• Improving skills in using basic reference sources
• Inductive and deductive reasoning