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A+LSCURRICULUM
GUIDE
The English Language - Grammar & Usage I |
The A+dvanced Learning System® Language curriculum is a comprehensive, completely integrated language skills curriculum for grade levels 1-9. This program directs students from beginning language skills to more advanced in a title series that encompasses three Grammar & Usage titles and seven Language Skills titles. Grammar & Usage titles have extensive tutorial and instructional voice support.
The three Grammar & Usage titles use the A+LSFour-Step Approach, employing Study, Practice, Test, and Essay exercises. This approach provides for instruction on and mastery of key concepts in grammar, such as parts of speech, singular and plural nouns and verbs, subject/verb agreement, verb tense, punctuation, abbreviation, voices, sentence structure, and much more. The A+LS software design provides for an engaging, colorful learning environment. As determined by the teacher, students may also have access to Letter Lightning, an educational reward game which reinforces lesson-related concepts.
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Sentences | Concept of Sentence Structure; Importance of Complete Ideas; Identifying Complete Ideas |
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Complete Subject | Identifying the Naming Part of a Sentence |
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Subject of the Sentence | Identifying the Naming Part of a Sentence | |
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Predicate of the Sentence | Identifying the Predicate | |
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Nouns 1 | Noun Definition and Examples; Identifying the Naming Word Used for People |
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Nouns 2 | Identifying the Subject/Person Nouns in Sentences | |
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Nouns 3 | Identifying Nouns That Name Things in Sentences | |
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Nouns 4 | Identifying Nouns That Name Places in Sentences | |
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Noun Review | Review of Person, Place, Thing Nouns in Sentences |
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Verbs | Definition and Examples of Active and Passive Verbs; Identifying the Verb/Action or "State of Being" Words in Sentences |
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Verb Usage 1 | Identifying the Correct Form of Verbs in Sentences (is & are) | |
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Verb Usage 2 | Identifying the Correct Form of Verbs in Sentences | |
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Pronouns 1 | Introduction to Pronouns, Definition; Identifying Pronouns in Sentences |
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Pronouns 2 | Replacing Pronouns for Proper Nouns in Sentences | |
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Pronouns 3 | Replacing Pronouns for Nouns in Sentences | |
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Plural Nouns 1 | Identifying the Correct Spelling for Plural Nouns; Changing Ending Letters to make Plurals |
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Plural Nouns 2 | Identifying the Correct Spelling for Plural Nouns | |
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Plural Nouns 3 | Creating Plural Nouns for Singular Nouns | |
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Punctuation 1 | Purposes of Punctuation; Identifying the Correct Punctuation at the end of Sentences |
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Punctuation 2 | Identifying the Correct Punctuation at the end of Sentences | |
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Punctuation 3 | Identifying the Correct Punctuation at the end of Sentences | |
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Adjectives 1 | Definition and Examples of Adjectives; identifying Adjectives in Sentences |
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Adjectives 2 | Identifying Multiple Adjectives in Sentences | |
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Adjective Comparisons | Examples of Degrees of Comparison in Adjectives; Identifying Comparative Adjectives in Sentences |
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Capitalization 1 | Identifying Words in Sentences That Should be Capitalized |
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Capitalization 2 | Identifying Words in Sentences That Are Not Properly Capitalized | |
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Capitalization 3 | Identifying the Correct Way to Write Proper Nouns in Sentences | |
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Contractions 1 | Identifying the Proper Contraction for Words |
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Contractions 2 | Identifying the Contraction for Words in Sentences | |
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Punctuation 4 | Identifying Words in Sentences That Should be Followed by Commas |
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Problem Word Usage | Identifying the Correct Word to Be Used in Sentences |
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