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A+LSCURRICULUM
GUIDE
The English Language - Language Skills III |
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. Language Skills titles have extensive tutorial and instructional voice support.
The seven Language Skills titles teach word usage, spelling, usage in context, pronunciation, and alphabetizing for over 4,000 of the most commonly-used words in the English language. These titles make use of complete voice instruction for four basic learning techniques, the Eight-Step Method, Proofreading, Flash Cards, and Alphabetizing, to illustrate and drive home, and assess mastery of, these skills. In addition, the Language Skills titles all contain Essay modules that require students to demonstrate their language skills in curriculum- and community-related writing exercises. Language Skills titles each contain between 68 and 72 lessons. Each lesson works with a word list that exemplifies a generalization, or learning objective for the student to master.
| LESSON # | LESSON TITLE | GENERALIZATION TAUGHT | WORD LIST | ESSAY |
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Short Vowels 1 | A short vowel sound is usually spelled with one vowel letter followed by one or more consonant letters as in hat and nest. | pen, desk, fix, band, lamp, bunch, act, felt, test, ranch | |
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Short Vowels 2 | A short vowel sound is usually spelled with one vowel letter followed by one or more consonant letters as in hat and nest. | west, tent, dock, dust, mad, rich, gift, silk, pink, bath |
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Short Vowels 3 | A short vowel sound may spelled with one or more vowel letters that are not the usual spelling of the sound as in bread and build. | again, against, already, bread, bridge, build, business, chance, heavy, edge | |
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Short Vowels 4 | A short vowel sound may spelled with one or more vowel letters that are not the usual spelling of the sound as in bread and build. | else, fence, gives, guess, thread, health, instead, pretty, since, twelve | |
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Short /u/ Sound 1 | The short vowel sound /u/ may be spelled ‘o’, ‘o-e’, ‘ou’, or ‘oo’ as in month, done, young, and flood. | above, among, blood, company, country, couple, cousin, discovered, enough, flood | |
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Short /u/ Sound 2 | The short vowel sound /u/ may be spelled ‘o’, ‘o-e’, ‘ou’, or ‘oo’ as in month, done, young, and flood. | covered, double, month, rough, shovel, southern, stomach, tough, trouble, young | |
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Short Vowels 5 | A short vowel sound in a syllable is usually spelled with one vowel letter followed by one or more consonant letters as in robin. | sentence, public, package, picnic, cabin, village, chicken, bottom, kitchen, follow |
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Short Vowels 6 | A short vowel sound in a syllable is usually spelled with one vowel letter followed by one or more consonant letters as in robin. | address, blanket, desert, engine, happen, pocket, robin, sudden, travel, valley | |
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Short Vowels 7 | A short vowel sound in a word or syllable is usually spelled with one vowel letter followed by one or more consonant letters as in left and visit. | spring, think, dinner, telephone, modern, except, electric, hundred, second, answer | |
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Short Vowels 8 | A short vowel sound in a word or syllable is usually spelled with one vowel letter followed by one or more consonant letters as in left and visit. | arithmetic, check, visit, basket, left, clock, president, yesterday, tomorrow, bump | |
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Long Vowels 1 | A long vowel sound is often spelled with one vowel letter followed by a consonant letter and silent ‘e’ as in cake. | eve, strange, quite, broke, excuse, case, stage, lace, plate, size |
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Long Vowels 2 | A long vowel sound is often spelled with one vowel letter followed by a consonant letter and silent ‘e’ as in cake. | page, grapes, gate, stone, awhile, spoke, can, cute, suppose, vote | |
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Long Vowels 3 | A long vowel sound is often spelled with one vowel letter followed by a consonant letter and silent ‘e’ as in cake. | hike, beside, pine, pole, rope, wire, pipe, prize, mice, pile | |
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Long Vowels 4 | A long vowel sound is often spelled with one vowel letter followed by a consonant letter and silent ‘e’ as in cake. | twice, base, drove, wife, wise, wide, tribe, snake, surprise, cage | |
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Long Vowels 5 | A long vowel sound is often spelled with two vowel letters together as in keep. | beach, east, beat, field, fifteen, free, believe, least, seem, laid | |
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Long Vowels 6 | A long vowel sound is often spelled with two vowel letters together as in keep. | chain, leaf, speak, pie, paid, seat, tie, team, either, chief | |
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Long Vowels 7 | If a long vowel sound ends or forms a syllable, the sound is often spelled with one vowel letter as in lazy and open. | fever, program, library, nation, region, ocean, idea, hotel, iron, tiny |
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Long Vowels 8 | If a long vowel sound ends or forms a syllable, the sound is often spelled with one vowel letter as in lazy and open. | open, station, lazy, giant, favorite, moment, frozen, secret, radio, recess | |
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Long /o/ Sound with Different Spellings 1 | The long vowel sound /o/ may be spelled ‘oa,’ ‘ow,’ ‘o,’ or ‘ou’ as in coat, snow, cold, and though. | coast, though, although, arrow, golden, load, post, below, bowl, shadow | |
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Long /o/ Sound with Different Spellings 2 | The long vowel sound /o/ may be spelled ‘oa,’ ‘ow,’ ‘o,’ or ‘ou’ as in coat, snow, cold, and though. | *sew, ghost, row, goat, grown, sold, known, oak, soldier, roam | |
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Consonant Blends 1 | A consonant blend is spelled with two or more consonant letters such as ‘fl’ in flag. Some consonant sounds may be spelled with more than one letter such as ‘ch’ in chair. | plan, step, drum, twins, string, chest, shut, cloth, shed, smell |
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Consonant Blends 2 | A consonant blend is spelled with two or more consonant letters such as ‘fl’ in flag. Some consonant sounds may be spelled with more than one letter such as ‘ch’ in chair. | plenty, fresh, spot, frog, shell, spent, thin, trap, stamp, spell | |
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Homophones 1 | Homophones are words which sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings such as one and won. | weather, whether, week, weak, bear, bare, fourth, forth, passed, past |
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Homophones 2 | Homophones are words which sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings such as one and won. | plane, plain, its, it’s, sail, sale, piece, peace, seen, scent | |
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Compound Words 1 | Two or more words can be put together to make a compound word which may be spelled as one word or as two separate words used together, such as afternoon and high school. | everybody, anyone, newspaper, post office, sunshine, upset, however, outdoors, breakfast, downstairs |
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Compound Words 2 | Two or more words can be put together to make a compound word which may be spelled as one word or as two separate words used together, such as afternoon and high school. | sleeping bag, alarm clock, herself, all right, basketball, hot dog, himself, everywhere, peanut butter, ice cream | |
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Compound Words 3 | Two or more words can be put together to make a compound word which may be spelled as one word or as two separate words used together, such as afternoon and high school. | high school, homework, weekend, notebook, typewriter, understand, airport, railroad, seat belt, volleyball | |
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Compound Words 4 | Two or more words can be put together to make a compound word which may be spelled as one word or as two separate words used together, such as afternoon and high school. | cardboard, doughnuts, milk shake lifeguard, flashlight, snowball, rainbow, earthquake, sunburn, sidewalk | |
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Contractions 1 | Two words can be put together and shortened with an apostrophe to make a contraction, such as didn’t for did not. | hasn’t, I’ve, haven’t, won’t, I’d, we’re, let’s, we’ll, you’ll, couldn’t | |
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Contractions 2 | Two words can be put together and shortened with an apostrophe to make a contraction, such as didn’t for did not. | hadn’t, wouldn’t, there’s, weren’t, shouldn’t, you’re, didn’t, aren’t, doesn’t, *o’clock | |
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Synonyms | Synonyms are words that have the same or almost the same meanings such as large and big. | simple, easy, replied, answered, chose, elected, trail, path, stream, creek | |
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Antonyms | Antonyms are words that have opposite or nearly opposite meanings such as large and small. | float, sink, senior, junior, escape, capture, inside, outside, good-by, hello |
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Schwa Sound 1 | The schwa sound may be spelled with a single vowel letter or with more than one letter as in even and famous. | parade, around, famous, wagon, captain, husband, parents, thousand, circus, quiet | |
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Schwa Sound 2 | The schwa sound may be spelled with a single vowel letter or with more than one letter as in even and famous. | eleven, history, different, problem, absent, garage, even afraid, reason, common | |
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The /’l/ Sound 1 | The sound /’l/ or /l/ at the end of a word with more than one syllable may be spelled ‘le,’ ‘al,’ ‘el,’ or ‘il’ as in uncle, central, camel, and pencil. | uncle, central, general, people, several, pupil, animal, purple, turtle, camel | |
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The /’l/ Sound 2 | The sound /’l/ or /l/ at the end of a word with more than one syllable may be spelled ‘le,’ ‘al,’ ‘el,’ or ‘il’ as in uncle, central, camel, and pencil. | terrible, puzzle, bottle, castle, battle, squirrel, hospital, capital, whistle, possible |
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Suffixes 1 | When a suffix is added to a root word, the spelling of the root word may change as in easily, or not change as in suddenly. | really, usually, education, truly, quietly, protection, probably, quickly, direction, pollution |
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Suffixes 2 | When a suffix is added to a root word, the spelling of the root word may change as in easily, or not change as in suddenly. | suddenly, finally, easily, successful, careful, beautiful, lovely, wonderful, lonely, sincerely | |
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The /ou/ Sound with Different Spellings 1 | The vowel sound /ou/ may be spelled ‘ou’ or ‘ow’ as in found and cow. The vowel sound /oo/ may be spelled ‘oo’ or ‘u’ as in book and full. | downtown, tower, count, pound, bull, poor, cloud, crowd, scout, allowed | |
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The /ou/ Sound with Different Spellings 2 | The vowel sound /ou/ may be spelled ‘ou’ or ‘ow’ as in found and cow. The vowel sound /oo/ may be spelled ‘oo’ or ‘u’ as in book and full. | during, country, bush, powder, amount, sugar, owl, towel, mountains, brook | |
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The /ôô/ Sound with Different Spellings 1 | The vowel sound /ôô/ may be spelled ‘oo,’ ‘ew,’ ‘o,’ and ‘ou’ as in soon, new, do, and you. | whose, sooner, whom, drew, choose, balloon, movie, smooth, boots, broom | |
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The /ôô/ Sound with Different Spellings 2 | The vowel sound /ôô/ may be spelled ‘oo,’ ‘ew,’ ‘o,’ and ‘ou’ as in soon, new, do, and you. | moon, loose, threw, roof, through, zoo, pool, roots, goose, tooth | |
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The /ô/ Sound with Different Spellings 1 | The vowel sound /ô/ may be spelled ‘a,’ ‘au,’ ‘aw,’ ‘o,’ or ‘ou’ as in all, because, saw, dog, and thought. | autumn, almost, frost, daughter, often, wall, soft, salt, tall, fought | |
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The /ô/ Sound with Different Spellings 2 | The vowel sound /ô/ may be spelled ‘a,’ ‘au,’ ‘aw,’ ‘o,’ or ‘ou’ as in all, because, saw, dog, and thought. | lost, moss, draw, caught, taught, gone, bought, brought, office, cause | |
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The /ôr/ Sound with Different Spellings 1 | The sound /ôr/ may be spelled ‘or,’ ‘ar,’ ‘ore,’ ‘oor,’ or ‘our’ as in born, war, wore, floor, and four. | important, fourteen, sort, forty, count, north, sport, score, floor, quarter | |
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The /ôr/ Sound with Different Spellings 2 | The sound /ôr/ may be spelled ‘or,’ ‘ar,’ ‘ore,’ ‘oor,’ ‘our,’ or ‘oar’ as in born, war, wore, floor, four, and board. | fork, form, report, your, shore, *toward, board, sore, course, pour | |
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The /ûr/ Sound with Different Spellings 1 | The sound /ûr/ may be spelled ‘er,’ ‘ur,’ ‘ir,’ ‘or,’ or ‘ear’ as in person, burn, dirt, word, and earth. | thirty, worse, purpose, learn, further, dirty, surface, thirsty, person, certain | |
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The /ûr/ Sound with Different Spellings 2 | The sound /ûr/ may be spelled ‘er,’ ‘ur,’ ‘ir,’ ‘or,’ or ‘ear’ as in person, burn, dirt, word, and earth. | serve, worry, perfect, circle, furniture, thirteen, worth, earn, sir, worm | |
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The /’r/ Sound 1 | The sound /’r/ may be spelled ‘er,’ ‘ar,’ or ‘or’ as in butter, dollar, and doctor. | rather, matter, neighbor, finger, honor, lumber, cellar, ladder, hammer, number | |
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The /’r/ Sound 2 | The sound /’r/ may be spelled ‘er,’ ‘ar,’ or ‘or’ as in butter, dollar, and doctor. | dollar, remember, doctor, silver, center, farther, gather, together, enter, danger | |
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The /âr/ Sound 1 | The sound /âr/ may be spelled ‘are,’ ‘air,’ or ‘ar’ as in care, pair, and canary. The sound /är/ is usually spelled ‘ar’ as in car. | art, various, share, canary, dairy, army, cart, cartoons, mark, upstairs | |
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The /âr/ Sound 2 | The sound /âr/ may be spelled ‘are,’ ‘air,’ or ‘ar’ as in care, pair, and canary. The sound /är/ is usually spelled ‘ar’ as in car. | square, apart, sharp, smart, market, yard, carnival, charge, hardly, *heart | |
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Plurals 1 | The suffix ‘s’ may be added to many nouns to form plurals as in legs. | vegetables, minutes, arms, beans, *potatoes, laws, gifts, roses, stockings, beads | |
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Plurals 2 | The suffixes ‘s’ and ‘es’ may be added to many nouns to form plurals as in legs and matches. The suffix ‘es’ is usually added to words that end with /sh/ and /ch/ sounds. | bananas, crops, candles, matches, marbles, buildings, pieces, bushes, branches, sandwiches | |
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The ‘es’ Suffix 1 | If a root word ends with a consonant letter and ‘y,’ the ‘y’ is usually changed to ‘i’ before the suffix ‘es’ is added as in babies. | pennies, families, puppies, cherries, factories, cities, supplies, babies, batteries, ladies | |
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The ‘es’ Suffix 2 | If a root word ends with a consonant letter and ‘y,’ the ‘y’ is usually changed to ‘i’ before the suffix ‘es’ is added as in babies. The letters ‘f’ or ‘fe’ at the end of a word are usually changed to ‘v’ before the suffix ‘es’ as in scarves and wives. | enemies, colonies, butterflies, shelves, calves, elves, wives, leaves, wolves, knives |
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The ‘ed’ Suffix 1 | If a words ends with silent ‘e’ as in chase, the ‘e’ is usually dropped before the suffix ‘ed’ is added as in chased. | surprised, invited, captured, received, arrived, raised, tied, decided, changed, scared | |
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The ‘ed’ Suffix 2 | The suffix ‘ed’ may be added to many verbs to show past time such as in asked. Some verbs that show past time do not end with ‘ed’ such as slept. | laughed, interested, enjoyed, frightened, returned, agreed, kept, built, sent, slept |
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The ‘ing’ Suffix 1 | If a word ends with silent ‘e,’ the ‘e’ is usually dropped before the suffix ‘ing’ is added as in shining. | being, exciting, shining, bathing, expecting, blooming, dining, hiding, interesting, *lying | |
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The ‘ing’ Suffix 2 | If a word ends with ‘y,’ the ‘y’ is not dropped before the suffix ‘ing’ is added as in flying. | hanging, flying, feeling, skiing, printing, studying, trying, packing, buying |
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Silent Letters 1 | The sounds that some consonant letters usually stand for are not heard when some words are said as in knees and climb. | written, whole, half, folks, calf, climb, island, sword, knees, knock | |
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Silent Letters 2 | The sounds that some consonant letters usually stand for are not heard when some words are said as in knees and climb. | wrapped, thumb, limb, listen, wrist, knot, sign, wrong, comb, hour | |
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Capital Letters 1 | The names of months begin with capital letters. | January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, July |
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Capital Letters 2 | The names of months begin with capital letters. | November, December, Christmas, America, New Year’s Day, Passover, Thanksgiving, United States, Valentine’s Day, *Hanukkah | |
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Pastimes 1 | These words are useful for writing about pastimes. | magazines, hobby, crayons, canoe, race, theater, piano, violin, swimming, swings |
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Pastimes 2 | These words are useful for writing about pastimes. | soccer, stickball, television, records, dance, museum, skates, toboggan, bicycle, dream | |
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Foods 1 | These words are useful for writing about food. | cheese, chili, bagels, barbecue, bologna, cabbage, carrots, chow mein, egg roll, hamburger |
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Foods 2 | These words are useful for writing about food. | lettuce, juice, macaroni, omelet, pickles, pizza, pumpkin, spaghetti, tomatoes, taco | |
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Clothing 1 | These words are useful for writing about clothing. | gloves, jeans, pants, scarf, vest, socks, raincoat, jacket, shorts, skirt |
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Clothing 2 | These words are useful for writing about clothing. | slippers, mittens, sandals, pajamas, sweater, overalls swimsuit, T-shirt, collar, tennis shoes | |
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Animals 1 | These words are useful for writing about animals. | seal, whale, eagle, tiger, buffalo, polar bear, zebra, donkey, lion, elephant |
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Animals 2 | These words are useful for writing about animals. | giraffe, kangaroo, ostrich, gorilla, porcupine, rattlesnake, alligator, raccoon, reindeer, porpoise |
