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A+LSCURRICULUM
GUIDE
The English Language - Language Skills VII |
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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Homophones 1 | Homophones are words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings such as one and won. | scene, seen, principal, principle, too, two, too, their, there, they're |
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Homophones 2 | Homophones are words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings such as one and won. | breaks, brakes, for, four, hear, here, it's its, your, you're | |
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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. | ambition, family, presents, acquaint, among, sentence, suggest, tomorrow, definite, description | |
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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. | across, boundary, finally, secretary, recommend, occurrence, separate, benefit, absence, disappoint |
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Suffixes 1 | If a suffix is added to a word, the spelling of the word may change as in coming, tried, and stopped. | appreciated, coming, interesting, suggested, studied, tried, decided, stories, acceptable, excitement |
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Schwa Sound 3 | The schwa sound may be spelled with a single vowel letter or with more than one letter as in even and famous. | occurred, writing, going, separately, beginning, assignment, occasionally, exception, stopped, families | |
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Silent Letters 1 | The sounds that some letters usually stand for are not heard when some words are said as in knees and climb. | Wednesday, writer, thought, knight, island, salmon, climb, daughter, brought, listen | |
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Silent Letters 2 | The sounds that some letters usually stand for are not heard when some words are said as in knees and climb. | answer, straight, although, bought, Christmas, wrong, right, often, depot, aisle | |
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Words with 'ie,' 'ei,' and 'eigh' 1 | The spellings 'ie,' 'ei,' and 'eigh' may be easily confused because they have some common letters and frequently represent the same sound, such as in niece and neither. | neighbor, brief, believe, eight, friend, sleigh, received, deceive, mischievous, neither |
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Words with 'ie,' ei,' and 'eigh' 2 | The spellings 'ie,' 'ei,' and 'eigh' may be easily confused because they have some common letters and frequently represent the same sound, such as in niece and neither. | either, freight, ceiling, height, handkerchief, seize, piece, pie, thief, vein | |
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Confusing Words 1 | Spellings of some words may be easily confused because they have similarities in spelling, in pronunciation, or both, such as affect and effect. | close, clothes, choose, chose, effect, affect, sense, since, picture, pitcher |
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Confusing Words 2 | Spellings of some words may be easily confused because they have similarities in spelling, in pronunciation, or both, such as affect and effect. | quit, quite, except, accept, expect, thorough, through, lose, loose | |
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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. | publish, develop, submit, demand, language, grasp, insist, suspect, limit, manual |
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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. | tenth, prompt, object, which, dentist, until, gratitude, *double, compel, *endeavor | |
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Long Vowels 1 | A long vowel sound in a one-syllable word or in a final syllable is often spelled with one vowel letter followed by a consonant and silent 'e' as in cake and decide. | acquire, anticipate, complete, *arrange, provide, quote, rate, decide, sizes, describe |
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Long Vowels 2 | A long vowel sound in a one-syllable word or in a final syllable is often spelled with one vowel letter followed by a consonant and silent 'e' as in cake and decide. | require, enclosed, desire, execute, *gauge, supreme, grove, oppose, inclined, engage | |
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Long Vowels 3 | A long vowel sound is often spelled with two vowel letters together as in keep. | feelings, claim, detail, fail, entertain, repeat, niece, complaint, delay, proceed | |
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Long Vowels 4 | A long vowel sound is often spelled with two vowel letters together as in keep. | grief, relief, shoulder, conceive, veil, container, leisure, lease, sneeze, appeal | |
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Long Vowels 5 | A long vowel sound at the end of a syllable is often spelled with one vowel letter as in lazy. | library, universe, human, society, tomato, legal, community, gigantic, ideal, immediate | |
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Long Vowels 6 | A long vowel sound at the end of a syllable is often spelled with one vowel letter as in lazy. | motto, icicles, agent, lotion, zoology, zebra, video, final, notify, obedient | |
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The /ou/ Sound 1 | The vowel sound /ou/ may be spelled 'ou' or 'ow' as in found and cow. The vowel sound /oi/ may be spelled 'oi' or 'oy' as in oil and boy. | announce, accounts, aloud, bounce, pronounce, royal, countenance, annoyance, embroidery, devour | |
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The /ou/ Sound 2 | The vowel sound /ou/ may be spelled 'ou' or 'ow' as in found and cow. The vowel sound /oi/ may be spelled 'oi' or 'oy' as in oil and boy. | about, employment, joined, loyalty, nowadays, voucher, prowl, drowned, oyster, outline | |
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The /r/ Sound 1 | Vowel sounds with /r/ may be spelled with one or more vowel letters followed by 'r' and with one vowel letter followed by 'r' and silent 'e' as in car, four, and core. | charming, attorney, urgent, turf, compare, foreign, territory, repair, adjourned, shortage | |
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The /r/ Sound 2 | Vowel sounds with /r/ may be spelled with one or more vowel letters followed by 'r' and with one vowel letter followed by 'r' and silent 'e' as in car, four, and core. | appear, regard, aware, sincerely, circumstance, murmur, concern, courses, interfere, mere | |
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Homophones 3 | Homophones are words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings such as one and won. | kernel, colonel, bolder, boulder, counsel, council, miner, minor, dying, dyeing |
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Homophones 4 | Homophones are words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings such as one and won. | pier, peer, compliment, complement, flu, flew, stationery, stationary, cereal, serial | |
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Schwa Sound 4 | The schwa sound is a weak vowel sound that occurs in unstressed syllables which may be spelled with a single vowel letter or more than one vowel letter as in even and famous. | universal, villain, similar, introduce, accommodate, utensil, opinion, delicate, opponent, collide | |
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Schwa Sound 5 | The schwa sound is a weak vowel sound that occurs in unstressed syllables which may be spelled with a single vowel letter or more than one vowel letter as in even and famous. | minimum, occur, pollen, investigate, innocent, economic, delegate, ceremony, brilliant, certificate | |
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The /'l/ and /'r/ Sounds 1 | The sound /'l/ at the end of a word may be spelled 'le' or 'al' as in uncle and central. The sound /'r/ may be spelled 'er' or 'or' as in butter and doctor. | individual, manufacturer, dealer, debtor, formal, practical, professor, superior, example, initial |
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The /'l/ and /'r/ Sounds 2 | The sound /'l/ at end of a word may be spelled 'le,' 'el,' 'al,' or 'il' as in uncle, camel, central, and pencil. The sound /'r/ may be spelled 'er,' 'or,' or 'ur' as in butter, doctor, and Saturday. | tender, prisoner, devil, escalator, governor, noble, nickel, parcel, postal, sulfur | |
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Silent Letters 3 | The sounds that some consonant letters usually stand for are not heard when some words are said as in knees and climb. | thoughtful, psychology, rapport, campaign, straighten, frighten, wrought, exhausted, gnawing, resigned | |
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Silent Letters 4 | The sounds that some consonant letters usually stand for are not heard when some words are said as in knees and climb. | solemn, rhythm, pneumonia, weights, wreckage, wrinkle, bouquet, receipt, honorary, mortgage | |
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Words with Unusual Spelling 1 | Consonant sounds may have unusual spellings such as /f/ spelled 'ph' in phone; /k/ spelled 'ch' as in choir; /sh/ spelled 'ch,' 'ss,' or 'ci' as in parachute, issue, and precious; and /j/ spelled 'dge' as in judge. | architect, catastrophe, pledged, assure, brochure, expression, paragraph, philosophy, issues, sufficient |
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Words with Unusual Spelling 2 | Consonant sounds may have unusual spellings such as /f/ spelled 'ph' and 'gh' in phone and cough, /k/ spelled 'qu' as in bouquet, and /sh/ spelled 'ci' or 'ti' as in precious and nation. | appreciate, efficient, pharmacy, patient, suspicion, phantom, unique, prophecy, laughter, zephyr | |
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The /s/ Sound 1 | The consonant sound /s/ may be spelled 's,' 'ss,' 'c,' or 'sc' as in sister, dress, city, and science. | discipline, excessive, statistics, existence, exercise, capacity, ascertain, descent, criticism, precisely |
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The /s/ Sound 2 | The consonant sound /s/ may be spelled 's,' 'ss,' 'c,' or 'sc' as in sister, dress, city, and science. | incident, scientific, facility, perception, sincere, license, fascinate, facility, succeed, scents | |
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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 such as afternoon, as two words joined by a hyphen such as good-by, or as two separate words used together such as high school. | bathrobe, throughout, worthwhile, broadcast, seventy-five, withhold, traffic, light, background, nearby, network |
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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 such as afternoon, as two words joined by a hyphen such as good-by, or as two separate words used together such as high school. | old-fashioned, somehow, stepfather, bookkeeping, space station, mother-in-law, granddaughter, northeast, greenhouse, tablespoon | |
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Suffixes 2 | If a word ends with silent 'e', the 'e' is usually dropped before a suffix beginning with a vowel as in chasing. The 'e' is not dropped before a suffix beginning with a consonant as in statement. | congratulations, *acknowledgment, civilization, achievement, bravely, investigation, *knowledgeable, advanced, advisable, assuring |
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Suffixes 3 | If a word ends with silent 'e', the 'e' is usually dropped before a suffix beginning with a vowel as in chasing. The 'e' is not dropped before a suffix beginning with a consonant as in statement. | imagination, requiring, scarcity, advising, realized, insurance, quotation, comparable, communication, organization | |
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Suffixes 4 | A final consonant following one vowel letter in a one-syllable word, or in a final stressed syllable, is usually doubled before the addition of a suffix beginning with a vowel as in getting. | equipped, committed, permitted, permit, referred, refer, regret, knitting, knit, beg | |
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Suffixes 5 | A final consonant following one vowel letter in a one-syllable word, or in a final stressed syllable, is usually doubled before the addition of a suffix beginning with a vowel as in getting. | equip, commit, clip, clipping, rag, regretting, baggage, ragged, remit, remitted | |
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Suffixes 6 | If a word ends with 'y' following a consonant letter, the 'y' is usually changed to 'i' before a suffix is added, unless the suffix begins with 'i' as in cried and crying. | destroyed, glorious, harmonious, opportunities, satisfactorily, specified, secretaries, employed, faculties, justified |
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Suffixes 7 | If a word ends with 'y' following a consonant letter, the 'y' is usually changed to 'i' before a suffix is added, unless the suffix begins with 'i' as in cried and crying. | ordinarily, qualified, quantities, replying, tiniest, payable, compliance, heartily, accompanied, complying | |
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Suffixes 8 | Often suffixes may be added to words without changing the spelling of the root word as in surely and foolish. | interested, particularly, acquainted, correction, democratic, political, positively, profession, affection, establishment | |
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Suffixes 9 | Often suffixes may be added to words without changing the spelling of the root word as in surely and foolish. | contentment, fortunately, idleness, impression, feverish, engagement, edition, adjustment, tenderness, selfish | |
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Words Related in Origin 1 | Recognizing spelling similarities and differences is often helpful when learning to spell words that are related in origin and meaning such as able and ability. | responsibility, responsible, able, ability, sensible, sensibility, apply, application, specify, specification |
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Words Related in Origin 2 | Recognizing spelling similarities and differences is often helpful when learning to spell words that are related in origin and meaning such as able and ability. | probable, probability, possible, possibility, multiply, multiplication, liable, liability, satisfy, satisfaction | |
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Greek and Latin Prefixes 1 | Many English words contain parts called roots that are derived from Latin words. Prefixes and suffixes may be added to these roots as in instruct, instructor, and instructive. | admit, permission, commission, instruct, instructive, instructor, instructing, maintaining, maintained, construct |
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Greek and Latin Prefixes 2 | Many English words contain parts called roots that are derived from Latin words. Prefixes and suffixes may be added to these roots as in construct, construction, and constructive. | constructed, construction, structure, constructive, permits, attained, admission, remittance, remitting, pertaining | |
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Greek and Latin Prefixes 3 | Some English word beginnings that indicate number or quantity are derived from Greek and Latin words as in decade and century. | semiannual, centennial, century, decade, octopus, octane, centigrade, semicircle, centimeter, millimeter | |
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Greek and Latin Prefixes 4 | Some English word beginnings that indicate number or quantity are derived from Greek and Latin words as in decade and century. | hemisphere, centipede, semifinal, decathlon, octave, hexagon, octagon, pentagon, milligram, milliliter | |
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Greek and Latin Prefixes 5 | Many English words contain parts called roots that are derived from Latin words. Prefixes and suffixes may be added to these roots as in subtract and attraction. | perform, attract, attraction, transformed, conform, contracted, performance, protract, extract, informs | |
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Greek and Latin Prefixes 6 | Many English words contain parts called roots that are derived from Latin words. Prefixes and suffixes may be added to these roots as in subtract and attraction. | retract, reform, contractor, distract, transferring, informal, interfere, inferences, subtract, detract | |
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Latin Derivatives 1 | Many English words are derived from Latin words such as vital, vitamin, and vitality. | mobility, immobile, mobilize, spectator, vitality, vitamin, mobile, spectacular, respect, spectacles |
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Latin Derivatives 2 | Many English words are derived from Latin words such as vital, vitamin, and vitality. | expectation, mobilization, captain, inspect, inspector, vital, crime, criminal, incriminate, capital | |
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Greek Derivatives 1 | Some English word beginnings and word endings are derived from Greek forms such as geography and geology. | geography, diagram, geology, telegrams, telegraph, telephone, automobile, hydrant, geometry, automatic |
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Greek Derivatives 2 | Some English word beginnings and word endings are derived from Greek forms such as geography and geology. | biography, paragraphs, autograph, television, barometer, telescope, dehydrate, thermometer, biology, stenographer | |
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Greek Derivatives 3 | Some English word beginnings and word endings are derived from Greek forms such as biology and biography. | reporter, report, conclusions, transportation, exclude, include, exclusively, deport, import, export | |
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Greek Derivatives 4 | Some English word beginnings and word endings are derived from Greek forms such as biology and biography. | transport, importance, pertain, attain, destruction, instructions, supported, retain, concluded, inclusion | |
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Self Awareness Words 1 | These words are useful in writing about self-awareness. | awareness, cooperative, courteous, disrespectful, rude, egocentric, generous, stubborn, considerate, cordial |
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Self Awareness Words 2 | These words are useful in writing about self-awareness. | introvert, extrovert, brusque, arrogance, lazy, disloyal, faithful, ambitious, humility, neglect | |
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Food and Dining Words 1 | These words are useful for writing about food and dining. | buffet, menu, apricot, cantaloupe, citrus, avocado, alfalfa, cauliflower, sausage, spice | |
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Food and Dining Words 2 | These words are useful for writing about food and dining. | microwave, molasses, licorice, beverage, appetite, culinary, delicatessen, nutritious, calories, diet | |
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Language and Literature Words 1 | These words are useful for writing about language and literature. | subject, encyclopedia, atlas, literature, theme, topic, classic, plot, fables, fantasy | |
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Language and Literature Words 2 | These words are useful for writing about language and literature. | legend, fictitious, narration, stereotype, essay, complex, composition, context, conclusion, compound | |
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Mathematics Words 1 | These words are useful for writing about mathematics. | accurate, proportion, scale, decimal, ratio, equation, formula, circumference, diameter, vertical | |
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Mathematics Words 2 | These words are useful for writing about mathematics. | horizontal, parallel, pattern, sum, increase, graph, axis, percent gross | |
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Legal Words 1 | These words are useful for writing about law and the legal system. | convention, representative, elections, electoral, executive, judicial, enact, impeach, accusation, evidence | |
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Legal Words 2 | These words are useful for writing about law and the legal system. | testimony, testify, perjury, arrest, sheriff, prosecution verdict, Supreme Court, legislature, candidate | |
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Science Words 1 | These words are useful for writing about science. | technical, electronic, mechanical, nuclear, atomic, particles, radiation, microscopic, molecule | |
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Science Words 2 | These words are useful for writing about science. | density, velocity, rotation, acid, missile, phenomenon, sphere, transistor, variable, revolution |
