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Language Arts 8A Course Completion Guideline
9-MODULE Schedule
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18 weeks, you need to complete ½ a module a week.
12 weeks, you need to complete about 1 module a week.
9 weeks, you need to complete 1 module a week.
6 weeks, you need to complete 1 ½ modules a week.
3 weeks, you need to complete 3 modules a week.
MODULE ONE
Unit 1: Words and Sentences Introduction
Word Origins
Video: Segment 1: A Short History of Words
Root Words
Video: Segment 2: Roots
Unit 1 Homework #1: Word Origins and Root Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Video: Segment 3: Prefixes and Suffixes
Reading "Broken Chain" by Gary Soto
Unit 1 Homework #2: "Broken Chain"
Foreign Words
Connotation, Denotation and Mood
Homophone Confusion
Unit 1 Homework #3: Homophones Definitions, Pictures, and Writing Instructions
Unit 1 Homework #3: Homophones: Definitions, Pictures, and Writing
Reading "The Inn of Lost Time" by Lensey Namioka
MODULE TWO
Four Types of Sentences
Unit 1 Homework #4: Basic Sentence Structure Paragraph Instructions
Unit 1 Homework #4: Basic Sentence Structure Paragraph
Fragments and Run-On Sentences
Unit 1 Homework #5: Identify and Edit Basic Sentences Instructions
Unit 1 Homework #5: Identify and Edit Basic Sentences
Multimedia Link: Sentence Structure
Improving Sentences with Interjections
Video: Part One: Interjections
Unit 1 Homework #6: Interjections Writing #1 Instructions
Unit 1 Homework #6: Interjections Writing
Unit 1: Words and Sentences Unit Review
Unit 1 Words and Sentences Unit Test
Unit 2: Nouns and Pronouns Introduction
Overview of Nouns
Video: Segment 4: Noun Cases
Common or Proper Nouns
Video: Segment 2: Common and Proper Nouns
Unit 2 Homework #1: Common or Proper Nouns
MODULE THREE
Concrete, Abstract, Compound, and Collective Nouns
Unit 2 Homework #2: Concrete, Abstract, Compound, and Collective Nouns
Singular, Plural, Regular, and Irregular Nouns
Unit 2 Homework #3: Singular, Plural, Regular, and Irregular Nouns
Noun Suffixes
Unit 2 Homework #4: Noun Suffixes
Possessive Nouns
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Unit 2 Homework #5: Possessive Nouns
Reading "Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon" retold by Richard Erodes and Alfonzo Ortiz
Unit 2 Homework #6: "Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon"
Personal and Possessive Pronouns
Video: Segment 3: Pronoun Cases
Antecedents
Unit 2 Homework #7: Antecedents, Personal and Possessive Pronouns
Interrogative and Demonstrative Pronouns
Video: Segment 4: Relative and Interrogative Pronouns
Unit 2 Homework #8: Interrogative and Demonstrative Pronouns
MODULE FOUR
Unit 2 Homework #9: Pronouns in Conversation Instructions
Unit 2 Homework #9: Pronouns in Conversation
Indefinite, Intensive, and Reflective Pronouns
Unit 2 Homework #10: Indefinite, Intensive, and Reflexive Pronouns
Reading "Flying" by Reeve Lindbergh
Testing Tip: Vocabulary
Unit 2: Nouns and Pronouns Unit Review
Unit 2: Nouns and Pronouns Unit Test
Unit 3: Verbs Introduction
Action, Being, and Linking Verbs
Verb Phrases
Reading "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken
Unit 3 Homework #1: Action, Being, Linking Verbs and Verb Phrases
Tenses
Video: Segment 1: Verb Functions and Verb Tenses
Unit 3 Homework #2: Tenses
MODULE FIVE
Irregular Verbs
Unit 3 Homework #3: Irregular Verbs
Progressive Verbs
Unit 3 Homework #4: Progressive Verbs
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Video: Segment 3: Voice and Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Unit 3 Homework #5: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Reading from Harriet Tubman Conductor of the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry
Active and Passive Voice
Unit 3 Homework #6: Active and Passive Voice
Video: Segment 2: Mood
Unit 3: Verbs Unit Review
Unit 3: Verbs Unit Test
Required Independent Reading: Book #1 Instructions
Required Independent Reading: Book #1
Required Independent Reading: Magazine Article #1 Instructions
Required Independent Reading: Magazine Article #1
MODULE SIX
Required Independent Reading: Newspaper Article #1 Instructions
Required Independent Reading: Newspaper Article #1
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Unit 4: Adjectives and Adverbs Introduction
Language Arts 8A Course Completion Guideline
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Adjectives and Articles
Video: Part One: Adjectives
Unit 4 Homework #1: Identify Adjectives
Writing With Adjectives
Comparing With Adjectives
Video: Part Two: Adjective Degrees of Comparison
Reading "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
Unit 4 Homework #2: Adjectives, "The Monkey's Paw"
Identifying Adverbs
Video: Part Three: Adverbs
Unit 4 Homework #3: Identifying Adverbs
Adverbs Used for Comparisons
Unit 4 Homework #4: Adverbs Writing #1 Instructions
Unit 4 Homework #4: Adverbs Writing #1
MODULE SEVEN
Video: Part Four: Adverbial Degrees of Comparison
Unit 4 Homework #5: Adverbs Writing #2 Instructions
Unit 4 Homework #5: Adverbs Writing #2
Reading "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
Unit 4: Adjectives and Adverbs Unit Review
Testing Tip: Editing for Spelling Errors
Unit 4 Adjectives and Adverbs Unit Test
Unit 5: Prepositions and Conjunctions Introduction
Common Prepositions
Using Prepositions
Video: Part Three: Prepositions
Unit 5 Homework #1: Prepositions, "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
Reading "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service
Introduction to Conjunctions
Video: Part Two: Conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunctions
Correlative Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions
MODULE EIGHT
Reading "A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry
Unit 5 Homework #2: Conjunctions, "A Retrieved Reformation"
Unit 5: Prepositions and Conjunctions Unit Review
Unit 5 Prepositions and Conjunctions Unit Test
Unit 6: The Giver Introduction
Reading a Novel: The Giver
The Giver Chapters 1-7: Plot Elements
The Giver Chapters 1-7: Euphemism
The Giver Chapters 1-7: Before You Read
The Giver Chapters 1-7: After You Read
The Giver Chapters 1-7: Response to Literature Intructions
The Giver Chapters 1-7: Response to Literature
The Giver Chapters 8-15: Foreshadowing
The Giver Chapters 8-15: Conflict
The Giver Chapters 8-15: Before You Read
The Giver Chapters 8-15: After You Read
The Giver Chapters 8-15: Summary and Predictions
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MODULE NINE
The Giver Chapters 16-23: Theme
The Giver Chapters 16-23: Imagery
The Giver Chapters 16-23: Before You Read
The Giver Chapters 16-23: After You Read
The Giver Chapters 16-23: Response to Literature Instructions
The Giver Chapters 16-23: Response to Literature
The Giver Comprehension and Analysis
The Writing Process: Review and Criticism
Unit 6 Writing Assessment: Review and Critique The Giver
Required Independent Reading: Book #2 Instructions
Required Independent Reading: Book #2
Required Independent Reading: Magazine Article #2 Instructions
Required Independent Reading: Magazine Article #2
Required Independent Reading: Newspaper Article #2 Instructions
Required Independent Reading: Newspaper Article #2
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