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Module 1: Personal Narrative
This module discusses personal narratives, including the elements of character, setting, plot, main ideas, details, description, cause and effect, and summary. Recognizing and writing a personal narrative are also discussed, as well as writing friendly letters and journal entries. In addition, sentences are covered, including subjects and predicates, statements, questions, commands, exclamations, and combining sentences. Spelling and vocabulary are also included.
- Lesson 1.1: Introduction to Personal Narratives: Understanding the genre and its significance in storytelling.
- Lesson 1.2: Elements of a Personal Narrative: Exploring the components of character, setting, and plot in personal narratives.
- Lesson 1.3: Main Ideas and Details: Learning how to identify the main ideas and supporting details in a personal narrative.
- Lesson 1.4: Descriptive Writing: Developing skills to create vivid descriptions to enhance personal narratives.
- Lesson 1.5: Cause and Effect: Understanding the cause-and-effect relationships in personal narratives and their impact on the story.
- Lesson 1.6: Writing a Personal Narrative: Step-by-step guide to crafting a well-structured and engaging personal narrative.
- Lesson 1.7: Writing Friendly Letters: Learning the format and conventions of writing friendly letters for personal communication.
- Lesson 1.8: Journal Entries: Understanding the purpose and techniques of writing reflective journal entries.
- Lesson 1.9: Sentence Structure: Exploring the basics of sentences, including subjects, predicates, and sentence types (statements, questions, commands, exclamations).
- Lesson 1.10: Combining Sentences: Developing skills to combine simple sentences and create more complex and varied sentence structures.
- Lesson 1.11: Spelling and Vocabulary: Improving spelling skills and expanding vocabulary to enhance writing proficiency.
- Lesson 1.12: Revision and Editing: Learning the importance of revising and editing personal narratives to improve clarity and coherence.
- Lesson 1,13: Peer Feedback and Collaboration: Understanding the value of receiving feedback from peers and engaging in collaborative writing activities.
- Lesson 1.14: Summarizing Personal Narratives: Practicing summarization skills to concisely capture the essence of a personal narrative.
- Let’s Review Module 1 RW 2
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Module 2: How-To Article
This module discusses reading strategies including rereading for comprehension, making predictions, reading ahead, and making inferences. Also discussed are plural, proper, and possessive nouns, spelling and vocabulary, and writing a report about a friend, writing directions, writing a report about an experience, writing a thank you letter, and writing a biography.
- Lesson 2.1: Reading Strategies: Introducing various reading strategies like rereading for comprehension, making predictions, reading ahead, and making inferences.
- Lesson 2.2: Understanding Plural, Proper, and Possessive Nouns: Exploring the different types of nouns and their usage in writing.
- Lesson 2.3: Spelling and Vocabulary: Enhancing spelling skills and building a strong vocabulary to improve writing proficiency.
- Lesson 2.4: Writing a How-To Article: Step-by-step guide to crafting an effective and informative how-to article.
- Lesson 2.5: Writing a Report about a Friend: Learning to write a detailed and engaging report about a friend, highlighting their qualities and experiences.
- Lesson 2.6: Writing Directions: Understanding the structure and language of writing clear and concise directions.
- Lesson 2.7
- Lesson 2.8: Writing a Thank You Letter: Learning the format and etiquette of writing a sincere thank-you letter for various occasions.
- Lesson 2.9: Writing a Biography: Understanding the elements of a biography and crafting a compelling narrative about a person’s life.
- Lesson 2.10: Editing and Revising: Emphasizing the importance of editing and revising written work to improve clarity and coherence.
- Let’s Review Module 2 RW 2
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Module 3: Persuasive Writing
This module covers reading strategies including visualizing and drawing conclusions, and discusses author's purpose, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and folktales. Also covered are writing an advertisement, writing a personal narrative story, writing a narrative with conversations, writing a persuasive letter, and writing a descriptive poem. Vocabulary and spelling are also included, as well as grammar spotlights on action verbs, past-tense verbs, and using the word have.
- Lesson 3.1: Reading Strategies: Introducing visualizing and drawing conclusions as effective reading comprehension techniques.
- Lesson 3.2: Understanding Author’s Purpose: Exploring the different purposes authors have for writing and how it influences their work.
- Lesson 3.3: Exploring Alliteration and Onomatopoeia: Understanding these literary devices and their impact on writing and storytelling.
- Lesson 3.4: Folktales: Learning about folktales as a genre and their cultural significance in storytelling.
- Lesson 3.5: Writing an Advertisement: Understanding persuasive writing techniques to create compelling advertisements.
- Lesson 3.6: Writing a Personal Narrative Story: Crafting a personal narrative with a focus on storytelling and engaging the reader.
- Lesson 3.7: Writing a Narrative with Conversations: Learning how to incorporate dialogue effectively in narrative writing.
- Lesson 3.8: Writing a Persuasive Letter: Understanding the structure and language of persuasive letters to influence the reader.
- Lesson 3.9: Writing a Descriptive Poem: Exploring descriptive language and poetic devices to create vivid and expressive poems.
- Lesson 3.10: Grammar Spotlights: Focusing on action verbs, past-tense verbs, and the appropriate use of the word “have” in writing.
- Let’s Review Module 3 RW 2
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Module 4: Expository Composition
This module presents grammar spotlights on linking verbs, helping verbs, irregular verbs, and contractions. It discusses reading strategies including using context clues, illustrations, sequence of events, analysis of text structure, and distinguishing fantasy and reality. Also discussed are how to write a strong paragraph, an expository composition, and an expository letter. Helping verbs, irregular verbs, and contractions, spelling and vocabulary are also included.
- Lesson 4.1: Grammar Spotlight: Linking Verbs – Understanding the role and usage of linking verbs in sentences.
- Lesson 4.2: Grammar Spotlight: Helping Verbs – Exploring the function and importance of helping verbs in forming verb tenses.
- Lesson 4.3: Grammar Spotlight: Irregular Verbs – Learning about irregular verbs and their unique conjugation patterns.
- Lesson 4.4: Grammar Spotlight: Contractions – Understanding contractions and their role in making writing more concise.
- Lesson 4.5: Reading Strategies: Using Context Clues – Developing skills to infer word meanings from the context of a passage.
- Lesson 4.6: Reading Strategies: Analyzing Illustrations – Learning how to interpret illustrations to enhance comprehension.
- Lesson 4.7: Reading Strategies: Sequence of Events – Understanding the chronological order of events in a text.
- Lesson 4.8: Reading Strategies: Text Structure Analysis – Recognizing different text structures and their impact on understanding.
- Lesson 4.9: Distinguishing Fantasy and Reality – Learning to identify elements of fantasy and reality in literature.
- Lesson 4.10: Writing a Strong Paragraph – Mastering the essentials of writing a well-structured and coherent paragraph.
- Lesson 4.11: Writing an Expository Composition – Understanding the characteristics and purpose of expository writing.
- Lesson 4.12: Writing an Expository Letter – Applying expository writing techniques to craft an informative letter.
- Lesson 4.13: Spelling and Vocabulary – Improving spelling skills and expanding vocabulary to enhance writing proficiency.
- Let’s Review Module 4 RW 2
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Module 5: Realistic Fiction
This module discusses writing a how-to poster, writing a sequence of events, writing to tell a story, writing with a variety of words, and writing a book report. It also covers reading strategies for comprehension including summarizing and drawing conclusions, recognizing suffixes and prefixes, thinking and comparing, and making inferences. Grammar spotlights include the pronouns I, me, we, and us along with possessive pronouns, homophones, contractions, and pronoun-verb agreement. Also included are spelling and vocabulary.
- Lesson 5.1: Writing a How-To Poster: Learning to create an informative and visually engaging how-to poster.
- Lesson 5.2: Writing a Sequence of Events: Mastering the art of presenting events in a logical order to create a cohesive narrative.
- Lesson 5.3: Writing to Tell a Story: Developing storytelling skills to captivate readers with engaging narratives.
- Lesson 5.4: Writing with a Variety of Words: Exploring techniques to use diverse and descriptive vocabulary in writing.
- Lesson 5.5: Writing a Book Report: Understanding the components of a book report and effectively summarizing a story.
- Lesson 5.6: Writing a Book Report: Understanding the components of a book report and effectively summarizing a story.
- Lesson 5.7: Reading Strategies: Summarizing for Comprehension – Learning to condense the main ideas of a text for better understanding.
- Lesson 5.8: Reading Strategies: Drawing Conclusions – Developing skills to make logical inferences based on text evidence.
- Lesson 5.9: Reading Strategies: Thinking and Comparing – Analyzing texts and making comparisons to gain deeper insights.
- Lesson 5.10: Making Inferences: Enhancing the ability to draw reasoned conclusions based on implicit information.
- Lesson 5:11: Grammar Spotlight: Pronouns I, Me, We, and Us – Understanding the appropriate use of these pronouns in different contexts.
- Lesson 5.12: Grammar Spotlight: Possessive Pronouns – Learning to use possessive pronouns to indicate ownership.
- Lesson 5.13: Grammar Spotlight: Homophones – Recognizing words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
- Lesson 5.14: Grammar Spotlight: Contractions – Understanding the formation and usage of contractions in writing.
- Lesson 5.15: Grammar Spotlight: Pronoun-Verb Agreement – Ensuring that pronouns and verbs agree in number and person.
- Lesson 5.16: Spelling and Vocabulary – Improving spelling accuracy and expanding vocabulary for more effective communication.
- Let’s Review Module 5 RW 2
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Module 6: Compare and Contrast Composition
This module discusses vocabulary and spelling, adjectives, articles, synonyms, antonyms, comparative adjectives, and adverbs. It also covers generating questions, understanding inflected nouns, discovering problems and solutions, visualizing cause and effect, and developing comprehension, as well as writing a summary, writing an expository essay, and writing to compare and contrast.
- Lesson 6.1: Vocabulary and Spelling: Building a strong vocabulary foundation and improving spelling skills.
- Lesson 6.2: Exploring Adjectives: Understanding the role of adjectives in enhancing descriptions and narratives.
- Lesson 6.3: Mastering Articles: Learning the proper use of articles (a, an, the) in writing.
- Lesson 6.4: Synonyms and Antonyms: Identifying words with similar and opposite meanings to enrich language use.
- Lesson 6.5: Comparative Adjectives: Understanding how to compare and contrast using comparative adjectives.
- Lesson 6.6: Adverbs: Exploring the role of adverbs in modifying verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
- Lesson 6.7: Generating Questions: Developing questioning skills to deepen comprehension and critical thinking.
- Lesson 6.8: Understanding Inflected Nouns: Learning about plural and possessive forms of nouns.
- Lesson 6.9: Discovering Problems and Solutions: Analyzing texts to identify problems and potential solutions.
- Lesson 6.10: Visualizing Cause and Effect: Recognizing cause-and-effect relationships in narratives and expository texts.
- Lesson 6.11: Developing Comprehension: Utilizing various strategies to enhance reading comprehension.
- Lesson 6.12: Writing a Summary: Learning how to succinctly summarize a text or passage.
- Lesson 6.13: Writing an Expository Essay: Understanding the structure and purpose of expository essays.
- Lesson 6:14: Writing to Compare and Contrast: Mastering the techniques of writing effective compare and contrast compositions.
- Let’s Review Module 6 RW 2
Three main accomplishments characterize good readers:
- They understand the alphabetic system of English to identify printed words
- They have and use background knowledge and strategies to obtain meaning from print
- They read fluently
Course Features
- Lectures 77
- Quizzes 6
- Duration 20 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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Module 1: Personal Narrative
This module discusses personal narratives, including the elements of character, setting, plot, main ideas, details, description, cause and effect, and summary. Recognizing and writing a personal narrative are also discussed, as well as writing friendly letters and journal entries. In addition, sentences are covered, including subjects and predicates, statements, questions, commands, exclamations, and combining sentences. Spelling and vocabulary are also included.
- Lesson 1.1: Introduction to Personal Narratives: Understanding the genre and its significance in storytelling.
- Lesson 1.2: Elements of a Personal Narrative: Exploring the components of character, setting, and plot in personal narratives.
- Lesson 1.3: Main Ideas and Details: Learning how to identify the main ideas and supporting details in a personal narrative.
- Lesson 1.4: Descriptive Writing: Developing skills to create vivid descriptions to enhance personal narratives.
- Lesson 1.5: Cause and Effect: Understanding the cause-and-effect relationships in personal narratives and their impact on the story.
- Lesson 1.6: Writing a Personal Narrative: Step-by-step guide to crafting a well-structured and engaging personal narrative.
- Lesson 1.7: Writing Friendly Letters: Learning the format and conventions of writing friendly letters for personal communication.
- Lesson 1.8: Journal Entries: Understanding the purpose and techniques of writing reflective journal entries.
- Lesson 1.9: Sentence Structure: Exploring the basics of sentences, including subjects, predicates, and sentence types (statements, questions, commands, exclamations).
- Lesson 1.10: Combining Sentences: Developing skills to combine simple sentences and create more complex and varied sentence structures.
- Lesson 1.11: Spelling and Vocabulary: Improving spelling skills and expanding vocabulary to enhance writing proficiency.
- Lesson 1.12: Revision and Editing: Learning the importance of revising and editing personal narratives to improve clarity and coherence.
- Lesson 1,13: Peer Feedback and Collaboration: Understanding the value of receiving feedback from peers and engaging in collaborative writing activities.
- Lesson 1.14: Summarizing Personal Narratives: Practicing summarization skills to concisely capture the essence of a personal narrative.
- Let’s Review Module 1 RW 2
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Module 2: How-To Article
This module discusses reading strategies including rereading for comprehension, making predictions, reading ahead, and making inferences. Also discussed are plural, proper, and possessive nouns, spelling and vocabulary, and writing a report about a friend, writing directions, writing a report about an experience, writing a thank you letter, and writing a biography.
- Lesson 2.1: Reading Strategies: Introducing various reading strategies like rereading for comprehension, making predictions, reading ahead, and making inferences.
- Lesson 2.2: Understanding Plural, Proper, and Possessive Nouns: Exploring the different types of nouns and their usage in writing.
- Lesson 2.3: Spelling and Vocabulary: Enhancing spelling skills and building a strong vocabulary to improve writing proficiency.
- Lesson 2.4: Writing a How-To Article: Step-by-step guide to crafting an effective and informative how-to article.
- Lesson 2.5: Writing a Report about a Friend: Learning to write a detailed and engaging report about a friend, highlighting their qualities and experiences.
- Lesson 2.6: Writing Directions: Understanding the structure and language of writing clear and concise directions.
- Lesson 2.7
- Lesson 2.8: Writing a Thank You Letter: Learning the format and etiquette of writing a sincere thank-you letter for various occasions.
- Lesson 2.9: Writing a Biography: Understanding the elements of a biography and crafting a compelling narrative about a person’s life.
- Lesson 2.10: Editing and Revising: Emphasizing the importance of editing and revising written work to improve clarity and coherence.
- Let’s Review Module 2 RW 2
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Module 3: Persuasive Writing
This module covers reading strategies including visualizing and drawing conclusions, and discusses author's purpose, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and folktales. Also covered are writing an advertisement, writing a personal narrative story, writing a narrative with conversations, writing a persuasive letter, and writing a descriptive poem. Vocabulary and spelling are also included, as well as grammar spotlights on action verbs, past-tense verbs, and using the word have.
- Lesson 3.1: Reading Strategies: Introducing visualizing and drawing conclusions as effective reading comprehension techniques.
- Lesson 3.2: Understanding Author’s Purpose: Exploring the different purposes authors have for writing and how it influences their work.
- Lesson 3.3: Exploring Alliteration and Onomatopoeia: Understanding these literary devices and their impact on writing and storytelling.
- Lesson 3.4: Folktales: Learning about folktales as a genre and their cultural significance in storytelling.
- Lesson 3.5: Writing an Advertisement: Understanding persuasive writing techniques to create compelling advertisements.
- Lesson 3.6: Writing a Personal Narrative Story: Crafting a personal narrative with a focus on storytelling and engaging the reader.
- Lesson 3.7: Writing a Narrative with Conversations: Learning how to incorporate dialogue effectively in narrative writing.
- Lesson 3.8: Writing a Persuasive Letter: Understanding the structure and language of persuasive letters to influence the reader.
- Lesson 3.9: Writing a Descriptive Poem: Exploring descriptive language and poetic devices to create vivid and expressive poems.
- Lesson 3.10: Grammar Spotlights: Focusing on action verbs, past-tense verbs, and the appropriate use of the word “have” in writing.
- Let’s Review Module 3 RW 2
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Module 4: Expository Composition
This module presents grammar spotlights on linking verbs, helping verbs, irregular verbs, and contractions. It discusses reading strategies including using context clues, illustrations, sequence of events, analysis of text structure, and distinguishing fantasy and reality. Also discussed are how to write a strong paragraph, an expository composition, and an expository letter. Helping verbs, irregular verbs, and contractions, spelling and vocabulary are also included.
- Lesson 4.1: Grammar Spotlight: Linking Verbs – Understanding the role and usage of linking verbs in sentences.
- Lesson 4.2: Grammar Spotlight: Helping Verbs – Exploring the function and importance of helping verbs in forming verb tenses.
- Lesson 4.3: Grammar Spotlight: Irregular Verbs – Learning about irregular verbs and their unique conjugation patterns.
- Lesson 4.4: Grammar Spotlight: Contractions – Understanding contractions and their role in making writing more concise.
- Lesson 4.5: Reading Strategies: Using Context Clues – Developing skills to infer word meanings from the context of a passage.
- Lesson 4.6: Reading Strategies: Analyzing Illustrations – Learning how to interpret illustrations to enhance comprehension.
- Lesson 4.7: Reading Strategies: Sequence of Events – Understanding the chronological order of events in a text.
- Lesson 4.8: Reading Strategies: Text Structure Analysis – Recognizing different text structures and their impact on understanding.
- Lesson 4.9: Distinguishing Fantasy and Reality – Learning to identify elements of fantasy and reality in literature.
- Lesson 4.10: Writing a Strong Paragraph – Mastering the essentials of writing a well-structured and coherent paragraph.
- Lesson 4.11: Writing an Expository Composition – Understanding the characteristics and purpose of expository writing.
- Lesson 4.12: Writing an Expository Letter – Applying expository writing techniques to craft an informative letter.
- Lesson 4.13: Spelling and Vocabulary – Improving spelling skills and expanding vocabulary to enhance writing proficiency.
- Let’s Review Module 4 RW 2
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Module 5: Realistic Fiction
This module discusses writing a how-to poster, writing a sequence of events, writing to tell a story, writing with a variety of words, and writing a book report. It also covers reading strategies for comprehension including summarizing and drawing conclusions, recognizing suffixes and prefixes, thinking and comparing, and making inferences. Grammar spotlights include the pronouns I, me, we, and us along with possessive pronouns, homophones, contractions, and pronoun-verb agreement. Also included are spelling and vocabulary.
- Lesson 5.1: Writing a How-To Poster: Learning to create an informative and visually engaging how-to poster.
- Lesson 5.2: Writing a Sequence of Events: Mastering the art of presenting events in a logical order to create a cohesive narrative.
- Lesson 5.3: Writing to Tell a Story: Developing storytelling skills to captivate readers with engaging narratives.
- Lesson 5.4: Writing with a Variety of Words: Exploring techniques to use diverse and descriptive vocabulary in writing.
- Lesson 5.5: Writing a Book Report: Understanding the components of a book report and effectively summarizing a story.
- Lesson 5.6: Writing a Book Report: Understanding the components of a book report and effectively summarizing a story.
- Lesson 5.7: Reading Strategies: Summarizing for Comprehension – Learning to condense the main ideas of a text for better understanding.
- Lesson 5.8: Reading Strategies: Drawing Conclusions – Developing skills to make logical inferences based on text evidence.
- Lesson 5.9: Reading Strategies: Thinking and Comparing – Analyzing texts and making comparisons to gain deeper insights.
- Lesson 5.10: Making Inferences: Enhancing the ability to draw reasoned conclusions based on implicit information.
- Lesson 5:11: Grammar Spotlight: Pronouns I, Me, We, and Us – Understanding the appropriate use of these pronouns in different contexts.
- Lesson 5.12: Grammar Spotlight: Possessive Pronouns – Learning to use possessive pronouns to indicate ownership.
- Lesson 5.13: Grammar Spotlight: Homophones – Recognizing words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
- Lesson 5.14: Grammar Spotlight: Contractions – Understanding the formation and usage of contractions in writing.
- Lesson 5.15: Grammar Spotlight: Pronoun-Verb Agreement – Ensuring that pronouns and verbs agree in number and person.
- Lesson 5.16: Spelling and Vocabulary – Improving spelling accuracy and expanding vocabulary for more effective communication.
- Let’s Review Module 5 RW 2
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Module 6: Compare and Contrast Composition
This module discusses vocabulary and spelling, adjectives, articles, synonyms, antonyms, comparative adjectives, and adverbs. It also covers generating questions, understanding inflected nouns, discovering problems and solutions, visualizing cause and effect, and developing comprehension, as well as writing a summary, writing an expository essay, and writing to compare and contrast.
- Lesson 6.1: Vocabulary and Spelling: Building a strong vocabulary foundation and improving spelling skills.
- Lesson 6.2: Exploring Adjectives: Understanding the role of adjectives in enhancing descriptions and narratives.
- Lesson 6.3: Mastering Articles: Learning the proper use of articles (a, an, the) in writing.
- Lesson 6.4: Synonyms and Antonyms: Identifying words with similar and opposite meanings to enrich language use.
- Lesson 6.5: Comparative Adjectives: Understanding how to compare and contrast using comparative adjectives.
- Lesson 6.6: Adverbs: Exploring the role of adverbs in modifying verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
- Lesson 6.7: Generating Questions: Developing questioning skills to deepen comprehension and critical thinking.
- Lesson 6.8: Understanding Inflected Nouns: Learning about plural and possessive forms of nouns.
- Lesson 6.9: Discovering Problems and Solutions: Analyzing texts to identify problems and potential solutions.
- Lesson 6.10: Visualizing Cause and Effect: Recognizing cause-and-effect relationships in narratives and expository texts.
- Lesson 6.11: Developing Comprehension: Utilizing various strategies to enhance reading comprehension.
- Lesson 6.12: Writing a Summary: Learning how to succinctly summarize a text or passage.
- Lesson 6.13: Writing an Expository Essay: Understanding the structure and purpose of expository essays.
- Lesson 6:14: Writing to Compare and Contrast: Mastering the techniques of writing effective compare and contrast compositions.
- Let’s Review Module 6 RW 2
