ACCEL Grades 7- 12
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            Accel,  Accelerated Language Literacy  Fourth Edition

                                                                         Language Arts for Grades 7 - 12  

  Language Literacy is what students are expected to achieve after completing three years of Language Arts in Junior High or Middle School . It is anticipated that by Grade 10 the students have learned and begun to master many of the essential language skills necessary for their future success. Sometimes this does not happen, and supplementary instruction is required. This is the purpose of the Accel, Accelerated Language Literacy remedial course. Accel teaches the three years of Middle School Language Arts (Gr. 7, 8, 9 ) in one year, providing total immersion in the language strategies outlined for these grades. In this course they will learn all of the skills required to be successful; requirements that are necessary in whatever vocation is chosen. It can be used as a classroom resource/remedial course, a Home-Study course, or a classroom supplement for Junior/Middle or High School students. 

    Sequentially organized, it flows smoothly and logically. A manual/ workbook for every teacher and student eliminates the necessity of photocopying. Accel, is a remedial resource which targets a specific need. It requires no extra teacher preparation of exercises or worksheets, as all are provided.

• How to write interesting, well constructed sentences, paragraphs, opinion essays, news reports, information reports, editorials, advertising, and short stories.
• The elements of grammar, parts of speech , and figures of speech and their effective usage.
• How to understand and interpret written text, and to express themselves both verbally and in writing, using case studies, brainstorming, and critical analysis of information text, graphical text and literary text. To integrate personal experience and knowledge that is applicable to the subject.
• The importance of defining point of view, personal opinion, and respecting the views of others.
• The elements, form, and structure of a story with applied applications.
• Spelling, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, homophones.
• Refining the writing elements of purpose, audience, inference, mood, flashback, foreshadowing, and writing to influence the reader.     

FORMAT    Accel has both a Student Manual and an Instructor's Manual.

  Accel Manual/ Workbook     The instructional methods used in this manual provide an interactive learning experience between the student and the text, using shared learning, maintenance exercises, comprehension and thinking strategies, and applied applications. This approach provides students with a clear set of learning objectives, involves them with the material, and provides immediate and continual reinforcement and assessment. Maintenance exercises are keyed to previous exercise sets. Throughout the text, students are directed to numerous 'Check For Mastery' exercises which provide immediate reinforcement of the concept covered in each section. Some lessons require internet access. It also includes an answer key and glossary.

APPLICATION  Accel may be used as a remedial resource in a number of ways. It may be:

1. Taught by an instructor as early intervention program to groups of Grade 7, 8, 9 students who demonstrate a pattern of below level achievement in Language Arts.
2. Taught by an instructor to groups of students in Grades 10 and higher.
3. Used by individual students as a home-study program. Completed student work is submitted to an instructor for correction and comment.
4. Taught by an instructor to groups of special education students.

NOTE: Students in grade 7-12 reading below grade level should use Pilots for Accel, an adult remedial reading program. See PILOTS section on Homepage.

Accel Accelerated Language Literacy

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