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.
SCOPE Some of the outcomes students can expect to learn using the Accel program are:
- 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:
- 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.
- Taught by an instructor to groups of students in Grades 10 and higher.
- Used by individual students as a home-study program. Completed student work is submitted to an instructor for correction and comment.
- 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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Point of View -Creativity The Internet Challenge Capitals Spelling Cues Learning About Sentences Sentence Structure Using a Thesaurus Prefixes Suffixes Point of View - Perseverance Creative Thinking Subject and Predicate Compound Subject and Predicate Interpreting Timetables Review Point of View - Feelings Punctuation Nouns Nouns and Pronouns Case Study Synonyms Adjectives Verbs Linking Verbs Synonyms Plural Verbs Using Your Imagination Direct and Indirect Objects Remembering Facts Verb Tenses - Regular Verb Tenses - Irregular Writing With Detail Adverbs Part 1 and Part 2 Grammar Review Case Study - Downsizing Overused Expressions |
Prepositions Conjunctions, Interjections, and Articles Simple and Compound Sentences Reading for Meaning Complex Sentences Cause and Effect Homophones Writing With Detail Phrases - Adjective, Adverb Appositives Using the Symbols of Editing How to Give Instructions Grammatically Correct Homonyms Gathering Information Grammatical Rules Comprehension Skills in Reading Writing Descriptive Sentences Writing for Your Audience Paragraphs - Part 1 Paragraphs - Part 2 Persons Thinking and Writing The Central Theme The Structure of Books Point of View - Choosing Your Subject Subject Information Paragraph Summary Writing a Report - Part 1 Writing a Report - Part 2 Increasing Your Comprehension Skills Reading for Information Using Your Imagination Comprehension Practice Homophones
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Vocabulary Match
Summarization Point of View - Colour Simile Metaphor Alliteration Personification Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Topic Sentences The Report - Using Electronic Media Gathering Information from a Written Text Mood Information Paragraph Elements of a Story - Foreshadowing Elements of a Story - Flashback Elements of a Story - Inference Newspaper - What do you want for supper? Newspaper - Out on Your Own What's Your Opinion? Building Your Vocabulary Writing a Paragraph Point of View Interpreting Graphics Writing to Influence the Reader Formal and Informal Writing Comprehension Fact vs. Fiction Opinion Essay Point of View - Frame Your Picture The 60 Second News Report Writing for a Newspaper Reading Informational Text Writing Headlines Elements of a Story - Characters - Part 1 Elements of a Story - Characters - Part 2 Conflict |
Gathering Information from a Written Text
Writing for a Newspaper Elements of a Story - Characters Part 3 Elements of a Story - Characters - Part 4 Elements of a Story -Setting Part 1 Writing from Experience Elements of a Story - Setting Part 2 Point of View - Perspective Opinion Essay Exercise The Trial of Jean Valjean Elements of a Short Story - Developing a Plot Elements of a Short Story - Plot and conflict Elements of a Short Story - Problems and Conflicts Elements of a Short Story - Climax Short Story Project Writing a Children's Story The Interview Comprehension -What Did He Say Anyway? Writing a Critique Review Comprehension Practice News Analysis Public Speaking Study of a Play: "The Necklace" The Debate The News Report Poetry Appreciation - Part 1 Poetry Appreciation - Part 2 Poetry Appreciation - Part 3 Imagination and Poetry -The Five Senses Poem Student Written Poetry - Acrostic Student Written Poetry - Haiku Student Written Poetry - Tanka Student Written Poetry - Cinquain Point of View - Making Lemonade out of Lemons Opinion Essay |