Students will learn and practice PSAT-SAT vocabulary.
Students will practice reading comprehension skills.
Students will analyze texts for conclusions and inferences, predictions, cause and effect, theme, main ideas, and other literary techniques or story elements.
Students will practice focused class discussion and task-oriented collaboration skills.
Students will review and learn grammar, spelling, capitalization and punctuation skills.
Students will learn to incorporate their skills in real-world applications such as editing texts and writing short pieces.
Students will practice standardized test style exercises in reading and English skills.
Students will answer reading comprehension questions with analytical writing.
Students will broaden their writing styles with a variety of nonfiction and creative writing prompts.

As the author of the "Emotebook" and a freelance writer for over 20 years, I have relied on language arts skills as the building blocks of a happy career. For three of those years, I also worked full-time as an associate editor, which helped me gain real-world expertise in the nuances of English language arts. I am walking the language arts journey with my three children while homeschooling them, as well as with several other students in various grades. I also bridged the gap between cultures by teaching English as a second language to hundreds of students online. I look forward to helping you strengthen your language arts skills!

Homework
Frequency: Available upon request
Feedback: Available upon request
Details: All exercises and activities are given and completed in class. Learners are encouraged to complete and submit their writing assignments before leaving class. Please let me know if your learner would be better served by completing this assignment independently outside of class. 
Assessment
Frequency: Available upon request
Details: Learners are continually assessed on an informal basis by their participation in class exercises, either through verbal explanations, chatbox submissions of answers, or on-screen annotation work. Also, the weekly writing assignments are good demonstrations of learner skills and progress. Please let me know if you have expectations regarding assessment and feedback.

All reading passages are used with permission from The Critical Thinking Company workbooks. 

All classwork is contained within the zoom classroom.