This class continues and expands on Language Arts for Upper Elementary/Middle School Part 1. We continue reading longer and more complex stories and articles  with more advanced vocabulary and structure. We continue working on grammar and learning more about sentences to clarify reading and improve writing.

In this class we will alternate, one day all English and one day all French. then one or two days review and further practice both languages. The goal is full bilingualism so students need to dive in and hold conversations in whichever language is today. No problem if you forget a word; we can talk it over, look it up, or look up an image. That's all part of the fun.

Each day we will read a story, answer some questions or do some learning exercises, and talk over vocabulary, grammar, and other content as it comes up. When we meet new vocabulary and concepts we may look at images or Wikipedia or sometimes a video (monitored and controlled by the teacher).
The grammar will follow the outline of Spectrum Language Arts Grade 4. In this first class we will be focusing on the basics of a sentence, subject and predicate/verb and the various types of sentences; we will look at both English and French and discuss the many similarities and the few but important differences. This preparatory work sets the students up for success in later courses studying sentence structure and writing.
In French we will use selections from Defi 100%, Moi Je Parle Francais, French the Easy Way, and other materials, paralleling the same topics in English for reinforcement. As we are only using short selections, I will make materials available to download and copy.
The class session will be divided into about twenty minutes of formal grammar using texts and workbooks, twenty minutes of oral reading of interesting age and grade appropriate stories, and fifteen minutes of reacting to the stories looking at vocabulary, grammar examples, and comprehension work to be answered in full sentences or short paragraphs.
The pace of the course is always adapted to the learners' needs. The posted coverage is for a student with no particular difficulties. We can always take more time for a student who has missed some topics, and students can take each level two or three times if that is what works.
As the reading abilities and experience of students in this class will vary widely, we will try out a few different books in the first few days to find an appropriate instructional level; the goal is a book which the student can read well enough to comprehend, but challenging  enough that they may need help with perhaps a few words in every hundred. We may also need to explore background knowledge further which  of course is part of the fun and interest.
I have a large collection of literary readers and short story collections to choose from: English -- Canadian Reading Development Series. Holt Rinehart Language Patterns, Nelson Reading For Meaning, Dent Readers, Being Canadian for facts about Canada, and others; French -- Ratus Decouvre Les Livres units 3 and 4, Je Lis collection, Ratus Poche short paperbacks, Tout Mon Quatrieme/Cinquieme/Sixieme Annee, and more.