英語語言藝術一對一私人輔導

Learners are welcome to share their work/homework from other English Language Arts classes that they may be taking, either at a regular school or in another online program if they require help with it so that Pamela can explain it to them in another way that helps them to understand what is required to complete said task.

The content being taught each week will be learner-driven.

The areas of skill and knowledge being taught and practiced in this class include but are not limited to:

- Reading
          - Phonics
          - Comprehension
          - Read aloud
          - Prediction
          - Retelling 
          - Narration

- Writing
          - Brainstorm
          - Mind map
          - Word storm
          - Summarise
          - Paraphrase
          - Letters and emails
          - Cloze passages
          - Sentence writing
          - Paragraph writing
          - Essay writing
          - Creative writing
          - Informative writing
          - Persuasive writing

- Vocabulary
          - Context
          - Meaning
          - Who, what, where, when, why, which, whose, whom

- Spelling
          - Varieties of English
          - Consonants and vowels
          - Consonant clusters
          - Homophones

- Grammar
          - Punctuation
          - Parts of Speech
          - Tenses
          - Signs
          - Active/passive
          - Questions

- Listening
          - Dictation
          - Rephrase
          - Songs
          - Cloze listening
          - Tone/Attitude/Emotion
          - Inferring
          - Taking notes

- Speaking
          - Telephone conversations
          - Singing
          - Tongue twisters
          - Mouth exercises specifically for the English language
          - Links and pauses
          - Emphasis

- Pronunciation
          - Intonation
          - Syllables
          - Rhythm
          - Stress
          - Reductions
          - Repetition
          - Rhyme
          - Alliteration
          - Voiced or unvoiced
          - TH

In the places around the world where I have had experience with homeschooling, the average amount of hours required where there are stipulated requirements is approximately 800 hours per year. This is usually recommended to be divided up over 180 days, which equates to approximately 4 to 5 hours per day. However, there are 365 usable days per year, which equates to just 2.5 hours per day. Personally, we aim for 2.5 hours per day of structured learning, and at least 1 hour per day of unstructured learning over 6 days per week. This equates to 15 hours of structured learning per week.

This course on Outschool provides 1 hour towards this weekly total of structured learning, and completing related tasks outside of this course for this course should equate to approximately the same amount of hours again, providing that learners follow-up with their work. Therefore, a further 13 hours may need to be accounted for if you are in a jurisdiction that require a minimum amount of hours. You may need to schedule more than one section of this class to work towards this total if required. 

Even if your jurisdiction does not require set hours, this schedule is still useful as a guide to ensure that your learner is reaching their full potential. My jurisdiction does not require any minimum amount of hours of homeschooling, just set levels of achievement in skills and knowledge to be met. This guide to scheduling approximately 800 hours per year helps us to achieve said levels of achievement. 

In my homeschool, these circa 800 hours are divided in the following way:

English Language Arts: 200 hours, which includes c. 30 hours of LOTE, which helps learners practice English through comparing and contrasting languages, without realising that they are practicing English!

Mathematics: 200 hours

Science: 160 hours 
   - Biology: 40 hours
   - Chemistry: 40 hours
   - Physics: 40 hours
   - Earth and Space Science: 40 hours

Social Science: 160 hours
   - Geography: 40 hours
   - History: 40 hours
   - Civics and Citizenship: 40 hours
   - Economics and Business: 40 hours

Music: 10 hours + recreation
Visual Arts: 10 hours + recreation
Media Arts: 10 hours + recreation
Dance: 10 hours + recreation
Drama: 10 hours + recreation
Design Technology: 10 hours + recreation
Digital Technology: 10 hours + recreation
Health and Physical Education: 10 hours + recreation