UNIT 1: SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Lesson 1.1 - The Subject in Unusual Positions
- Screen 1: Lesson 1.1 Topics
- Screen 2: Subject and Predicate Parts
- Screen 3: Inverted Sentences
- Screen 4: Imperative Sentences
- Screen 5: Examples: Subjects before Predicates; Inverted Subjects
- Screen 6: Examples: Sentences with Implied 'You' as the Subject
Lesson 1.2 - Using Adjectives and Adverbs
- Screen 1: Lesson 1.2 Topics
- Screen 2: Using Adjective and Adverbs
- Screen 3: Adjectives
- Screen 4: Adverbs
- Screen 5: Examples: Adjectives Modifying Nouns and Pronouns
- Screen 6: Examples: Adverbs Modifying Verbs, Adjectives, or other Adverbs
- Screen 7: Examples: Choosing between Adjectives and Adverbs
- Screen 8: Examples: Correct Form of Adjectives and Adverbs
- Screen 9: Position of Adverbs in Sentences
Lesson 1.3 - Subject and Object Pronouns
- Screen 1: Lesson 1.3 Topics
- Screen 2: Subject Pronouns
- Screen 3: Subject Pronouns, continued
- Screen 4: Subject Pronouns, continued
- Screen 5: Object Pronouns
- Screen 6: Examples: Object Pronoun
- Screen 7: Examples: Subject Pronoun
- Screen 8: Examples: ‘they’ or ‘them’
- Screen 9: Examples: ‘we’ or ‘us’
- Screen 10: Direct Objects
- Screen 11: Examples: Object and Direct Object Pronouns
- Screen 12: Object of the Preposition
- Screen 13: Examples: Singular and Plural Pronouns
- Screen 14: Examples: Pronouns used as Subjects
- Screen 15: Examples: Object Pronouns (Direct Objects)
- Screen 16: Examples: Objects of the Preposition
Lesson 1.4 - Sentence Designs
- Screen 1: Lesson 1.4 Topics
- Screen 2: N V (Noun-Verb)
- Screen 3: N V N (Noun-Verb-Noun)
- Screen 4: N LV N (Noun-Linking Verb-Noun)
- Screen 5: N LV ADJ (Noun-Linking Verb-Adjective)
- Screen 6: N V N N (Noun-Verb-Noun-Noun)
- Screen 7: Indirect Object
- Screen 8: Example: Indirect Object
- Screen 9: Examples: N V design
- Screen 10: Examples: N V N design
- Screen 11: Examples: N LV N design
- Screen 12: Examples: N LV ADJ design
- Screen 13: Examples: N V N N design
Lesson 1.5 - Verbs after There, Here, and Where
- Screen 1: Lesson 1.5 Topics
- Screen 2: Verbs Following ‘there’
- Screen 3: Verbs Following ‘here’ and ‘where’
- Screen 4: Singular Subject Forms
- Screen 5: Plural Subject Forms
- Screen 6: Examples: Verbs Following ‘there’ and ‘here’
- Screen 7: Examples: Verbs Following ‘here’ and ‘where’
Lesson 1.6 - Using Negatives Correctly
- Screen 1: Lesson 1.5 Topics
- Screen 2: Negatives Words and Double Negatives
- Screen 3: Contractions
- Screen 4: No Words
- Screen 5: Examples: Negative Words
- Screen 6: Examples: Negative Words, continued
- Screen 7: Examples: Double Negatives
UNIT 2: USING PHRASES
Lesson 2.1 - Prepositional Phrases Used as an Adjective or Adverb
- Screen 1: Lesson 2.1 Topics
- Screen 2: Commonly Used Prepositions
- Screen 3: Object of the Preposition and Adjective Phrases
- Screen 4: Adverbs
- Screen 5: Adverb Phrases
- Screen 6: Examples: Prepositional Phrases Used as Adjectives
- Screen 7: Examples: Prepositional Phrases Used as Adverbs
Lesson 2.2 - Verb Phrases
- Screen 1: Lesson 2.2 Topics
- Screen 2: Verb Phrases
- Screen 3: Verbs and Verb Phrases
- Screen 4: Types of Verbs
- Screen 5: State-of-Being Verbs
- Screen 6: Separated Verbs
- Screen 7: Examples: Verb Phrases
- Screen 8: Examples: One Word Verbs
- Screen 9: Examples: State-of-Being Verbs
- Screen 10: Examples: Helping Verbs
- Screen 11: Examples: Separated Verbs
Lesson 2.3 - Be Verbs – Noun Phrases
- Screen 1: Lesson 2.3 Topics
- Screen 2: Noun Phrases, ‘Be’ Verbs and Completers
- Screen 3: Examples of Noun Phrases: Person, Place, and Thing
- Screen 4: ‘Be’ Verbs Used Like Equal Signs
- Screen 5: Direct Objects and Transitive Verbs
- Screen 6: Direct Objects Answering ‘what’
- Screen 7: Examples: ‘Be’ Verbs with Noun Phrases
- Screen 8: Examples: Transitive Verbs with Direct Objects
- Screen 9: Examples: Transitive Verbs with Direct Objects, continued
Lesson 2.4 - Be Verbs – Adjective Phrases
- Screen 1: Lesson 2.4 Topics
- Screen 2: Adjective Phrases
- Screen 3: Completers
- Screen 4: Comparative Adjectives Using ‘er’ or ‘est’ Endings
- Screen 5: Comparative Adjectives Using ‘more’ or ‘most’
- Screen 6: Examples: Adjective Phrases Following a ‘Be’ Verb
- Screen 7: Examples: Adjective Phrases Using ‘er’ or ‘est’ Endings
- Screen 8: Examples: Adjective Phrases Using ‘more’ or ‘most’
Lesson 2.5 - Be Verbs – Adverb Phrases
- Screen 1: Lesson 2.5 Topics
- Screen 2: Adverbs of Place
- Screen 3: Adverbs of Time
- Screen 4: Adverbs of Manner
- Screen 5: Examples: Adverbs of Place
- Screen 6: Examples: Adverbs of Time
Lesson 2.6 - Be Verbs – Prepositional Phrases
- Screen 1: Lesson 2.6 Topics
- Screen 2: Prepositional Phrase as a Completer
- Screen 3: Parts of a Prepositional Phrase
- Screen 4: Examples: ‘Be’ Verbs with Adverbs of Place and Prepositional Phrases
UNIT 3: CONFUSING WORDS
Lesson 3.1 - Special Verbs: Let, Leave; Teach, Learn; Lie, Lay
- Screen 1: Lesson 3.1 Topics
- Screen 2: Distinguishing ‘let’ from ‘leave’
- Screen 3: Use of ‘leave’
- Screen 4: Distinguishing ‘teach’ from ’learn’
- Screen 5: Use of ‘learn’
- Screen 6: Distinguishing ‘lie’ from ‘lay’
- Screen 7: Use of ‘lie’, ‘lay’ and ‘lain’
- Screen 8: Use of ‘lay’
- Screen 9: Examples: Using ‘let’ and ‘leave’
- Screen 10: Examples: Using ‘teach’ and ‘learn’
- Screen 12: Examples: Using ‘lie’ and ‘lay’
- Screen 13: Examples: Using ‘lay’ and ‘laid’
Lesson 3.2 - Special Verbs: Rise, Raise; Sit, Set
- Screen 1: Lesson 3.2 Topics
- Screen 2: Distinguishing ‘rise’ from ‘raise’
- Screen 3: Use of ‘raise’
- Screen 4: Distinguishing ‘sit’ from ‘set’
- Screen 5: Use of ‘set’
- Screen 6: Use of ‘set’, continued
- Screen 7: Examples: Using Sit, Rise, and Raise
Lesson 3.3 - Adjectives: Good, Better, Best, Well, Bad, Worse, Worst
- Screen 1: Lesson 3.3 Topics
- Screen 2: Using Adjectives ‘good’, ‘better’, and ‘best’
- Screen 3: Using Adjectives ‘bad’, ‘worse, and ‘worst’
- Screen 4: Using the Adjective ‘well’
- Screen 5: Examples: Using ‘good’, ‘better’, and ‘best’
- Screen 6: Examples: Using ‘well’, ‘bad’, ‘worse’, and ‘worst’
Lesson 3.4 - Pronouns: Who, Whom, Himself, Herself, Ourselves, Themselves
- Screen 1: Lesson 3.4 Topics
- Screen 2: Use of Pronouns ‘we’ and ‘us’
- Screen 3: Use of Interrogative Pronouns ‘who’ and ‘whom’
- Screen 4: Example of ‘whom’ in the Object Form
- Screen 5: Use of Pronouns ‘himself’ and ‘herself’
- Screen 6: Antecedents Before Pronouns
- Screen 7: Examples of Antecedents Before Pronouns
- Screen 8: Use of Pronouns ‘ourselves’ and ‘themselves’
- Screen 9: Examples: Using ‘we’, and ‘us’
- Screen 10: Examples: Using ‘who’ and ‘whom’
- Screen 11: Examples: Using ‘himself’, and ‘herself’
- Screen 12: Examples: Using ‘ourselves’, ‘themselves’, and Pronouns with an Antecedent
Lesson 3.5 - Homophones and Near Homophones
- Screen 1: Lesson 3.5 Topics
- Screen 2: Use of ‘accept’ and ‘except’
- Screen 3: Use of ‘all ready’ and ‘already’
- Screen 4: Use of ‘capital’ and ‘capitol’
- Screen 5: Use of ‘dessert’ and ‘desert’
- Screen 6: Use of ‘a lot’ and ‘allot’
- Screen 7: Examples: Using ‘accept’, ‘except’, ‘all ready, and ‘already’
- Screen 8: Examples: Using ‘capital’, ‘capitol’, ‘desert’, ‘dessert’, ‘allot’ and ‘a lot’
Lesson 3.6 - More Homophones and Near Homophones
- Screen 1: Lesson 3.6 Topics
- Screen 2: Use of ‘lead’ and ‘led’
- Screen 3: Use of ‘lose’ and ‘loose’
- Screen 4: Use of ‘piece’ and ‘peace’
- Screen 5: Use of ‘principal’ and ‘principle’
- Screen 6: Use of ‘stationary’ and ‘stationery’
- Screen 7: Examples: ‘lead’ and ‘led’
- Screen 8: Examples: Using ‘lose’, ‘loose’, ‘piece’, and ‘peace’
- Screen 9: Examples: Using ‘principle’, ‘principal’, ‘stationary’, and ‘stationery’
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UNIT 4: PARAGRAPH WRITING
Lesson 4.1 - Kinds of Paragraphs
- Screen 1: Lesson 4.1 Topics
- Screen 2: Using Topic and Detail Sentences in Paragraphs
- Screen 3: Kinds of Paragraphs: Narrative
- Screen 4: Main Topic Sentence
- Screen 5: Topic Sentences
- Screen 6: Chronological Order
- Screen 7: Kinds of Paragraphs: Descriptive
- Screen 8: Descriptive Paragraphs, continued
- Screen 9: Organizing Descriptive Paragraphs
- Screen 10: Kinds of Paragraphs: Explanatory
- Screen 11: Example: Explanatory Paragraph
- Screen 12: Ordering Sentences
- Screen 13: Examples: Narrative Paragraphs
- Screen 14: Examples: Descriptive Paragraphs
- Screen 15: Examples: Ideas for Explanatory Paragraphs
Lesson 4.2 - Outlines
- Screen 1: Lesson 4.2 Topics
- Screen 2: Taking Notes and Making Outlines
- Screen 3: Steps in Planning a Report
- Screen 4: Outline Parts
- Screen 5: Examples: History of Baseball Outline
- Screen 6: Examples: History of Airplanes Outline
- Screen 7: Examples: Directions for Making a Cake Outline
- Screen 8: Examples: Directions for Making a Cake Outline, continued
Lesson 4.3 - Written Reports
- Screen 1: Lesson 4.3 Topics
- Screen 2: Preparing to Write
- Screen 3: Table of Contents
- Screen 4: Index
- Screen 5: Taking Notes
- Screen 6: Recording Quotations
- Screen 7: Guidelines for Organizing a Report
- Screen 8: Guidelines for Organizing a Report, continued
- Screen 9: Starting to Write
- Screen 10: Bibliography
- Screen 11: Story Writing
- Screen 12: Techniques for Good Story Writing
- Screen 13: Example of a Report
- Screen 14: Example of a Report, continued
- Screen 15: Examples: Describing the Report
- Screen 16: Example of a Story
- Screen 17: Example of a Story, continued
- Screen 18: Example of a Story, continued
- Screen 19: Examples: Describing the Story
Lesson 4.4 - Fact and Opinion
- Screen 1: Lesson 4.4 Topics
- Screen 2: Facts
- Screen 3: True by Definition or True by Observation
- Screen 4: Opinions
- Screen 5: Facts or Opinions
- Screen 6: Examples: Facts
- Screen 7: Examples: Opinions
Lesson 4.5 - Proofreading and Editing
- Screen 1: Lesson 4.5 Topics
- Screen 2: Proofreading
- Screen 3: Error Free Work
- Screen 4: Well-Written Sentences
- Screen 5: Run-on Sentences
- Screen 6: Stringy Sentences
- Screen 7: Connected Sentences
- Screen 8: Clear Expression of Thought
- Screen 9: Editing
- Screen 10: Ideas to Consider when Editing
- Screen 11: Editing Symbols
- Screen 12: Editing Symbols, continued
- Screen 13: After Editing
- Screen 14: Examples: Run-on Sentences
- Screen 15: Examples: Stringy Sentences
UNIT 5: DICTIONARY AND REFERENCE MATERIALS
Lesson 5.1 - Alphabetizing and Guide Words
- Screen 1: Lesson 5.1 Topics
- Screen 2: Entry Words and Alphabetical Order
- Screen 3: Alphabetized Words
- Screen 4: Alphabetical Order
- Screen 5: Dictionaries
- Screen 6: Guide Words
- Screen 7: Using Guide Words
- Screen 8: Examples: Alphabetizing by Letter Placement
- Screen 9: Examples: Using Guide Words
Lesson 5.2 - Common Reference Materials
- Screen 1: Lesson 5.2 Topics
- Screen 2: Types of References
- Screen 3: Dictionaries
- Screen 4: Dictionaries: Definitions
- Screen 5: Dictionaries: Pronunciation
- Screen 6: Dictionary Pronunciation Key
- Screen 7: Dictionary Pronunciation: Accents and Hyphens
- Screen 8: Dictionaries: Spelling
- Screen 9: Example: Dictionary Word
- Screen 10: Encyclopedias and Atlases
- Screen 11: Almanacs
- Screen 12: Newspapers and Magazines
- Screen 13: InfoTrac
- Screen 14: Thesaurus
- Screen 15: Using a Thesaurus
- Screen 16: Other Reference Materials
- Screen 17: Examples: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Atlases, Almanacs
- Screen 18: Examples: Newspapers, Magazines, Thesauruses
Lesson 5.3 - Fiction and Non-Fiction
- Screen 1: Lesson 5.3 Topics
- Screen 2: Non-Fiction
- Screen 3: Fiction
- Screen 4: Examples: Non-Fiction and Fiction Books
Lesson 5.4 - Library Media Skills
- Screen 1: Lesson 5.4 Topics
- Screen 2: Library Card Catalogs
- Screen 3: Card Information
- Screen 4: Sample Card
- Screen 5: Dewey Decimal System
- Screen 6: Dewey Decimal System Categories
- Screen 7: Dewey Decimal System Categories, continued
- Screen 8: Finding Fiction Books
- Screen 9: Author Card
- Screen 10: Title Card
- Screen 11: Subject Card
Lesson 5.5 - Internet Research
- Screen 1: Lesson 5.5 Topics
- Screen 2: Internet Terms: ‘http’
- Screen 3: Internet Terms: ‘www.’, ‘search engine’
- Screen 4: Examples of Search Engines
- Screen 5: Surfing the Web
- Screen 6: Internet Terms: ‘hardware’, ‘software’, ‘internet’, ‘server’
- Screen 7: Internet Terms: ‘keywords’, ‘browser’
- Screen 8: Internet Terms: ‘Boolean logic’, ‘url’, ‘protocol’
- Screen 9: Internet Terms: ‘domains’
- Screen 10: Internet Terms: ‘file name’
- Screen 11: Determining a Good Web site
- Screen 12: Determining a Good Web site, continued
- Screen 13: Determining a Good Web site, continued
- Screen 14: Determining a Good Web site, continued
- Screen 15: Examples: Online Resources
- Screen 16: Examples: Protocol, Domain and File Names
UNIT 6: WRITING FORMATS
Lesson 6.1 - Letters and Correspondence
- Screen 1: Lesson 6.1 Topics
- Screen 2: Letter Writing
- Screen 3: Friendly Letters
- Screen 4: Letter Parts: Heading
- Screen 5: Letter Parts: Greeting and Body
- Screen 6: Letter Parts: Closing and Signature
- Screen 7: Example of a Friendly Letter
- Screen 8: Social Notes; Thank You Note
- Screen 9: Example: Thank You Note
- Screen 10: Invitations and R.S.V.P.’s
- Screen 11: Example: Invitation
- Screen 12: Example: Acceptance Note
- Screen 13: Example: Note of Regret
- Screen 14: Business Letters
- Screen 15: Letter Parts: Heading and Inside Address
- Screen 16: Letter Parts: Greeting
- Screen 17: Letter Parts: Body
- Screen 18: Letter Parts: Closing and Signature
- Screen 19: Business Letter Formats
- Screen 20: Example: Modified Block Form
- Screen 21: Example: Block Form
Lesson 6.2 - Similes and Metaphors
- Screen 1: Lesson 6.2 Topics
- Screen 2: Figures of Speech
- Screen 3: Similes
- Screen 4: Similes vs. Clichés
- Screen 5: Similes Using ‘like’ or ‘as’
- Screen 6: Metaphors
- Screen 7: Personification
- Screen 8: Examples: Similes
- Screen 9: Examples: Metaphors
- Screen 10: Examples: Personification
Lesson 6.3 - Summary and Compositions
- Screen 1: Lesson 6.3 Topics
- Screen 2: Compositions
- Screen 3: Introductory Paragraph
- Screen 4: Types of Compositions
- Screen 5: Explanatory Composition
- Screen 6: Summary
- Screen 7: Choosing a Subject
- Screen 8: Narrowing a Subject and Details
- Screen 9: Organizing Compositions
- Screen 10: Writing the Introduction
- Screen 11: Writing the Body
- Screen 12: Writing the Conclusion
- Screen 13: Checking for Errors
- Screen 14: Examples: Labeled Composition
- Screen 15: Examples: Labeled Composition, continued
- Screen 16: Examples: Labeled Composition, continued
- Screen 17: Examples: Labeled Composition, continued
- Screen 18: Examples: Labeled Composition, continued
Lesson 6.4 - Writing Persuasive Articles
- Screen 1: Lesson 6.4 Topics
- Screen 2: Persuasive Articles
- Screen 3: Parts of a Persuasive Composition
- Screen 4: Persuasive Techniques
- Screen 5: Editorials and Advertisements
- Screen 6: Examples: Classified Ad
- Screen 7: Examples: Advertisement
- Screen 8: Examples: Editorial
- Screen 9: Examples: Letter to the Editor
- Screen 10: Examples: Persuasive Composition
Lesson 6.5 - Kinds of Poetry
- Screen 1: Lesson 6.5 Topics
- Screen 2: Poems
- Screen 3: Alliteration and Assonance
- Screen 4: Consonance
- Screen 5: Onomatopoeia
- Screen 6: Repetition
- Screen 7: Rhyme
- Screen 8: Stanzas
- Screen 9: Syllables
- Screen 10: Types of Poetry: Haiku
- Screen 11: Examples: Haiku
- Screen 12: Types of Poetry: Tankas
- Screen 13: Types of Poetry: Cinquains
- Screen 14: Types of Poetry: Limerick
- Screen 15: Types of Poetry: Free Verse
APPENDIX
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