Middle School Language Arts

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Summary: Middle School Language Arts
Review: Understanding and command of the English language are essential to success in school, business and life. Presentation of knowledge, ideas and opinions depend on your ability to concisely and effectively communicate them to your teachers, fellow-students, colleagues, friends, family and the general public. Mastery of the essential elements of Language in middle school will give you a head start on the road to academic success. With an emphasis on learning by doing. Activities and exercises provide fundamental skill-building that is vital to your mastery of language arts. Much like a personal tutor, the Pro One Middle School Language Arts box set allows you to progress at your own pace while interactive exercises, high-resolution graphics, practice games, and mastery testing encourage in-depth study and learning.

Grade 4

Reading selections - Dinosaurs
Remembering details
Separating fact from fiction
Spelling emphasis - consonant clusters, dipthongs, vowel sounds.

Grade 5

Reading selections - Ancient Greece and Rome
Comprehending main ideas and logical relationships
Metaphors and similes
Dialogue
Spelling emphasis - Schwa sounds, unstressed syllables, adding -ing, homophones, homographs, and rhymes.

Grade 6

Reading Selection - Airplanes and Flight
Use of persuasive techniques
Metaphors and similes
Spelling emphasis - "sh" sounds, suffixes, -ace, -ice, -ence.

Grade 7

Reading Selection - U.S. Presidents
Inferences and drawing conclusions
Spelling emphasis - words of foreign origin, prefix re-, suffix -ly.

Grade 8

Reading Selection - Computers
Discerning author's purpose, making inferences, relating themes to personal experience