Learning Language Arts Through Literature: The Gray Teacher Book (8th-9th Grades)

36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans. 4 Book Studies (listed in the order they appear): Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich Eric Liddell by Catherine Swift God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, and study skills. Spelling lists each week from the most Commonly Misspelled Words. Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language. Continued study of suffixes, prefixes, and root words prepares students for college testing. PLUS, a five week Writing Unit! Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed! Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice. Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress. Primarily based on dictation, your student will learn all the components of language arts in one easy to use book. Encouraging a love for classical literature, through dictation students learn punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, grammar, creative writing, and more. Each week ten words from the most Commonly Misspelled Word List are used for testing. The Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language. A five week Writing Unit prepares students for high school writing and research as well as continued study in prefixes, suffixes, and roots words. Four Book Studies are designed to expand understanding through various activities involving reading and writing skills. Reviews after most lessons and Assessments are provided for teachers' use for student evaluation.