Landry English 101 & 102...

[Beth in SW WA]

ETA: I registered dd9 for English 102 (Monday 8AM). Guess I'll be buying the CE1 Enhanced and Building Poems after all.... Younger dd can watch the lesson also.

 

Anyone have a scoop on these classes? Experience? Looks like Landry uses MCT materials.

 

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English 101 – English I

Prerequisites: none

Class length: 2 semesters (fall 2012 through spring 2013)

Target grade range: 5th-6th

 

Section 1: Wednesday at 11:00 am

Teacher: Chelle Barnaby

Textbooks: Textbooks are available exclusively from rfwp.com. Only the student texts are required; you won't need to purchase the teacher manuals for the Royal Fireworks Press materials: Grammar Island, Building Language, Music of the Spheres, Sentence Island, and Practice Island. Class literature selections include: The Cricket in Times Square, ISBN: 978-0312380038; In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, ISBN: 9780064401753; Stone Fox, ISBN: 978-0064401326; The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, ISBN: 978-0064402750; The Indian in the Cupboard, ISBN: 978-0375847530; Little House on the Prairie, ISBN: 9780064400022; The Big Wave, ISBN: 978-0064401715; Dangerous Journey, ISBN-13: 978-0802836199; Heidi, ISBN: 978-1402726019; The Jungle Book, ISBN: 978-1402743405; Around the World in Eighty Days, ISBN: 978-1402754272.

 

Description: In our introductory English course, students will build a solid language arts foundation using Royal Fireworks Press’ outstanding curriculum. Starting the year with a grammar intensive, they will cover the parts of speech and will learn to depict in simple graphics a 4-level Grammar Analysis of sentences. Students will also learn the basic aspects of solid sentence structure and will work to craft fine, meaningful sentences. Subsequently, learners will discover the beauty of the English language including poetic forms and literary elements. This course includes an optional online spelling component for those wanting further review or instruction. Employing a whole books methodology, students will be challenged with reading comprehension questions, writing assignments, and dialogue with the teacher and peers. Even if they have read or listened to these books before, students will cultivate a deeper appreciation of the literary elements within the works and will learn to read at deeper levels.

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English 102 – English II

Prerequisites: English 101 or have covered most of the topics listed in the English 101 description (see English 101 description above). It is NOT necessary to have read the literature selections listed in the description of the prerequisite class.

Class length: 2 semesters (fall 2012 through spring 2013)

Target grade range: 5th-6th

 

Section 1: Mondays at 11:00 am

Teacher: Bethany Hathaway

Section 2: Tuesdays at 1:00 pm

Teacher: Bethany Hathaway

 

Textbooks: Textbooks are available exclusively from rfwp.com. Only the student texts are required; you won't need to purchase the teacher manuals for the Royal Fireworks Press materials: Grammar Town, Building Poems, Caesar's English I: Enhanced Edition, Two-Part Set (released March 2012), Paragraph Town, and Practice Town. Class literature selections include A Wrinkle in Time, ISBN: 978-0312367541; Island of the Blue Dolphins, ISBN: 978-0547328614; Where the Red Fern Grows, ISBN: 978-0440412670; A Single Shard, ISBN: 978-0547534268, Holes, ISBN: 978-0374332662; Out of the Dust, ISBN: 978-0590371254.

 

Description: This course is the progression of English 101 and completes the basics of our primary level courses. Building upon skills previously learned, students will continue their grammar instruction moving towards mastery of the 4-level grammar analysis. Students will expand their writing ability and will become proficient at paragraphs and will begin to write basic reports and summaries. Employing a whole books methodology, students will be challenged with reading comprehension questions, writing assignments and dialogue with the teacher and peers. Even if they have read or listened to these books before, students will cultivate a deeper appreciation of literary elements within the works and will learn to read at deeper levels. This course includes an optional online spelling component for those wanting further review or instruction. The goal is for students to become both fluid readers with improved vocabulary and accomplished writers with the ability to craft solid paragraphs by the end of our elementary instruction.

Edited May 3, 2012 by Beth in SW WA