Course units also include significant incorporation of word parts such as prefixes and suffixes. Units include review of base and root words, silent words, and homophones.

Units include review of base and root words, plural nouns, and homophones.

Students not only practice phonics skills, including syllabication and sounding out multisyllabic words, but also incorporate word parts such as prefixes and suffixes. These lessons also reinforce language arts skills including application of the writing process and reading comprehension.

The course also teaches Greek and Latin roots and prefixes to enhance vocabulary and spelling skills.

The course also guides students through readings of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town and Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, as well as selections of and excerpts from well‐known poetry and nonfiction pieces. In addition, students further to develop their abilities in writing through literary critiques, personal essays, poetry, and a research paper.

In addition, students are guided through readings of drama, a novel, and selections of well‐known poetry and short stories. Special topics incorporate research skills, including Internet, library, and reference material use.

The course also shows students how to analyze, evaluate, and interpret a text. In addition, students review parts of speech and their types, including an in‐depth study on verbs.

Students also develop an understanding of sentence structure, providing hands‐on experience with conjunctions, transitions, clauses, and common sentence errors. The course also covers note-taking skills.

Students also develop basic literary comprehension skills through the reading of biographical and
autobiographical pieces, poetry, character analyses, and the newspaper.

Continuing the pattern, and building on what students encountered in the first two years, each week consists of a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, and multimedia cultural presentations covering major French-speaking areas in Europe and the Americas. The course has been carefully aligned to national standards as set forth by ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages).