FuelEd Anywhere Learning System (ALS)
English Skills XII
Grade Level 12
English Skills XII introduces students to a variety of topics including:
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British literature
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elements of drama
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etymology
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literary periods
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literary devices
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poetry
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prose
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diagramming sentences
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letter combinations
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root words
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TEACHERS' GUIDE
Grade Level 12
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The Anywhere Learning System (ALS) English Skills XII course is part of an integrated series of titles for grade levels
9–12. Combining instruction in the areas of Reading, Vocabulary, and Language Usage, the English Skills courseware provides a complete High
School English course when coupled with the companion Literature titles. The ALS Literature courses are composed of four titles that represent a
guided study of a broad range of classic works of literature. The complete text of each of these classic works is presented within the lesson. Each
lesson provides an introduction to the chapters that will be read and provides interactive study aids similar to a reference library in a classroom.
COURSE FEATURES:
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Literature and English Skills is presented as a collection of year-long
courses.
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All lessons contain a study guide, a practice test, and mastery test. Most
lessons have an essay or constructed response.
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Lessons include a variety of essay types such as descriptive, persuasive,
expository, and letter writing. Students will also complete a self-evaluation
form to assess their performance.
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These courses are certified by MetaMetrics with a Lexile score.
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Some courses are enriched by Encyclopædia Britannica Online School
Edition (EB) workspaces that contain learning materials. Learning
materials may contain articles, games, images, maps, and/or videos.
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TEACHERS' GUIDE
Grade Level 12
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
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The content in these courses is designed to meet and exceed the requirements of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) for
the Standards of English Language Arts.
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The Literature lessons provide a broad exposure to literature, enabling the student to acquire the necessary skills to understand and
appreciate literature for a lifetime.
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Students will study the human condition through the exploration of the universal themes of literature, literary terms, devices and forms, and
their application to life.
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The Usage component of both the Literature and English Skills titles offers extensive focus on the convention of writing which includes
parts of speech, proper sentence structure, and sentence diagramming.
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Students are taught to identify grammar pitfalls that include subject/verb disagreement, tense shifts, double negatives, fragments and runon sentences, parallelism, and misused words. Sentence mechanics are addressed in each course. Lessons also provide instruction on
capitalization and punctuation.
ALS POWERPACK
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The Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition (EB) has teacher resources and student learning materials. The materials include a wide
range of interactive lessons, research projects, animations, and worksheets that support many ALS lessons. Each workspace may contain an
article, diagram, study guide, video, or interactive media.
The launch icon for EB objects is located at the top of the ALS screen in the study
guide section.
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TEACHERS' GUIDE
Grade Level 12
COURSE CONTENT
Course
Name
Number of
Lessons
Length of
Course in
Semesters
Grade
Levels
Lexile
Measure
English Skills XII
34
2
12
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A Four-Step Approach: Study Guide, Practice Test, Mastery Test, and Essay, defines the instructional environment.
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The Study Guide module provides a text- and graphics-based delivery of material that is reinforced by pictures and diagrams supported by
a wealth of content. Study Guides teach the concepts and skills associated with each lesson. A number of the Study Guide pages have
specific, interactive feedback that will assist students in solving problems or understanding concepts.
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The Practice Test module allows students to practice the skills learned in the Study Guide section. The student has instant access to the
study material for reference.
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In the Mastery Test module, the student takes a scored examination and then electronically submits the test. The results are recorded in
the ALS Management System.
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The Essay module allows the student to compose individual, free-form answers to a wide variety of questions and problems.
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SCOPE & SEQUENCE
Grade Level 12
Lesson Name
Lesson Content
Activities
Reading Skills
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Reading - British
Literature 1
Periods of English Literature: Classical Period - 1200 B.C. to 455 A.D.; Medieval Period
- 455 A.D. to 1485; Renaissance and the Commonwealth Period - 1485 to 1660
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Persuasive
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Reading - British
Literature 2
Periods of English Literature: Neoclassical Period - 1660 to 1790; Romantic Period 1790 to 1830; Victorian Period - 1832 to 1901; Edwardian Era - 1901-1910; Modernism 1914 to 1945; Post-Modernism Period - 1945 to the present
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Persuasive
3
Reading - Compare &
Contrast
Definition and examples of comparing and contrasting ideas, events, characters, etc.;
similarities and differences
Essay: Compare and Contrast
4
Reading - Connotation
& Denotation
Recognize the denotation and connotation of a word in a sentence
Essay: Persuasive
5
Reading - Drama
Elements and types of drama: tragedy, melodrama, comedy, modern drama
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Persuasive
6
Reading - Etymology
History of words derived from names and places
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Short Answer
7
Reading - Foreign
Phrases 1
Understanding examples of foreign phrases
Essay: Short Answer
8
Reading - Foreign
Phrases 2
Understanding examples of foreign phrases
Essay: Persuasive
9
Reading - Foreign
Phrases 3
Understanding examples of foreign phrases
Essay: Expository
10
Reading - Foreign
Terms 1
Examples of common foreign terms used in the English language
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Letter Writing
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Grade Level 12
Lesson Name
Activities
Examples of common foreign terms used in the English language
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Short Report
Reading - Genres and
Literary Periods
Almanac, anecdote, anthology, antithesis, aphorism, carpe diem, character types
(round, flat, static, dynamic), conceit, connotation, convention, denotation, Electra
complex, epigram, epigraph, epilogue, epitaph, epithet, foil, hamartia, metonymy, mock
epic, narration, Oedipus complex, order: (spatial order, chronological order, order of
importance, and logical order), oxymoron, pastoral, prologue, prose, pseudonym, pun,
sarcasm, stream-of-consciousness, subplot, synecdoche, tragic flaw, universal themes
of literature
Study: EB Learning Material
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Reading - Language
Arts Terms
Genre, Latin literature, Age of Reason, Classical literature, contemporary literature,
diary, didactic literature, dystopian literature, Enlightenment, epistolary novel, Gilded
Age, Gothic novel, Harlem Renaissance, Humanism, journal, novels of local color,
memoirs, Middle Ages, Modernism, Naturalism, Neoclassicism, novel, novel of
manners, novella, picaresque novel, Post-modernism, Realism, regional novel,
Renaissance, Romanticism, sentimental novel, short story, Transcendentalism, and the
Victorian Age of literature
Study: EB Learning Material
14
Reading - Literary
Devices
Literary devices: alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, figurative language,
personification, hyperbole, parallelism, antitheses, apostrophe, epithet, metonymy,
synecdoche
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Descriptive
15
Reading - Metaphors
and Similes
Definition of metaphor and simile; use of metaphors and similes in literature
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Persuasive
16
Reading - Outcomes
and Conclusions
Definition of outcome and conclusion; using flashback and symbolism to predict
outcomes and conclusions
Essay: Narrative
17
Reading - Poetry
Elements of poetry; rhyme types; ballad; limerick; haiku; elegy; sonnet; ode; saga
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Persuasive
11
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Reading - Foreign
Terms 2
Lesson Content
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SCOPE & SEQUENCE
Grade Level 12
Lesson Name
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Reading - Prefixes
and Suffixes
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Lesson Content
Activities
Definition and examples of commonly used prefixes and suffixes
Essay: Short Answer
Reading Propaganda and Bias
Use of propaganda and bias in various forms of written works; loaded words; name
calling; bandwagon; testimonials; statistics
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Poster
Reading - Prose
Elements of prose; types of prose: mysteries; short stories; novels; biographies;
autobiographies; formal and informal essays; narrative, descriptive, expository, and
persuasive essays
Study: EB Learning Material
Essay: Paragraph
Usage Skills
21
Usage - Adverbs
Definition and use of adverbs; negative adverbs; degrees of comparison
Essay: Short Answer
22
Usage - Clauses
Review
Review of adjective, adverb, and noun clauses
Essay: Descriptive
23
Usage - Diagramming
Phrases
Review phrases; diagramming of participial phrases, gerunds, and infinitives
Essay: Short Answer
24
Usage - Diagramming
Sentences
Diagramming imperative sentences and sentences with compound subjects and verbs
Essay: Short Answer
25
Usage - Nouns
Nouns as subjects; proper and common nouns; concrete and abstract nouns; compound
nouns
Essay: Short Answer
26
Usage - Parts of
Speech
Review of the eight parts of speech
Essay: Short Answer
27
Usage - Punctuation
Correct usage of italics, parentheses, dash, and hyphen in sentences
Essay: Paragraph
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Grade Level 12
Lesson Name
Lesson Content
Activities
28
Usage - Usage
Problems
Correct usage of grammar including double subjects; learn/teach; leave/let;
some/somewhat; than/then; a/an
Essay: Letter Writing
29
Usage - Verbs
Identify action and state of being verbs; verb tenses (past, present, future); irregular
verbs; subject-verb agreement
Essay: Narrative
Vocabulary Skills
30
Vocab - Letter
Combinations
Review of sounds made by /au/ and /aw/; students identify /au/ and /aw/ sounds in
words
31
Vocab - Root WordsWord Families
Root words without spelling changes; root words with spelling changes; changing the
first or last letters to form word families
Essay: Short Answer
32
Vocab - Two Sounds
for C
Hard c and soft c explained; examples of words containing both sounds; students
identify hard and soft c in words
Essay: Narrative
33
Vocab - Two Sounds
for G
Hard /g/ and soft /g/ explained; examples of words containing both sounds; students
identify hard and soft /g/ in words
Essay: Short Answer
34
Vocab - Two Sounds
for S
Students identify words with the soft sound of s /s/ and the hard sound of s /z/
Essay: Short Answer
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