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Focused Learning Lessons: English Language Arts

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These Focused Learning Lessons were designed for high school students to provide lessons geared toward their individual needs. The lessons use effective methods to target specific content, are based on the standards, benchmarks, and grade-level expectations, and may be used in classes to assist students in learning content for Louisiana's high stakes testing programs.

 

Introduction

 

Composition / Proofreading

  Lesson 1: Capitalization
Reading and Responding Lesson 2: Spelling
Lesson 1: Compare/Contrast Lesson3: Punctuation
Lesson 2: Short Story Elements Lesson 4: Misused Words
Lesson 3: Short Story: Irony Lesson 5: Personal Pronouns
Lesson 4: Character Analysis Lesson 6: Subj/Verb Agr.
Lesson 5: Comparing Characters Lesson 7: Brainstorming
Lesson 6: Tone & Theme Lesson 8: Cluster/Topic Sent.
Lesson 7: Structure of a Poem Lesson 9: Essay Organization
Lesson 8: Relating Main Ideas Lesson 10: Basic Letter
Lesson 9: Drawing Conclusions  
Lesson 10: Theme in Poetry Using Information Resources
Lesson 11: Figurative Language Lesson 1: Timeline
Lesson 12: Compare/Contrast Lesson 2: Outlining
Lesson 13: Drawing Conclusions Lesson 3: Topic Sentence
Lesson 14: Irony & Symbolism Lesson 4: TOC/Index
Lesson 15: Figurative Language Lesson 5: Works Cited Page
Lesson 16: Irony & Theme Lesson 6: Parenthetical Cit.
Lesson 17: Using Technology Lesson 7: Bibliography
Lesson 18: Analyzing Nonfiction Lesson 8: Thesis/Paraphrase
Lesson 19: Comparing Themes Lesson 9: Using the Internet
Lesson 20: Poetry in a Song Lesson 10: Synthesizing Info.