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LANGUAGE ARTSCURRICULUM DESIGN

The Secondary Tier

MICHAEL CLAY THOMPSON

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This implementation model appliesto the upper tier of the MCT curriculum,including The Word Within the Word,The Magic Lens, the 4Practice series,

and the top three poetry texts.

All MCT language arts textsare based on the belief

that students need challenging academics,and that academics are inherently thrilling.

Language artsis the core of all content.

If we can make students better at language arts,

it will help them in every class.

Grammar Town 1

Grammar TownMichael Clay Thompson

Art by Milton N. Kemnitz

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Michael Clay ThompsonArt by Milton N. Kemnitz

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Grammar Voyage

GRAMMAR

PRACTICE

POETICS

VOCABULARY

WRITING Coming soon.

What are the principles of a powerfulacademic program of language arts?

How do the MCT textsfit together?

What is the sequenceof instruction?

For teachers, school systems,and home-school parents who wish

to implement an MCT-based program,here are some fundamental principles

and strategies. They can bemodified for optimum fit.

Launch

grammar

first.

Academic writing depends upon a prior knowledge

of grammar concepts and standards.

Punctuation rules are grammar-intensive.

A four-level grammar launchmust precede the instruction

of academic writing.

All MCT texts usethe MCT 4-Level analysis strategy for comprehensivegrammar instruction.

Start with grammar. It is the foundation for punctuation, writing, and vocabulary usage. Use the first section of the grammar book in the first quarter, and follow up with the Loops chapters, with application, and with the practice book throughout the year.

Use the language of grammar continuously in discussing vocabulary usage, punctuation, and writing.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

Latin-based

Vocabulary.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

WWW is a Latin/Greek-based program for learning English vocabulary. It is designed for high challenge.

WWW provides a lesson for each week of the year. You can begin WWW in the same early weeks as Magic Lens, but as soon as possible, begin using the parts of speech to discuss correct word usage.

This vocabulary is a foundation for the advanced words in all subjects.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

Continuous

Four-Level

Practice.

The Magic Lens has a compactintroduction followed by Loop chaptersthat provide review and reinforcement.

This can be powerfully supplementedby the 4Practice text, which

gives teachers or parents 100 4-level sentences(three per week for a year)

for continuous reinforcement.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

The practice books are designed to be used flexiblyafter the lecture section of The Magic Lens is completed.

Each page gives a four-level analysis problem. The problems are organized into four 25-page sections, each section focusing on one of the four levels of grammar. Study in sequence or pick and choose.

The practice books also reinforce the vocabulary of the companion vocabulary book.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

The four-level analysesin the 4Practice series combine and

reinforce the grammar and vocabularycontents. Each grammar sentence contains

words or stems from The Word Within the Word.

A sample page from the teacher manual of

4Practice, Volume Two.

A sample page from the teacher manual of

4Practice, Volume Two.

Quarterly

papers.

Formal, standard, academic writingis the essential genre of writing

for all students who intend to advancethrough challenging high school classes

and on to college.

College papers are rarely submittedas journals or as short stories.

The formal, academic paperis too complex to master in one pass.

Students must be givenlayers of opportunity

to accumulate mastery.

A combination of quarterlymajor papers and more frequent

one-page MLA point papers--with formal essays on literature tests--

provides a continuous program.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

Advanced Academic Writing teaches students the elements of standard academic writing,using the MLA research model as the format preference.

Academic writing takes time and practice. Rather than doing one major term paper during the year, students get four: one major formal project per quarter term, giving them a chance to learn this complex skill in increments.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

Continuous,

rigorous

literature.

One or two classics per yearare not sufficient to change

students’ reading comprehension.

Low-vocabulary books or dumbed-down booksdo not create growth in comprehension.

A rigorous program of in-class and outside readingis required. The outside readingshould allow for student choiceof titles, guided by the teacher.

Students should be readingevery month of every year.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

Students should read an extensive list of classic works that are the common experience of educated individuals in the world.

The in-class titles are great books that are assigned, and that are evaluated with quizzes and essay tests.

The student should perceive most books as being hard to read, i.e., challenging.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

in-class

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

in-class

We tend to assign everything, but students need choice. The outside classics are chosen by the student with guidance.

They are designed to double the reading quantity and to give students a reader’s--rather than a student’s--experience.

They are therefore best evaluated with amiable conversations, book talks.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

outside

in-class

In conjunction with the literature program,students can write MLA point papers,

one-page MLA mini-papers on points of literary interpretation.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

In addition to the four major papers assigned in Advanced Academic Writing, students can do MLA point papers--one page mini-MLA papers in response to the literature they are reading.

Essay-based literature tests can further expand the students’ experience with formal, standard English.

The guiding concept for students at this point is the realization of what a standard is, and that standards are real.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

Serious

poetics.

Poetic devices are commonin great prose, as in classic novels.

Poetic devices are also an important elementof all outstanding writing.

These elements are not learned from prose;they are learned from a serious study

of poetry and poetics.

Poetry is an academic training groundfor great reading and great writing.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

The poetry books can be woven into the assignment matrix as is convenient, with the proviso that student writing will benefit from an alert sense of sound.

Poetry is crucial core content because it is the training ground not only for itself but for advanced prose, and therefore for advanced reading and writing.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

REVIEW

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

The practice books are designed to be used flexibly,after lecture section of The Magic Lens is completed.

Each page gives a four-level analysis problem. The problems are organized into four 25-page sections, each section focusing on one of the four levels of grammar. Study in sequence, or pick and choose.

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

in-class

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

outside

in-class

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3

MLA PAPER 4

BOOK BOOKMLA PAPER 4

FOUR-LEVELGRAMMAR

MLA PAPER 1

MLA PAPER 2

MLA PAPER 3 PO

SUMMARY

Launch grammar first.

Latin-based Vocabulary

Academic Writing

Academic Poetics

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