Language Arts II

hrough historical fiction, students in Language Arts 2 learn the stories of 17th-19th century America—narratives about Native Americans, European immigrants, indentured and enslaved peoples. Students continue to learn the art of writing structured paragraphs, building on the skills they have already acquired, using stories they read and discuss in class as starting points for a variety of writing tasks. They continue their study of English grammar by studying the properties of the parts of speech and parts of the English sentence. 

Language Arts 2 guides upper elementary and middle school students in mastering the habits of attentive reading and clear writing. Building on the foundation developed in Language Arts 1, students continue to learn and apply the rules for excellent grammar. Assignments include grammar exercises, quizzes, games, and creative writing.  Students read several chapters from a novel each week.

Dependent upon the needs and home-schooling style of each family, Language Arts 2 can be taken as a graded or not-graded class.  With either option, the teacher provides corrections and comments on both grammar and writing assignments. 

Section A meets once per week, with the first hour devoted to instruction in grammar and the second hour focused on discussion of literature and writing.  

Section B meets twice per week: Tuesdays is devoted to literature/writing and Fridays to grammar. Although we strongly recommend that students take the full course—Literature/Writing and Grammar—Dr. Baumert (Section B instructor) allows students to enroll in one component—either Grammar alone or Literature/Writing alone.