High School English (9th - 12th Grades) Program

8th Grade

Intensify writing and reading skills.

A Grade Ahead’s High School English program takes the students beyond basic comprehension towards sophisticated analysis and argumentation. The program is designed to develop the students’ literary analysis, critical thinking, writing, and communication skills.

The bedrock of A Grade Ahead’s High School English enrichment program is the instructions provided in virtual classrooms by our highly trained teachers . Students learn advanced skills through:

  • Analytical reading
  • Advanced grammar and vocabulary skills
  • Focused academic writing

Don’t forget, your High Schooler can begin the program at any time throughout the year. Start learning today!

 

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June
Month 1
Comprehension (Foreward, preface, prologue, epilogue, main idea, drama)
Literary Devices -1
July
Month 2
Comprehension (Locating and understanding important details) Literary Devices - 2
August
Month 3
Comprehension (Generalizations, inferences, direct and implied meanings, making comparisons) Literary Devices - 3
Writing (Introductory and transitional words and phrases)
September
Month 4
Grammar (POS, agreement, parallelism)
October
Month 5
Grammar (Punctuation, modifiers, split infinitives, sentence structures, comparatives and superlatives)
November
Month 6
Grammar (Mixed construction, active and passive voice, grammatical errors, editing)
December
Month 7
Vocabulary (Etymology, POS strategies, context clues)
January
Month 8
Vocabulary (Improving your own writing, defining words, triggers and transitions, idioms)
February
Month 9
Vocabulary (Idioms, commonly misused words and phrases, advanced vocabulary and jargon)
March
Month 10
Writing (Essays, purpose, audience, tone, voice, looking closer at the prompt, analysis, counterargument and rebuttal)
April
Month 11
Writing (Prewriting, introductory paragraph, thesis statement, topic sentences, transitions, details and supporting evidence, expository writing)
May
Month 12
Writing (Narratives, persuasive essays, revising and editing)