Focuses on learning letters and sounds, emphasizes the letters of the alphabet. Instructs on the use of sounds and letters in the formation of words.

Focuses on words and sentences. Introduces nouns and adjectives and emphasizes sentence structure and style.

Focuses on and introduces the writing process. Explores organization of writing through the use of graphic organizers.

Focus on sentences. Emphasize sentence and style, incorporates punctuation, capitalization and sentence types.

• Grammar
• Punctuation.
• Spelling
• Sentence structure
• Use of abbreviations to spell frequently used words.
• Use of comma prefixes and suffixes.
• Use of compound words.
• Use of irregular plurals correctly.
• Divide words into syllables
• Identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs.
• Understand sentence structures, ie subject and predicate.
• Construct simple and compound sentences.
• Form irregular plurals.
• Use exclamation marks appropriately.
• Use the apostrophe in common contractions.
• Use synonyms and antonyms.
• Use quotation marks correctly.
• Identify various parts of speech.
• Use verb tenses correctly and appropriately
• Use simple and compound sentences and vary their structure.

• Focuses on oral and visual
• Designing posters
• Creating Writing articles captions
• Acrostic poem
• Short speech

• Create simple media works.
• Identify basic elements of text and basic techniques of that help convey the message in print and media materials

• Focuses on strand of writing.
• Creating a web and using it for paragraph creation.
• Using idea boxes for writing stories showing a beginning, middle and end.
• Completion of closed passages and editing given paragraphs.
• Building sentences.
• Paragraph writing.
• Use connecting words correctly to link ideas.

• Misspelled words
• Syllabification
• Singular and Plural forms of Nouns
• Quotation marks in Sentences
• Titles
• Simple , Compound, Complex sentences
• Prefixes, Period, Questions mark
• Exclamation mark
• Comma
• Root words
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Suffixes
• Phrases
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Antecedents

• Poetry
• Produce Stories
• Letters
• Instructions

• Communicate ideas t0 specific audiences
• Produce media text
• Produce pieces of writing using a variety of terms, techniques and resources
• Select words and phrases to create special effects
• Identify various types of media works
• Analyse media work
• Identify the main characteristics of some familiar media
• Identify descriptive and figurative language in oral and media text

• Focuses on reading and research

• This section should be completed when the student first accesses the program.
• Skills are developed here so that students are able to effectively complete activities in the different Locations

• Identify and name major parts of a sentence
• Use modifiers, including prepositional phrases, correctly and with increasing effectiveness
• Use a variety of sentence structures
• Know and apply conventions in Simple, compound and complex sentences
• Use a variety of subordinate clauses correctly and appropriately for their purposes

• Use periods consistently after initials, after abbreviations containing lower-case letters and in decimal numbers
• Use parentheses appropriately

• Know spelling conventions and apply them to familiar and unfamiliar words
• Use and spell correctly the vocabulary for these grades
• Spell a wide variety of commonly used word
• Identify some generalizations about spelling and use them to spell difficult and unfamiliar words
• Use a variety of resources to spell difficult and unfamiliar words
• Understand the vocabulary and language structures appropriate for this grade

The tutorial focuses on narrative elements of plot setting and character. They complete a variety of activities including a detailed plot graph.

This tutorial focuses on poetic devices (Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Simily, Metaphor, and Personification)

• Creating song lyrics for accompany music
• Creation of a parody of a nursery rhyme, and childhood memory poem
• Writing a dramatic monologue

Focuses on script writing, how to write a dialogue for a play.

• The writing process is followed as students compose a monologue and play script

This section focuses on writing skills for the real World of work.

• Memo – Form and structure
• E-Mail – Components of an E-Mail
• Business Letter – Format of a business letter

Focus is placed on linking paragraphs and using a variety of sentence structures

• Identify various types of media works
• Create a variety of media works
• Analyze and interpret media works
• Use the conventions of oral language
• Listen to organize and classify information and thinking
• Produce media texts using writing and materials from other media
• Use special terminology
• Describe the function of different elements in various media
• Rehearse and revise materials to prepare for presentations