WORDLY WISE 3000 + GRAMMAR SKILLS 

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Description and Objectives:

Since a rich vocabulary is essential to successful reading comprehension, student word knowledge is strongly linked to academic success. Worldly Wise 3000 is designed to help students in all grades improve their vocabulary development by furthering their understanding of new words and concepts. Furthermore, grammar skills will be enhanced through a review of basic principles and exercise drills. 

Wordly Wise 3000 - Classroom Teaching and Evaluation Outline

• Thorough review of each vocabulary word: personal experience chart, pronunciation, definition, parts of speech, etymologies, derivations, use in sentences, synonyms, antonyms 

• Complete all exercises (collectively to start; individually thereafter)

• Create new descriptive sentences using each word (or any form of the word)

• Understanding words as used in context (reading passage) with comprehension questions

• Grammar lessons and exercises built in to each class 

Evaluations:

• Using words in original creative or personal paragraph writing 

• Quiz after every lesson; Mid-term and final test

每期/每年级共30小时（30堂课）

Preparing for High School English Studies

Through Short Fiction and Poetry 

Students will read a series of challenging Grade 9-10 level stories and poems from a variety of authors and time periods. They will become acquainted with a wide range of writing forms and styles, and relevant questions for literary analysis, while also gaining skills that will help them read and respond to the texts they encounter. Furthermore, the craft of writing will be explored by closely examining any challenging vocabulary used by authors as well as by understanding basic and complicated grammatical structures found in their texts. By the end of the course, students will have developed a solid understanding of each of the following areas, which will serve them well for their literary studies in high English classes and beyond:

Elements of Literature: character, plot, theme, dialogue, point of view, tone, mood, etc.

Literary and Poetic Devices: similes, metaphors, symbolism, foreshadowing, irony, hyperbole 

                                                + dozens more 

Writing: syntax, essay writing (thesis, paragraph development), idioms, conciseness, and more

Vocabulary: definitions, parts of speech, etymology, derivations, understanding in context; use in original writing

Grammar: confused words, parts of speech, punctuation, concrete vs specific language, and much more.

A Sampling of Texts Used: 

- “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty; 

- “One of These Days” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

- “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

- “Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence

- “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury

- “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

- “Freedom” by Langston Hughes