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 nyWhere Learning System: Curriculum,
Language Usage
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| Knowing that students must have a strong command of our language in order to
succeed in school and in life, the A+LS™ Language Usage Curriculum was developed. The Language Usage titles provide
tools that assist students in mastering the written word and identifying grammar pitfalls such as subject/verb
disagreement, tense shifts, double negatives, and fragments. Each of these titles also addresses sentence mechanics,
including capitalization, punctuation, and diagramming. Phonetic and visual introduction of new words and word sounds
and multiple exposures to correct word usage give students a solid grammar foundation that will extend into their
writing and speaking skills.
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Language Usage I
Introduces nouns, verbs, conjunctions, and adjectives, introduction to capitalization and punctuation, sentence
types, contractions, and abbreviations.
 470L
Language Usage II
Covers singular and plural nouns and verbs, subject/verb agreement, regular and irregular verbs, pronouns, adjectives,
adverbs, grammar improvements, identifying double negatives, capitalization, and punctuation.
510L
Language Usage III
Review of common and proper nouns, verb tenses, transitive and intransitive verbs, contractions, conjunctions, cases,
pronouns, sentence structure, word order in sentences, simple and compound sentences, subjects and predicates,
adjectives, adverbs, and tricky words.
600L
Language Usage IV
Review of noun forms, possessive nouns and pronouns, present, past, and past participle verbs, predicate adjectives,
demonstrative adjectives, prepositional phrases, introduction to sentence diagramming, parts of speech review, using
direct quotations, importance of parallelism, and correct placement of modifiers.
620L
Language Usage V
Review of nouns, review of verbs including troublesome and irregular verbs, subjective, objective, and possessive
pronouns, apostrophes, punctuation of bibliographies, titles, letters, dialogue, comparative and superlative
modifiers, direct objects, identifying shifts in tense, diagramming simple and compound sentences, review of parts of
speech, problem words, parallelism, and review of capitalization.
640L
Language Usage VI
Covers concrete, abstract, and compound nouns, subject, object pronouns, compound direct objects, verb phrases,
principal verb parts, positive and negative comparisons, sentence mechanics, diagramming, and fragments.
750L
Language Usage VII
Introduction to the writing process, review of all parts of speech, active and passive voice, progressive tense verbs,
interrogative, demonstrative, relative, and indefinite pronouns, sentence fragments, run-on sentences, phrases and
clauses, coordinating conjunctions, verbals, and review of punctuation.
800L
Language Usage VIII
Review of all noun types, pronouns, verbs, degrees of comparison for adjectives and adverbs, participial phrases,
restrictive and non-restrictive clauses, diagramming, punctuation, colons, semicolons, quotations, letter writing,
shifts in tense, point of view, and problem words.
760L
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