PACE's

In this level the student:

• Is introduced to the different periods of British literature.
• Builds a vocabulary notebook.
• Improves writing skills in exposition, description, narration, and persuasion.
• Learns about parallelism.
• Writes character trait stories and answers essay questions accurately.
• Reviews and practices grammar—capitalization and punctuation.
• Uses the dictionary as a reference tool.
• Learns about denotation and connotation.
• Paraphrases and writes summaries while reading The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Silas Marner by George Eliot (special edition).
• Analyzes Shakespeare’s life and Macbeth.
• Continues the study of speech—topic selection, preparation, speaking methods, and speech delivery.
• Is encouraged in character development through examples given in each PACE.

Click on each PACE for a breakdown of what it covers.