This course is intended for students who want a refresher of the basic concepts taught in the ODA Elementary English 3 and Elementary English 4/5 courses. This is not a substitute for the actual course but is a review and refresher for those courses.

Topics include: review of basic syllable patterns, such as vowel/consonant, vowel/consonant/e, etc. A review of parts of speech: nouns (common and proper) and pronouns, Verbs (action and helping), prepositions and prepositional phrases, adjectives (descriptive and limiting), and adverbs. A review of the writing process with proper sentence and paragraph structure, along with a review of general editing procedures will be covered.

This Online summer class will keep your student reading, writing, and thinking in exciting ways through the summer months. Class time will involve discussion of what has been read while providing engaging and interactive activities for students.The objective is for students to engage with reading and writing in less formal ways while maintaining mental activity through the summer.

Students will have one hour of class time each week for eight weeks. Through the week, students should plan to work 30 minutes a day on reading and any activities given by the teacher. Work time is dependent on the student's ability and may fluctuate.

This course is intended for students who want a review or refresher of basic phonics concepts, so students should have had some prior instruction in letter-sound correspondence but who may struggle to master those concepts or simply need a short refresher. Topics include: alphabetic principle—letter and sound correspondence, along with the short and long vowel concepts, a vowel review, and common sight word mastery. A review of syllables, suffixes, and VCCV (vowel/consonant/consonant/vowel) patterns, and a general review for beginning readers.

This Online summer class will keep your student reading, writing, and thinking in fun ways through the summer months. Class time will involve discussion of what has been read while providing engaging and interactive writing for students.The objective is for students to have some less formal interactions with reading and writing while keeping mentally active through the summer.

Students will have one hour of class time each week for eight weeks. Through the week, students should plan to work 20-30 minutes a day on reading and any activities given by the teacher. Work time is dependent on the student's ability and may fluctuate.

This Online summer class will keep your student reading, writing, and thinking in enjoyable ways through the summer months. Class time will involve discussion of what has been or will be read while also providing engaging and interactive writing activities for students.The objective is for students to have unique interactions with reading and writing while maintaining mental activity through the summer in preparation for the coming school year.

Students will have one hour of class time each week for eight weeks. Through the week, students should plan to work 30 minutes a day on reading and any activities given by the teacher. Work time is dependent on the student's ability and may fluctuate.

This course is designed to bridge the frequently seen gap between Middle School and High School English. In only eight weeks, students can review concepts taught in One Day Academy’s Middle School English 2 while learning concepts and skills that will prepare them for One Day Academy’s High School English 1.

This course is taught by ODA English Division Chair, faculty, and ODA middle school curriculum writer, Kierstyn Krajca and can be taken in the summer leading up to high school. Additionally, students who are new to ODA, even if already in high school, can be better prepared for the rigors of high school English after taking this course.

Even if your student isn’t homeschooled, he/she can take this course and glean benefits!

Three Prong Approach

During this course, students will cover the three main aspects of English: Writing, Grammar, and Vocabulary.

The materials covered in the writing portion are consistent in preparing students for One Day Academy’s High School English 1 course and build off the materials taught in One Day Academy’s Middle School English 2.

The grammar portion of this course utilizes the first half of Jensen’s Punctuation where students will learn the five main sentence structures and how to punctuate them. Students will need to purchase Jensen’s Punctuation.

For vocabulary, students will review the prefixes and suffixes taught in Middle School English 1 and the roots taught in Middle School English 2.

Cost

The cost for this course is $200, due by the first day of class, with a registration fee of $15, due upon registration.