High School English Enrichment Classes

8th Grade

Prepare for the future.

A Grade Ahead’s High School English enrichment program pushes students’ writing and reading abilities to the next level. Our program develops high school students’ reading and writing skills for college preparation. Students learn advanced skills through language arts skills, such as:

  • Analytical reading
  • Advanced grammar and vocabulary skills
  • Focused academic writing

You may also be interested in Geometry or High School Math.

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June
Month 1
Comprehension (Foreward, preface, prologue, epilogue, main idea, drama)
Literary Devices -1
July
Month 2
Comprehension (Locating and understanding important details)
Literary Devices - 2
August
Month 3
Comprehension (Generalizations, inferences, direct & implied meanings, making comparisons)
Literary Devices - 3
Writing (Introductory and transitional words and phrases)
September
Month 4
Grammar (POS, agreement, parallelism)
October
Month 5
Grammar (Punctuation, modifiers, split infinitives, sentence structures, comparatives and superlatives)
November
Month 6
Grammar (Mixed construction, active and passive voice, grammatical errors, editing)
December
Month 7
Vocabulary (Etymology, POS strategies, context clues)
January
Month 8
Vocabulary (Improving your own writing, defining words, triggers and transitions, idioms)
February
Month 9
Vocabulary (Idioms, commonly misused words and phrases, advanced vocabulary and jargon)
March
Month 10
Writing (Essays, purpose, audience, tone, voice, looking closer at the prompt, analysis, counterargument and rebuttal)
April
Month 11
Writing (Prewriting, introductory paragraph, thesis statement, topic sentences, transitions, details and supporting evidence, expository writing)
May
Month 12
Writing (Narratives, persuasive essays, revising and editing)