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Complete

Penmanship

Spelling & Grammar

Composition & Reading

Curriculum

(at 1915 Literacy Standards)

 

Evidence-Based

Fully Scripted

Field-Tested

 

Non-Consumable

 

Based on

Systematic & Explicit

Phonics

 

Taught Via

Full-Spectrum

Neurological

Response Instruction

(NRI)

 

Overview of Part One 

English for Life®-The Madsen Method®

Part One teaches students…

 

…to position the body, the writing arm’s wrist and hand, and the pencil and paper; the five jobs of the non-writing hand; the importance of the pencil holder; the best way to train one’s brain—the Back­up System of Learning; the paper’s physical features; the eight mapping checkpoints and ten explicit Writing How-to’s for beautiful penmanship; to name, describe, draw and read the ten English Numerals; to name, describe, draw and read the lower case and Capital Forms of the twenty-five stand-alone single-letter English Phonograms; to name, describe, draw and read the lower case and Capital Forms of the English Alphabet (except q and Q); to solve writing errors and practice problems; to rehearse with the teacher and with a group; to practice in three ways: the Introductory Way (Initial Practicing Method), the Automatic Way (Intermediate Practicing Method), the Totally Automatic Way (Mastery Practicing Method); to identify four kinds of sounds: voiced, unvoiced, staccato, fermata; to discern sequences of sounds in spoken words (Game: Sound Off!); to say, write and read one-syllable words from dictation (Game: Base Boss); to identify English words that do not conform to official sound/symbol expectations (Speaking-­for-Spelling Challenge Words and Houdini Words); to repeat complete sentences; to say, write and read complete sentences from dictation; to discern sentences that state a fact, ask a question and show strong feeling; to correctly use the period, question mark and exclamation point; to orally identify, then spell and read rhyming words and to compose oral poetry (Game: Poet’s Privilege); to orally change one sound in a word, then say, write and read the new word (Game: Sink the Sound); to use a Bar Graph for recording performances; self-evaluation; to practice and reference studied concepts through class chart-making and by beginning personal Notebooks:  a Phonics Notebook and a Vocabulary Words Notebook (students will add to Notebooks through Part Four); to summarize and review information; test-taking.

 

Part One is the first portion of our complete, ungraded language arts curriculum.  It introduces the first elements of English—what a student must know to be proficient in English, regardless of his age.  In a graded classroom setting, Part One can be implemented as the complete English language arts curriculum for K-1, or it is the first part of a remedial program for an older student.  Students completing our program are independently proficient in all language arts skills and content at 1915 literacy standards.  It retails for $299.95 (Home Educators receive a 30% discount).

 

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 Overview of Part Two   

English for Life®-The Madsen Method® 
 
 Part Two teaches students…

… to name, describe, draw and read the last two alphabet letters—q and Q; to use Wide Ruled Paper (a discretionary activity for Non-Primary students); the sixty-one stand-alone multi-letter English phonograms; rules for employing specific phonograms for spelling; more explicit Writing How-to’s for continued beautiful penmanship and written composition; to discern syllables and sequences of syllables in multi-syllable words (Game: Syllable Savvy); to say and write each word—syllable by syllable; definitions of vowels and consonants; Actor Vowel y; Actor Consonant i; short and long vowel sounds; soft and hard consonant sounds; the eight speechless spelling jobs of alphabet letter e; alphabetizing; sound-duplicator phonograms (those that spell the same sound) and rules to help us know which phonogram to choose; to identify these kinds of English words:  singular and plural nouns, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, homophones, compound words, contractions; base words and word families; to discern sentences that give a command and make a request; to repeat, write and read the four kinds of English sentences, first from dictation, then independently; to repeat, write and read stories and poems, first from dictation, then independently; to use correct capitalization and punctuation; to practice and reference each kind of English word and English writing form through class chart-making and by beginning a personal English Words and Writing Forms Notebook (students will add to this Notebook through Part Four); to edit incorrectly spelled or misused words found in a written paragraph, then say and write the paragraph from dictation (Game: Editor-in Chief); to expand oral poetry, chorale rehearsal, independent writing, spelling, composition, reading, self-evaluation and referencing knowledge and skills introduced in Part One.

Part Two is the second portion of our complete, ungraded language arts curriculum.  It completes the first elements of English—what a student must know to be proficient in English, regardless of his age.  In a graded classroom setting, Part Two can be implemented as the complete English language arts curriculum for students in grades 2-3 who have completed Part One, or it is the second part of a remedial program for an older student.  Students completing our program are independently proficient in all language arts skills and content at 1915 literacy standards.  It retails for $299.95 (Home Educators receive a 30% discount).

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Overview of Part Three

 

English for Life®-The Madsen Method®

         Part Three teaches students…

 

...cursive writing (connected writing); remaining rules for correctly syllabicating and spelling English words; more kinds of English words: regular and irregular nouns and verbs, kinds of pronouns (personal, possessive, interrogative), homographs, heteronyms; more explicit Writing How­-to's; to use the comma, apostrophe and quotation marks; to use abbreviated forms; verb conjugation (present, past and future tenses); rules for forming plural nouns (Game: The Eight Roads to Nounsville); rules for forming plural verbs (Game: How to Get Out of Verbsburg); prefixes and suffixes; Greek and Latin roots; to study and spell English words derived from Greek and Latin Roots; to add suffixes and prefixes to words; to practice prefixes, suffixes and English derivatives through class chart-making and by personally constructing a Prefix, Suffix and Greek and Latin Roots Notebook (students will add to this Notebook through Part Four); comparative and superlative words and expressions; to say and write a poem, paragraph, short story, friendly letter and letter of request, first from dictation, then independently; to use a dictionary; to continue and expand oral poetry experiences, chorale rehearsal, independent writing, spelling, composition, reading, self-evaluation and referencing skills introduced in Parts One and Two.

 

Part Three is the third portion of our complete, ungraded language arts curriculum.  It is the beginning of the advanced elements of English—what a student must know to be proficient in English, regardless of his age.  In a graded setting, Part Three can be implemented as the complete English language arts curriculum for students in grades 4-6½  who have completed Parts One & Two, or it is the third part of a remedial program for an older student.  Students completing our program are independently proficient in all language arts skills and content at 1915 literacy standards.  It retails for $299.95 (Home Educators receive a 30% discount).

 

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Overview of Part Four

English for Life®-The Madsen Method®

Part Four teaching students...

…intensive and explicit grammar; to practice speaking, writing and reading English grammar through saying and writing sentences, first from dictation, then independently; more explicit Writing How-to’s; to say, write, read and diagram simple, compound and complex sentences, first from dictation, then independently; to say, write, read and diagram sentences containing phrases and clauses, first from dictation, then independently; to say, write and read poetic forms, first from dictation, then independently; remaining capitalization and punctuation constructs;  remaining commonly used non-English plural forms; verb conjugation (perfect tenses); to independently outline, write and read a report; to independently outline, write and read a story; to practice grammar constructs through class chart-making and by personally constructing an English Grammar Notebook; to continue and expand oral and written poetry experiences, chorale rehearsal, independent writing, spelling, reading, self-evaluation, grammar, letter-writing, capitalization, punctuation and referencing skills introduced in Parts One, Two and Three.

 

Part Four is the fourth and last portion of our complete, ungraded language arts curriculum.  It completes the advanced elements of English—what a student must know to be proficient in English, regardless of his age.  In a graded setting, Part Four can be implemented as the complete English language arts curriculum for students in grades 6½-8 who have completed Parts One, Two & Three, or it is the last part of a remedial program for an older student.  Students completing our program are independently proficient in all language arts skills and content at 1915 literacy standards.  It retails for $299.95 (Home Educators receive a 30% discount).

 

Part Four will be available for purchase September 2013.

Line & Precept Education Foundation • 50 Maggie Hill Road

Clancy, MT 59634 • 800-640-3607

info@madsenmethod.com

 

 

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