INTRO English BJC Manual

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BLAIRWOOD ACADEMY
GRAMMAR BJC COURSE
CURRICULUM MANUAL
Director:
Coordinator:
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Disclaimer:
Please note that this manual may not be redistributed for profit of any sort unless
explicitly approved by the director or associated administrators of Blairwood
Academy. The Blairwood Academy Foundation and its associated brands, staff,
and students do not claim any sourced material as their own personal property
and have no rights to any material labelled as sourced or another’s intellectual
property.
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INTRODUCTION
This manual was produced by Blairwood Academy to efficiently instruct students

with various learning challenges, in the required skills for obtaining the Bahamas
Junior Certificate (BJC) in English. Each category is intended to provide concise
recommendations on the skills needed for each subject that will be tested for this
level of academic certification. Samples are also given for each subject-matter
to guide instructors with lesson planning to train and retain skills.
As a result of the manual being based on the approved guidelines of The Ministry
of Education for The Bahamas, all sections have been modified for alternative
learning which is more suitable for students that have learning challenges or
impairments.
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Table of Contents
TITLE PAGE NUMBER
Cover Page ............................................................................................................................... 1

Disclaimer.................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... 4
Section1: Skills to be Examined ………………………………………………………………………… 5
Usage………………………………………………………………………………………………….5
Reading the Author’s Ideas ………………………………………………………………………6
Writing Skills…………………………………………………………………………….……………7
Listening Skills………………………………………………………………………………………..9
Skill Book Recommendations …………………………………………………………….……………..10
Standard Grade Level.……………………………………………………………………………10
Orton-Gillingham Methodologies Equivalents…………………………….………………..11
Punctuation, Capitalization, & Spelling Guidelines…………………………………………………12
Punctuation, Capitalization, & Spelling Lesson Samples………………………………….14
Paragraphing Techniques………………………………………………………………………………..16
Paragraphing Samples…………………………………………………………………….……18
Parts of Speech Guidelines…………………………………………………………………….………..20
Applications of Parts of Speech………………………………………………………………22
Subject-Verb Agreement………………………………………………………………………………..28
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SECTION 1
Skills to be examined:
1. Usage of
a. Correct punctuation, capitalization and spelling
b. Appropriate paragraphing
c. Appropriate vocabulary
d. Correct agreement of
i. subject/verb
ii. pronoun/antecedent
iii. modifiers
e. correct verb tenses
i. past tense
ii. present tense
iii. future tense, etc.
f. variety of sentence structures
g. re-expressing portions of a selected passage using
specific words in different forms such as
i. verbs as nouns
ii. adjectives as adverbs, etc.
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2. Reading the authors ideas to

a. Select correct responses to questions testing the
knowledge of
i. Main and supporting ideas
ii. Significant and insignificant details
iii. Drawing conclusions and making inferences
b. Distinguish between statements of fact and
opinions
c. Sequence ideas according to time, importance or
interest
d. Replace or match the author’s words or phrases
with others that have the same or opposite
meaning.
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3. Writing skills to
a. Prepare an outline of ideas to be included in a
selected essay or letter.
b. Produce a coherent and logically developed
essay or informal letter of at least three paragraphs
(approximately 300 words) on a chosen topic while
applying
i. the use of relevant ideas
ii. proper paragraphing
iii. suitable transitional words
iv. word phrases
v. appropriate stylistic devices
c. Apply appropriate and different levels of English
and correct grammar especially for
i. Spelling
ii. Tenses
iii. Subject-verb agreement
iv. Modifiers
v. Vocabulary
vi. Pronouns
d. Utilize a variety of sentence structures such as
i. Simple
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ii. Compound
iii. Complex
iv. Compound-complex
v. Various beginnings of sentences or transitional
phrases
e. Appropriately use a wide range of vocabulary
f. Create a formal letter using the appropriate tone,
style and format, and address an envelope to
correspond with the letter.
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4. Listening skills to
a. Recognize a speaker’s main idea
b. Note details accurately
c. Follow spoken directions
d. Follow a speaker’s sequences of ideas
e. Note transitional or signal words and phrases
f. Note a speaker’s supporting details and examples
g. Notice when a speaker has bias
h. Note emotional appeals
i. Recognize a speaker’s inferences
j. Predict outcomes of a talk, lecture, interview
k. Draw conclusions from a talk, lecture, interview
l. Relate a speaker’s ideas and information to one’s
own life and interests.
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Skill Book Recommendations
Books for students functioning at standard grade level:
Author/Editor Text Publisher

Iris Charlton-DePass Comprehension Our Xlibris Corporation
Way
A Comprehensionsive
English Course for Junior
High School Students
Neville Grant Choices Longman
Cecil Gray English for Life Nelson Caribbean
Cecil Gray Language for Living Longman
Dave Kemper, Patrick Write Source: A Book for Great Source Education
Sebranek, Verne Meyer Writing, Thinking and Group – Houghton Mifflin
Learning Company
Clifford Narinesingh Developing Language Royards Educational
Skills – An English Course Books
for Caribbean
Secondary Schools
Uriel Narinesingh & A Comprehensive Royards Educational
Clifford Narinesingh English Course Books
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Orton-Gillingham Methodologies Skill Book Equivalents:
Author/Editor Text Publisher Skill

Richard A. Boning Specific Skills Macmillan/McGraw-
Series: Following Hill School
Directions
Specific Skills
Series:
Identifying
Inferences
Specific Skills
Series: Drawing
Conclusions
Specific Skills
Series: Getting
the Facts
Specific Skills
Series: Using the
Context
Specific Skills
Series: Working
Within Words

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This manual was produced by Blairwood Academy to efficiently instruct students

TITLE PAGE NUMBER

Cover Page ............................................................................................................................... 1

Reading the Author’s Ideas ………………………………………………………………………6

Skill Book Recommendations …………………………………………………………….……………..10

Standard Grade Level.……………………………………………………………………………10

Orton-Gillingham Methodologies Equivalents…………………………….………………..11

Punctuation, Capitalization, & Spelling Guidelines…………………………………………………12

Punctuation, Capitalization, & Spelling Lesson Samples………………………………….14

Parts of Speech Guidelines…………………………………………………………………….………..20

Applications of Parts of Speech………………………………………………………………22

2. Reading the authors ideas to

Skill Book Recommendations

Books for students functioning at standard grade level:

Author/Editor Text Publisher

Orton-Gillingham Methodologies Skill Book Equivalents:

Author/Editor Text Publisher Skill

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