Online Class: Dictionary/Thesaurus Skills | Dictionary and Language skills must be learned in order to achieve the basics of reading and writing. The skills taught in this course include, Synonyms, Homonyms, Compound Words, Word Definitions, Alphabetical order, Spelling, Adjectives, Verbs, Nouns and many other parts of speech.
The lessons in this course are loaded with Educational Activities and FUN Learning! We have started with 11 core lessons and are adding more as we progress, to keep the learning fresh. Each Class Lesson provides a logical method of breaking down the parts of speech and other information needed to learn Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Language Skills.
The corresponding assignments will achieve the 'hands-on' approach of instruction , where we have loaded the course with over four dozen printouts, puzzles, games, and other teaching activities! Along the way, you will find Class polls and forum discussion, to see how others are learning from the class. There are over 60 related Net Links to learn from, and over two dozen References and Resources for Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedias, media, books, and more!
Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish.
An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools
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Course Description | Every person, no matter what the curriculum, needs to know their Dictionary and Thesaurus Skills. These must be learned in order to achieve the basics of reading and writing. The skills taught in this course include, Synonyms, Homonyms, Compound Words, Word Definitions, Alphabetical order, Spelling, Adjectives, Verbs, Nouns and many other parts of speech. Each lesson could take a day or a week depending on your thoroughness. The lessons in this course are loaded with Educational Activities and FUN Learning! We have started with 15 core lessons and are adding more as we progressed, to keep the learning fresh. Each Class Lesson provides a logical method of breaking down the parts of speech and other information needed to learn Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Language Skills. The corresponding assignments will achieve the 'hands-on' approach of instruction', where we have loaded the course with over five dozen printouts, puzzles, games, and other teaching activities! Along the way, you will find Class polls and forum discussion, to see how others are learning from the class. There are over 60 related Net Links to learn from, and over two dozen References and Resources for Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedias, media, books, and more! To complement your class lessons, there are seven or more self quizzes, online quizzes and tests, to verify your newly learned skills. ****As a special bonus, included in the course, there is a Science class on Plants and Botany, various History facts of the world, including Ancient Egypt and more, a Writing unit where sentence parts are used, and many more spelling and language lessons!****
In Dictionary/Thesaurus Skills each class lesson provides a logical method of breaking down the information needed to learn the objectives of good Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Language Skills. It is written in layman terms and broken into incremental steps so the students can 'climb' their way to mastery of these skills. Each lesson has an assignment to achieve the 'hands-on' approach of instruction'. We find that assignments (and grades for assignments) are critical for determining a student's mastery of specific skill goals, and even more so in an online environment. They provide a valuable method of tracking and rating student progress.
Along the way, you will find 2 Class polls to see how others are learning from the class. There are over 40 related Net Links to learn from, and over two dozen References and Resources for Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedias, media, books, over two dozen games, printouts and activities to learn with. To complement your class lessons, there are four or more tests and quizzes to test learned skills. ****As a special bonus, there are many science, history, spelling and language lessons included in the course!
Please hurry, this course will never again be found on the internet at this special price!**** This course will teach Dictionary, Thesaurus and language skills, along with Spelling, Science, History, and more. This will be with lessons, games, movies, net links, assignments, lots of activities and fun! The quizzes along the way will increase learned skills, and there is a final test administered at the end.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this
online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and
CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.
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Course Lessons Optional Certificates Awarded - Certificate of Attendance
- Certificate of Class Participation
- Certificate of Merit
- Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
- Certificate of Academic Excellence
You will receive a Certificate of Attendance for completing the course. There will be certificates for Class Participation, to those who post what they have learned in each forum discussion. Certificates of Merit, for completing each and every assignment, A Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for each grade of 95% or better, and an Academic Excellance Award for achieving an overall grade of 95% or better. These Certificates are wonderful to add to your records. Also available are letters of reference that you can use in your schooling records.
Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit.
Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official.
To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service.
Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers
to verify your achievement).
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