Language Arts

Clarity Learning’s Language Arts tutors assist students on a regular or as-needed basis to help with all levels of writing and reading from pre-kindergarten through adult.

Based upon the student’s needs, our Language Arts support includes:

  • PhonicsReading comprehension
  • Handwriting practice and Improvement
  • Writing sentences, paragraphs, book reports, essays, and research papers
  • Editing, spelling, and grammar
  • Vocabulary
  • Weekly help to ease homework completion or re-teach concepts.
  • Test preparation to review concepts prior to an exam.
  • Language Arts concept review for standardized tests

Language Arts Resources for parents, tutors, and students

Click on the links for useful games and resources.
  • Phonics

                   Reading practice made fun by starfall.com

  • Reading comprehension

                    A guide to Idiomsby GoEnglish.com, or you can try IdiomSite.com form more

                    Liturature guides to most well known books by enotes.com

  • Handwriting practice and Improvement
  • Writing sentences, paragraphs, book reports, essays, and research papers

                    Awesome Library’s writing skills

  • Editing, spelling, and grammar

                    Awesome Library’s grammar practice

                    Practice your grammar doing Crossword Puzzles

                    Practice some more playing Grammar Gorillas

  • Vocabulary (recommended books and methods)

                     Online dictionary’s and thesauruses can be found at www.dictionary.com or www.merriam-webster.com 

                     If you are looking for more meaning (besides your basic definition) try www.metaglossary.com(Includes Acronyms!)      

                     If the above are coming off a little too complex, try wordinfo or wordsources if you want to know where words come from.  

                     If you are more of a visual learner, trying looking up your definitions on visuwords

                     Have fun and build your vocabulary at the same time playing Hang man!              

                     At vocabulary.com you can test out your vocabulary knowledge by filling in the blank about monsters, or you can try their word puzzles

Vocabulary (recommended books and methods)

Vocabulary Cartoons II: SAT Word Power ~ Sam Burchers $9.20 #13785 in Books

Vocabulary Cartoons: Building an Educated Vocabulary With Visual Mnemonics ~ Sam Burchers #112455 in Books

The Unofficial Sat Word Dictionary ~ Sam Burchers $9.95 #388251 in Books

Vocabutoons, Vocabulary Cartoons the New Way to Build a More Powerful Vocabulary: Vocabulary Cartoons : Building an Educated Vocabulary With Visual Mnemonics ~ Sam Burchers #1523542 in Books

Vocabulary Cartoons: Word Power Made Easy ~ Sam Burchers

Although Vocab Rock and Rock the Sat are marketed toward SAT prep, both programs provide excellent vocabulary practice for auditory learners, busy students who need to study while they drive to sports venues, and learners who want a different approach. Each book includes a CD and workbook.

Vocab Rock! Musical Preparation for the SAT and ACT, w/CD ~ Peterson’s $11.56 #324230 in Books

Rock the SAT [With CD] [ROCK THE SAT] ~ David(Author) ; Moshan, Michael(Author); Shapiro, Michael(Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Mendelsohn #3067436 in Books