Open to NCCCS Faculty Only

Our friends over at the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) have added a new English Language Arts collection to their library. This English collection joins the other NROC subjects available in the NCLOR. The other subjects available from NROC are: Algebra, American Government, Biology, Calculus, Developmental Math, Environmental Science, Physics, Psychology, Religion, Statistics, and US History.

The new collection is published by SIATech, a public charter high school with campuses nationwide. The collection includes units on grammar fundamentals, writing strategies and reading strategies. The collection consists of  3 units and 20 lessons. The lessons included in the units cover the following: Pre-writing Tips, Pronouns, Other Punctuation Marks, Social Responsibility Story, Understanding Poetry, Capitalization, Avoiding Shifts in Person, Active and Passive Verbs, Writing a Thesis Statement, Reading Strategies, Evaluating Informational Text, Word Analysis, Dramatic Literature Comprehension, Literary Text Comprehension, Sentence Structure, Fragments and Run-Ons, Word Agreement in Sentences, Writing Biographical Narratives and Expository Compositions, and Persuasive Essays.

Screenshot from the “Pronouns” learning object in the English Language Arts Collection from SIATech

Accessing Content: To find this content you can do any of the following:

• Search by free text for: “SIAtech”
• Browse by NROC resource series: Navigate to the Browse by Resource Series area> click on the NROC series> Subject Area> English
• Browse by NCCCS Combined Course Library: Click on Browse Course Subjects E-G > ENG080 or ENG085

Important Note: Due to NROC license agreement this series is only available to NCCCS Faculty.