Pan-African School – Language Arts Curriculum Tree

• Early Literacy & Phonics – letter recognition, phonemic awareness, decoding
• Reading Fluency & Comprehension – guided reading, strategies for understanding texts
• Writing Fundamentals – sentence structure, paragraphing, basic narratives
• Speaking & Listening – oral storytelling, active listening, classroom discussion
• Vocabulary & Word Study – morphology, roots, high-frequency words

• Literature & Text Studies – short stories, poems, plays, multicultural texts
• Grammar & Mechanics – parts of speech, punctuation, sentence types
• Writing Workshop I – personal narratives, descriptive & expository writing
• Research & Information Literacy – locating sources, evaluating credibility, citations
• Media Literacy – analyzing images, videos, and digital content

• World & African Literature – novels, oral traditions, contemporary voices
• Writing Workshop II – persuasive essays, argumentative writing, op-eds
• Drama & Performance – script reading, stagecraft, performance skills
• Creative Writing – poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, creative non-fiction
• Language Acquisition Support – ESL/ELL instruction and scaffolding

• Advanced Composition & Rhetoric – advanced argumentation, research papers
• Comparative Literature – themes across cultures, translation studies
• Linguistics & Language Study – phonetics, syntax, sociolinguistics basics
• Journalism & Reporting – news writing, interviewing, ethics in journalism
• Technical & Professional Writing – proposals, reports, workplace communication

• Writing Portfolio – sequenced drafts, revisions, reflective statements
• Public Speaking & Debate – structured debates, speeches, persuasion techniques
• Publishing Projects – school magazine, blogs, zines, local publishing partnerships
• Classroom Libraries & Reading Circles – book clubs, community reading events
• Workshops with Authors & Journalists – guest sessions, Q&A, mentorship

• Translation & Language Preservation – documenting local languages, translation practice
• Children's Literature & Pedagogy – reading aloud, book selection for young learners
• Digital Storytelling – podcasts, multimedia stories, audio production
• Literary Criticism & Theory – critical approaches to reading and interpretation
• Community Literacy Programs – adult literacy, family reading nights, outreach