The New Century Writing/Language Arts curriculum provides explicit instruction, writing tools, and graded practice activities to develop the communication skills that students need to succeed in testing, advanced courses and careers. The curriculum integrates writing and language arts with reading comprehension instruction, sequencing and linking lesson activities based on content themes and instructional level . 

 New Century writing lessons focus on authentic, real world 
            communication tasks while teaching the essentials of the
            writing process, effective communication, and essay writing. 
 

 Supporting lessons in spelling and language usage are
           assigned in a student’s individualized program as appropriate.

 Cooperative learning, in the form of network controlled peer
            readers, is utilized to evaluate the effectiveness of a
            student’s written communication. 
 

 Microsoft Word^TM  is fully integrated with the lessons and
           students learn to use its functions as they develop their
            writing abilities. 
 

 The New Century Research Library, linked to the writing
            lessons, helps students develop the fundamental research
            skills they will need for real-life writing challenges.