Character Quality Language Arts (CQLA)

CQLA includes substantial teacher support through a comprehensive teacher's guide, audio CD walkthrough, and detailed implementation resources.

Includes 'CQLA Teacher's Guide explains how the program works and provides many important resources' and 'A companion audio CD that comes with the Teacher's Guide walks you through a sample lesson'

CQLA facilitates direct instruction with clear lesson formats, teacher guidance, and structured practice, though implementation varies by level.

Review mentions 'Grammar is both taught directly' and 'Lessons all follow the same organizational format through all levels' with varying amounts of parental involvement from high (PreA) to minimal (Level C)

CQLA includes explicit vocabulary instruction with challenging word lists and differentiation options for different ability levels.

Review notes 'vocabulary words in all levels are quite challenging' and mentions 'key words are in bold type face while others are not bold' for scaling difficulty

The curriculum provides comprehensive writing instruction including composition, creative writing, poetry, and research-based reports using proven techniques from multiple sources.

Covers 'composition (including creative writing, poetry, and research-based reports)' and incorporates 'the key-word-outline technique of IEW's Structure and Style, plus essay writing ideas from Writing for 100 Days'

The curriculum does not include phonics instruction, explicitly noting this as outside its scope.

Review clearly states 'it does not teach reading and phonics'

The curriculum primarily uses excerpts and passages rather than whole books, drawing from character sketches, biographical material, and Institute in Basic Life Principles resources.

Review mentions 'passages come from Institute in Basic Life Principle materials, especially their wonderful Character Sketch books' and notes it 'does not teach...extensive literature study'

CQLA builds some domain knowledge through character themes, historical content, and biographical sketches, though this appears secondary to character development goals.

Character traits are developed 'using Scripture, historical themes, animal topics, and biographical sketches, especially of Protestant heroes and missionaries'

The curriculum provides flexibility for text complexity through multiple levels and extension activities, though specific grade-level appropriateness is unclear.

Offers 'extension' and 'further extension' activities and 'Copying and Comprehension passages are divided into three sections' with more advanced students completing additional sections

The curriculum includes some review elements and skills repetition across levels, though specific retrieval practice methods are not detailed.

Review states 'skills and concepts are introduced, practiced, reviewed, and built upon' and 'skills are repeated elsewhere in the same level'