THIS NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PROJECT ENGLISH UNIT IS PLANNED TO COMPLEMENT THE GRAMMAR WHICH 11TH- AND 12TH-GRADE STUDENTS ALREADY KNOW, AND TO ENRICH THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THOUGH NOT PRIMARILY AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PARTS OF SPEECH, THE UNIT PROVIDES SECTIONS ON NOUNS, VERBS AND AUXILIARIES, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, CONJUNCTIONS, SUBORDINATORS, SENTENCE CONNECTORS, PRONOUNS, AND QUALIFIERS. THE UNIT ALSO CONTAINS (1) A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE PARTS OF SPEECH, (2) A LESSON PLAN TO INTRODUCE MORPHEMICS, (3) AN INTRODUCTION TO VOCABULARY STUDY, (4) A SECTION ON DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES, (5) A LESSON USING THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN TEACHING THE ESSAY OF DEFINITION, (6) AN INTRODUCTION TO A 12TH-GRADE UNIT ON THE PARTS OF SPEECH AND FORMAL DEFINITION, AND (7) A TEST ON PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND SYNTAX. PARTS OR ALL OF THIS UNIT CAN BE USED (1) PRECEDING OR FOLLOWING A UNIT ON SYNTAX, (2) FOLLOWING A UNIT ON PHONOLOGY, (3) IN AN HONORS SENIOR ENGLISH CLASS, OR (4) TO ENRICH A PROGRAM FOR SUPERIOR STUDENTS. (MM)