PREREQUISITE🧠: 
English Grammar and Writing Semester 1 or previous English grammar instruction.
Many concepts in the second semester build on the first. Semester 1 students have learned to diagram the simple subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, predicate complements, prepositional phrases, adjectives. See the FAQ  below to see if your learner would be a good fit for semester 2. 

OVERVIEW🐦:
In this 15-week second semester class, students will exceed state standards as they work through the second half of the  comprehensive 3rd grade grammar and writing program. Not only will students gain competency in English Grammar, but they will also have a blast doing it. This class is excellent for both native and non-native speakers. The content includes various history and science themes. This class is designed to support parents and students by introducing the material for the week and setting a pace for completing the course. If students need more support, I will have tutoring hours available each week.  Learners MUST purchase the books for this course(see links below). The first ten lessons will be provided electronically so that we can get started with learning as some learners wait for their textbooks to arrive. 

CLASS STRUCTURE👩‍🏫👩‍💻:
With the wonderful routine, learners will know what to expect for each class. Learners should be in the waiting room at least one minute before class begins. Class will begin promptly with a “Grammar Meeting.” The teacher will pose a question for class discussion along with some instruction in vocabulary. Then, through lecture and interactive presentation slides, the teacher will walk students through the new lesson material.  To ensure that they are grasping the new concepts, students will be prompted to participate during instruction and answer questions. During and after instruction, students are encouraged to ask questions. The teacher will break up the lessons with grammar humor, I Spy, Would You Rather?, Read My Lips, and other engaging activities. Each class will cover approximately four grammar lessons and one writing lesson for one week's worth of instruction.  Last, the teacher will give a daily breakdown for homework assignments.  There are five Kahoot tests which will be assigned throughout the semester. 

 After class, students will complete the coursework for the lessons covered during class. A recommended daily homework breakdown will be provided. Students can go back and re-watch the lessons throughout the week as needed. They are welcome to message the teacher throughout the week with any questions on assignments. The answer key is in the teacher guide for students or guardians to check their own work.

TYPICAL WEEKLY STRUCTURE📚:
Day 1- Class with Teacher Stephanie (all lessons taught for the week)
Day 2- Writing assignment
Day 3- Grammar assignment
Day 4- Grammar assignment
Day  5- Grammar assignment,  Kahoot Test 

ABOUT THE CURRICULUM📘:
English Grammar:
This rigorous program focuses on English grammar, writing, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.  Because this is an introductory course, students are not expected to know all the concepts ahead of time. By the end of this course, students should have an excellent grasp on these concepts and be well equipped for middle school grammar.  Learners will get opportunities to review through the spiraling incremental lessons. This curriculum is designed for 3rd grade, but an advanced 2nd grader or even new to English Grammar 4th grader would do well in this class. After every five lessons, students will have a grammar test, which should take about 10 minutes ( I plan to get this to students using Kahoot).

Writing: 
Learners will also be given a great foundation for writing style and structure. They will be taught how to produce strong interesting sentences. Learners will learn to construct sentences and paragraphs and also implement the different purposes for writing (narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive). We will conclude writing instruction by writing a summary for a chapter of a book.  Students will have writing lessons in class after every 5 lessons. Each of the 10 writing assignments should take about 15  minutes outside of class. This level does not include journal topics or dictations.   

TECHNOLOGY🎧:
To avoid technology complications during class,  I strongly recommend learners invest in a good headset. I use the Logitech H390 which can be found on Amazon. Also make sure you have a strong internet connection. Also, we often use Zoom's annotate (draw on screen) feature during class. Please note that Chromebooks DO NOT support this feature.

DISCOUNTS💰:
***Get a $25 discount on the enrollment of a second learner for any grammar course.***
     One discount per family

RESCHEDULING POLICY ⌛
If a meeting must be cancelled due to teacher illness or outage, it will either be rescheduled for a later date or sent out as  recorded lessons at the teacher's discretion. Recorded, makeup lessons will occur no more than twice in a semester. After this the semester will be extended to make up for the meetings.

WEEKLY LESSON BREAKDOWN 📎
(There are 111 grammar lessons, 21 writing lessons, 10 tests, We cover half this semester)
G = grammar lesson W= writing lesson, * T= test 
Week 16  G 56-59, W12 
Week 17  G 60-62 , W11
Week 18  G 63-67, T6
Week 19 G 66-69 W13
Week 20 G 70-73, W14
Week21 G 74-77, W15, T7
Week 22 G 78-81, W16 
***********Break week!!!!!******************
Week 23 G 82-85, T8
Week 24 G 86-89, W17
Week 25 G 90-92, W18 
Week 26 G 92-96, T9
Week 27 G 97-100, W19
Week 28 G 101-104 , W20
Week 29 G 105-107, W21
Week 30 G 108-111, T10

FAQ
What is the difference between the 3rd grade class and the 5th grade class?
The 5th grade class focuses on writing five paragraph essays while the third grade class focuses on writing a paragraph. Also the fifth grade class includes weekly dictation and daily journaling.

Try the end of semester one Kahoot quiz to see if the content covered is right for your learner. Click the link, type in a name, and play the game.  https://kahoot.it/challenge/007423066

📖SPECIFIC CONTENT📖
Grammar Lessons
Lesson 56 The Comma, Part 1: Dates, Addresses, and Series
Lesson 57 Appositives
Lesson 58 The Comma, Part 2: Direct Address and Academic Degrees
Lesson 59 The Comma, Part 3: Appositives
Lesson 60 Spelling Practice 1 (Long a, e)
Lesson 61 Pronouns
Lesson 62 Pronouns and Antecedents, Part 1
Lesson 63 Pronouns and Antecedents, Part 2
Lesson 64 The Comma, Part 4: Greetings and Closings; Last Name First
Lesson 65 Spelling Practice 2 (Long i, o), Alphabetical Order
Lesson 66 Personal Pronouns, Part 1: Person Forms
Lesson 67 Personal Pronouns. Part 2: Number Forms
Lesson 68 Personal Pronouns. Part 3: Case Forms
Lesson 69 Irregular Verbs, Part 2
Lesson 70 Spelling Practice 3 (Long u, oo)• Contractions
Lesson 71 The Comma, Part 5: Introductory and Interrupting Elements; Afterthoughts
Lesson 72 The Comma, Part 6: Clarity
Lesson 73 Personal Pronoun Case Forms: Nominative, Objective, Possessive
Lesson 74 Diagramming Pronouns
Lesson 75 Spelling Practice 4 (Short a, o, u)
Lesson 76 Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
Lesson 77 Dependent and Independent Clauses
Lesson 78 Subordinating Conjunctions
Lesson 79 The Comma, Part 7: Descriptive Adjectives. Dependent Clauses
Lesson 80 Spelling Practice 5: Hard and Soft c and g
Lesson 81 Compound Sentences • Coordinating Conjunctions
Lesson 82 The Comma, Part 8: Compound Sentences, Direct Quotations
Lesson 83 Relative Pronouns
Lesson 84 Pronoun Usage
Lesson 85 Spelling Practice 6: British Spellings, Homophones, Homonyms
Lesson 86 Interrogative Sentence Diagrams• Interrogative Pronouns
Lesson 87 Quotation Marks, Part 1: Direct Quotations
Lesson 88 Quotation Marks, Part 2: Speaker Changes, Titles
Lesson 89 Italics or Underline
Lesson 90 Spelling Practice 7: Homographs, Compound Words
Lesson 91 Irregular Verbs, Part 3
Lesson 92 Irregular Verbs, Part 4
Lesson 93 Irregular Verbs, Part 5
Lesson 94 The Exclamation Mark. The Question Mark
Lesson 95 Commonly Misused Words
Lesson 96 Subject-Verb Agreement, Part 1
Lesson 97 Subject-Verb Agreement, Part 2
Lesson 98 Subject-Verb Agreement, Part 3
Lesson 99 The Hyphen: Compound Nouns, Numbers
Lesson 100 More Commonly Misused Words
Lesson 101 Adverbs that Tell “How"
Lesson 102 The Hyphen: Compound Adjectives
Lesson 103 Adverbs that Tell "Where," "When, and "How Much"
Lesson 104 Comparison Adverbs
Lesson 105 Using the Adverb Well
Lesson 106 The Semicolon
Lesson 107 The Colon
Lesson 108 The Apostrophe: Possessives
Lesson 109 The Apostrophe: Contractions; Omitting Digits and Letters
Lesson 110 Adverb Usage
Lesson 111 Interjections

Writing Lessons
Lesson 11 Persuasive Writing
Lesson 12 Evaluating the Persuasive Paragraph
Lesson 13 Expository Writing
Lesson 14 Evaluating the Expository Paragraph
Lesson 15 Narrative Writing
Lesson 16 Evaluating the Narrative
Lesson 17 Descriptive Writing, Part 1
Lesson 18 Descriptive Writing, Part 2
Lesson 19 Evaluating the Descriptive Paragraph
Lesson 20 Writing a Chapter Summary
Lesson 21 Evaluating the Chapter Summary