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Adventures in Grammar 2: A Semester Course

In this 8-week course, we continue the Grammar Journey
George Elerick
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What's included

8 live meetings
7 hrs 20 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 5 - 8
NOTE: This part 2 of the Grammar Course. 
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This will be a fun but engaging course that introduces students to relevant terms and ideas and the structure of grammar. English has a ton of Latin and Greek. Something about its inauspicious beginnings keeps English operating a major inferiority complex. English often prefers inventing words from roots of other languages overusing perfectly good Saxon words. "Submarine craft" should be "underwater boat," but it isn't, so it comes in handy to know some root words. You can make your own words up if you invent something like the telephone, and if you don't invent it, you can at least know what it is.

Roots are the most important things students will learn in the sixth grade. In fact, knowing roots will facilitate not only the command of English but also the acquisition of other languages. Plus, what is cooler than a sixth-grade grammarian knowing the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic or that a "holographic manuscript" is redundant? Sixth graders will relish the fact that they understand robotics a little more with words like "biomimicry" and "exoskeleton," and will finally know why microdermabrasion is important to a healthy epidermis.

What will be taught?
This will be a curriculum-based course, albeit fun and engaging course around grammar.

What topics will you cover?
 
1. Infinitives 2
2. Active Voice and Passive Voice
3. Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive Mood
4. Auxiliary Verbs - 'Be,' 'Do,' 'Have'
5. Auxiliary Verbs - 'Will/Would,' 'Shall/Should'
6. Auxiliary Verbs - 'Can/Could,' 'May/Might/Must'
 Prepositions - 'On,' 'At,' 'In'
7. Prepositions - 'Of,' 'To,' 'For'
8.Prepositions - 'With,' 'Over,' 'By'
9. Conjunctions - Coordinating and Correlative
10. Conjunctions - Subordinating
11. Conjunctive Adverbs
12. Articles - Indefinite and Definite
13. Interjections
14. Capitalization

How is your class structured?

5 Min: Greeting/Icebreaker/Review
10-15 Min: Introduction to grammar rule/video or powerpoint slide explainer
30 Min: Games, Interactive Component, Practice, Work as Class
10 Min: Homework & Review

How will you teach?  Since this would be a typical school course for grammar - the content will be guided by national curriculum. 


What's your teaching style? My teaching style is malleable. Meaning, I will do a class assessment of students learning style and tailor content to those different , learning styles (i.e.,audio, visual, tactile and etc.). 

How much will learners get to interact with you and each other (mention specifics like lecture, games, slides, video clips, discussion)? This course will include lectures, games, and video clips that are relevant and make the course easy to understand and engaging. 
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SAMPLE Class Breakdown
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MONDAY: 
1. Singular and Plural Nouns
2. Count Nouns vs. Non-Count Nouns
3. Possessive Nouns
4. Pronouns
TUESDAY
5. 'Be' Verbs
6. Action Verbs
7. Adjectives
8. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
WEDNESDAY
9. Adverbs
10. Simple Tense
11. Progressive and Perfect Tense
12. Perfect Progressive Tense
13. Irregular Verbs
THURSDAY
14. Gerunds
15. Infinitives 1
16. Infinitives 2
17. Active Voice and Passive Voice

Learning Goals

Students will have full knowledge of how grammar works, the rules, and be ready for the next semester in their schools. Some goas will include: 
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Colons, semicolons, and dashes. Skill: Editing. My favorite things: warm, sunny days; soft, cuddly puppies; and brownies — but only ones without nuts! ...
Connectives. Skill: Conjunctions. ...
Compound sentences. Skill: Sentence structure. ...
Prepositions. Skill: Building vocabulary. ...
Punctuating a paragraph. Skill: English grammar.
learning goal

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Joined April, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I have taught in schools internationally for all ages in all major subjects. I specialize in foreign languages, grammar and creative writing.

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$160

for 8 classes
1x per week, 8 weeks
55 min

Completed by 7 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
3-12 learners per class

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