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Easy Fun Ways into English Grammar and Sentence Analysis
Leon Conrad
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(227)
A 12-week course covering 9 parts of speech, 7 sentence types, 4 sentence structures, and 3-level sentence analysis for 9-13 year-old individual learners
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 7
A twelve-week course taught 1:1 which covers: Session 1: The nine parts of speech Learn why you can sit on a chair, but you can't sit on a noun! Session 2: Words - phrases - clauses - and ... ? Words get lonely by themselves. Sometimes they like to pair up. Sometimes they like to pose puzzles. Let's see if we can solve them - if we're able to, then we'll delight words. And that means they'll work better for us. Session 3: Sentences What's a sentence? Can a sentence be one word long? What's...
Leon Conrad, LRAM, LTCL, GTCL has over 20 years' teaching experience with a strong track record in supporting gifted and talented, 2E and profoundly gifted students. He has published on the liberal arts-based tradition of education. His books include 'Aesop the Storyteller' (Aladdin's Cave Publishing, 2008); 'Odyssey: Dynamic Learning System' (co-authored with David Pinto) (Liberalis Books, 2015); 'History Riddles' (Liberalis Books, 2015); and 'Story and Structure: A complete guide' winner of the IPNE Book of the Year Award 2022, Nautilus Silver Award, Storytelling World Award. The book was shortlisted for The People's Book Prize in 2023.
Homework Offered
Students will be expected to work independently on tasks such as identifying parts of speech, sentence types, or structures; analysing sentences; and completing short creative writing assignments. Independent work between classes should take 1.5-2 hours a week. Additional handouts/exercises in punctuation or spelling may be given out if the student needs help in these areas. These assignments will be supplied with mark sheets to allow self-evaluation. Any questions may be brought to the tutorials so we can discuss any issues which arise.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Students are assessed on graded tasks throughout the course. Creative writing assignments are assessed based on an objective check list shared with students at the start of the section dealing with this.Grades Offered
Participants will need a standard stationery kit (writing implements, ruler, paper, eraser). An over-ear gaming-type set of headphones with built-on microphone and a noise-cancelling feature is recommended for best audio quality for communication in classes. Please note that unless students have a very good reason not to have their video on during class, I expect students to be visible and participate actively in classes I teach. The digital classroom is a social space shaped by our intentions and our activity - and I encourage participants to actively build the kind of space they feel comfortable in, and to actively work on creating a space in which others can also feel comfortable being and acting in. Outschool does provide a 'verification' system for those who have good reasons not to participate visually, and I will respect and support that fully. Please consult https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/4063624-learner-verification for further information and contact 'verification@outschool.com' at least a week before the start of your first class to allow time for the verification process to be completed. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.
Original source material will be provided, or we will draw on material from the public domain. Examples will be drawn from both UK and US sources and cover 19th and 20th century writers' works.
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(227)
Hello, and welcome! Please call me Leon. I'm an award-winning tutor and multi-award winning author based in London, UK. I tutor in the best tradition of the British education system, drawing on a long-standing tradition of integrated and...
1-on-1 Tutoring
$57
per sessionMeets on demand
40 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-13
