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Grammar Glamour: A Magical ELA Summer Camp
Beth Foster | Humanities Educator
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Using "magic" and games, learners will learn, practice, and review the basics of English Language Arts, including parts of speech, sentence structure, types of sentences, and punctuation during this four-week summer camp.
Class Experience
US Grade 3 - 6
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum
With a magical theme, "Grammar Glamour" summer camp focuses on having fun while learning, practicing, and reviewing English Language Arts basics, including parts of speech, sentence structure, types of sentences, and punctuation. Teaching will include lecture with slides, videos, songs, games, and other multi-media presentations. Following each class, there will be a "magic spell" to complete that reinforces the day's lesson. We will begin each meeting with learners sharing their "magical...
16 lessons//4 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Gnomes and Nouns: Singular and Plural NounsLesson 2Fairy Flocks: Collective and Possessive NounsLesson 3Describing Dragons: AdjectivesLesson 4Unicorns Fly: Action VerbsWeek 2Lesson 5To Be a Giant: Linking and Helping VerbsLesson 6Magically Marvelous Mermaids: AdverbsLesson 7Ogres in Order: Subject, Predicate, ObjectLesson 8In an Enchanted Forest: PrepositionsWeek 3Lesson 9I Am Spellbinding: Subject and Object PronounsLesson 10My Magic Wand: Possessive PronounsLesson 11Witches and Wizards: ConjunctionsLesson 12Abracadabra: Interjections and ArticlesWeek 4Lesson 13Pixies and Periods: Capitalization and PunctuationLesson 14Declarative Elves: Types of SentencesLesson 15Spritely Sentences: Fragment, Run-On, and Combining SentencesLesson 16Happily Ever After: Review and Wrap-Up
- The learning goal of this summer camp is for learners to learn, review, and grow more confident in basic English Language Arts grammar concepts.
I have a master of arts degree in American history, and bachelor of arts degrees in political science, English, and communications with a journalism emphasis. I am lead teacher at The Foster Woods Folk School, which focuses on humanities education within an ecosocial justice framework aimed at celebrating and improving our connections as a global community of humans and non-humans living on Planet Earth. In this role, I work with learners of all ages with a primary focus of working with learners in grades three through 12. I was the director of a social justice center for three years during which time I routinely taught about and facilitated conversations about historical and current political events for both teen and adults participants. Before that, I was a newspaper editor and reporter for 15 years. I have been teaching history, social studies, and English Language Arts classes for several years.
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Homework
Frequency: available upon requestFeedback: available upon requestDetails: Following each class meeting, learners will be assigned a "magic spell" to complete before our next meeting. The "magic spell" will be an activity that reinforces the grammar concept we learned in that day's class meeting. Learners will not be required to submit their completed homework, but will be invited to share it during our next class meeting.Grading
Frequency: available upon requestDetails: Learners who complete the summer camp will receive a certificate of completion.
Joined July, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in History from Gettysburg College
Bachelor's Degree in English from Campbellsville University
From ancient times, humans have used stories to better understand themselves and their place in the universe. Stories explain our past and how we can create a better time and world for ourselves and those who will come after us. This is the heart...
Group Class
$38
weekly or $150 for 16 classes4x per week, 4 weeks
30 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-12
3-10 learners per class
