Grammar Glamour: A Magical ELA Summer Camp
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.
Beth Foster | Humanities Educator
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What's included
16 live meetings
8 in-class hoursHomework
1-2 hours per week. 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
Learners who complete the summer camp will receive a certificate of completion.Class Experience
US Grade 3 - 6
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 spell" homework before moving into the day's lesson. I will introduce the grammar concept we are studying that day, followed by activities and games to give learners an opportunity to practice the concept. The meeting will end with the assignment of the next magic spell.
Learning Goals
The learning goal of this summer camp is for learners to learn, review, and grow more confident in basic English Language Arts grammar concepts.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum16 Lessons
over 4 WeeksLesson 1:
Gnomes and Nouns: Singular and Plural Nouns
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Fairy Flocks: Collective and Possessive Nouns
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Describing Dragons: Adjectives
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Unicorns Fly: Action Verbs
30 mins online live lesson
Other Details
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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
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.
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Live Group Course
$38
weekly4x per week, 4 weeks
30 min
Completed by 11 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-12
3-10 learners per class
