What's included
1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hours per weekAssessment
Answers to all exercises will be discussed in class, meaning that students get instant feedback.Class Experience
Using tried and trusted methods, this ongoing class will enable students to master key grammatical concepts and apply them with fluency. The topics will change week by week. Details of upcoming classes are as follows: Week beginning September 9: Capitalization: Events, Places, Scientific Terms Punctuation: Em Dashes, Company Names, Artworks Parts of Speech: Nouns, Prepositions, Pronouns Commonly Confused Words Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning September 16: Capitalization: Outlines, Quotations Punctuation: Embedded Clauses and Phrases, Colons Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives Prepositional and Participial Phrases Identifying Subjects and Verbs Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning September 23: Capitalization: Nicknames, Quotations, Letters Punctuation: Vehicles, Ellipses, Colons, Quotations Parts of Speech: Nouns, Adjective, Pronouns, Nouns, Conjunctions Analogies Subject / Verb Agreement Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning September 30: Capitalization: Proper Noun Phrases, Titles Punctuation: Letters, Parentheses, Dependent Clauses Parts of Speech: Interjections, Conjunctions, Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives Double Negatives Subject / Verb Agreement Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning October 7: Capitalization: Parentheses, Languages Punctuation: Commas, Possessive Apostrophes Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs, Pronouns Identifying Subjects and Verbs Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning October 14: Capitalization: Roman Numerals, Titles Punctuation: Relative and Dependent Clauses, Outlines Parts of Speech: Adverbs, Nouns, Pronouns Phrases Versus Clauses Fragments / Sentences / Run-ons Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning October 21: Capitalization: Poetry, Quotations Punctuation: Ellipses, Contrasts, Artworks Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Irregular Verbs Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning October 28: Capitalization: Types, Brand Names, Political Parties Punctuation: Interrupters, Em Dashes Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, Prepositions Phrases Versus Dependent Clauses Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning November 4: Capitalization: Letters, Vehicles, Titles Punctuation: Participial Phrases, Verbals, Hyphens Parts of Speech: Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns, Pronouns Simple / Compound / Complex Sentences Independent Versus Dependent Clauses Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning November 11: Capitalization: Hyphenated Words, Outlines, Titles Punctuation: Inverted Names, Business Names, Addresses Parts of Speech: Verbs, Pronouns Analogies Double Negatives Identifying Subjects, Verbs and Prepositional Phrases Commonly Confused Words Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning November 18: Capitalization: Quotations, Events, Hyphenated Names Punctuation: Interrupters, Artworks, Letters Parts of Speech: Verbs, Pronouns Identifying Subject, Verb and Object Subordinating Conjunctions and Clauses Passive Voice Commonly Confused Words Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning November 25: Capitalization: Constellations, Companies, Letters Punctuation: Split Quotations, Brackets Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Verbs, Nouns, Pronouns Categorizing Phrases (Participial, Prepositional, Infinitive, and Gerund) Subject / Verb Agreement Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning December 2: Capitalization: Scientific Terms, Parentheses Punctuation: Essential and Nonessential Clauses, Apostrophes Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Nouns, Verbs Analogies Sentences / Fragments / Run-ons Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning December 9: Capitalization: Quotations, Events Punctuation: Quotations, Brackets, Contrasts Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Conjunctions, Interjections Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses Dependent Clauses Simple Versus Compound Sentences Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning December 16: Capitalization: Historical Periods, Brand Names, Legislation Punctuation: Em Dashes, Hyphens Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Adverbs, Nouns Categorizing Sentences (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex) Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning December 23: Capitalization: Ethnic Groups, Classes, Titles Punctuation: Titles, Quotations, Outlines Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Adverbs, Verbs Phrases Versus Clauses Subject / Verb Agreement Compound and Complex Sentences Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences Week beginning December 30: Capitalization: Poetry, Titles, Ships Punctuation: Addresses, Quotations, Prepositional Phrases Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs Gerund and Infinitive Phrases Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses Analogies Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences
Other Details
Supply List
All student exercises will be displayed on screen, so no textbook needs to be purchased. Student exercises can be completed using Zoom chat or pencil and paper.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Non-US Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
3 Degrees
Doctoral Degree in English from University of Leeds
Master's Degree in English from University of Leeds
Bachelor's Degree in English from Manchester University
I have three university degrees - that's why I get to call myself 'Doctor' Radice. I've also taught English for more than thirteen years in schools, to classes ranging from age nine to eighteen.
Reviews
Live Group Class
$14
weekly1x per week
45 min
Completed by 177 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
1-14 learners per class