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 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

Week beginning January 6:
Capitalization: Quotations, Titles
Punctuation: Ellipses, Quotations, Question Marks, Parentheses
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Nouns
Fragments Versus Sentences
Double Negatives
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning January 13:
Capitalization: Title, Tribes, Vehicles
Punctuation: Relative Clauses, Titles, Addresses
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Conjunctions, Adverbs, Verbs
Analogies
Subject / Verb Agreement
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning January 20:
Capitalization: Events, Outlines, Institutions
Punctuation: Parentheses, Quotations, Letters
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs
Homophones
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning January 27:
Capitalization: Quotations, Events
Punctuation: Parentheses, Abbreviations, Em Dashes
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs
Run-On Sentences
Complex Sentences
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 3:
Capitalization: Historical Events, Classes, Religions
Punctuation: Hyphens, Requests, Prepositional Phrases
Parts of Speech: Adverbs, Pronouns, Verbs
Adjective Phrases
Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 10:
Capitalization: Regions, Events, Games, Nationalities
Punctuation: Present Participles, Parentheses, Brackets, Quotations
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
Nonrestrictive Clauses
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 17:
Capitalization: Poetry, Scientific Names, Initials
Punctuation: Abbreviations, Examples, Participial Phrases
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Verbs, Conjunctions, Adjectives, Adverbs
Compound Versus Complex Sentences
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 24:
Capitalization: Legislation, Titles
Punctuation: Split Quotations, Qualifications
Parts of Speech: Pronouns
Infinitive and Gerund Phrases
Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Run-On Sentences
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 3:
Capitalization: Quotations, Scientific Terms, Titles
Punctuation: Quotations, Addresses, Interrupters
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Adverbs
Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
Participial Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 10:
Capitalization: Excerpts, Titles
Punctuation: Ellipses, Quotations, Hyphens, Relative Clauses
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Adverbs
Root Words
Fragments
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 17:
Capitalization: Letters, Split Quotations, Scientific Terms
Punctuation: Ratios, Semi-Colons
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs
Commonly Confused Words
Subject / Verb Agreement
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 24:
Capitalization: Quotations, Legal Cases
Punctuation: Parentheses, Brackets, Examples
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Pronouns, Adverbs
Sentences / Fragments / Run-Ons
Analogies
Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 31:
Capitalization: Poetry, Religions, Buildings
Punctuation: Ellipses, Quotations, Addresses
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs
Fragments / Sentences / Run-Ons
Writing in the Active Voice
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 7:
Capitalization: Ships, Weather, Poetry
Punctuation: Participial Phrases, Lists, Quotations
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Conjunctions, Adverbs, Verbs
Clauses
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 14:
Capitalization: Quotations, Titles, Cultures
Punctuation: Participial Phrases, Hyphens, Ellipses
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Adverbs
Analogies
Compound and Complex Sentences
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 21:
Capitalization: Laws, Institutions, Quotations
Punctuation: Quotations
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Adverbs, Pronouns, Verbs
Fragments / Sentences / Run-Ons
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 28:
Capitalization: Places, Days, Structures
Punctuation: Sentence Types, Initials, Friendly Letters
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Prepositions, Nouns
Identifying Subjects and Verbs
Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning May 5:
Capitalization: Roads, Initials, Businesses
Punctuation: Contractions, Appositives, Lists
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Prepositions, Nouns
Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences