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: Parentheses, Multiple Places, Directions
Punctuation: Addresses, Titles, Colloquialisms
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning November 25:
Capitalization: Nutrients, Quotations
Punctuation: Colloquialisms, Ellipses
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns
Sentence Types
Prefixes / Roots / Suffixes
Phrases
Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning December 2:
Capitalization: Letters, Parentheses
Punctuation: Clauses, Addresses, Ellipses
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions
Subject/Verb Agreement
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning December 9:
Capitalization: Historical Events, Ethnic Groups, Quotations
Punctuation: Titles, Apostrophes
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Pronouns, Adjectives
Clauses
Sentences / Fragments / Run-Ons
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning December 16:
Capitalization: Multiple Places, Scientific Terms, Quotations
Punctuation: Hyphens, Letters
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Adverbs, Verbs, Nouns
Simple / Compound / Complex Sentences
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning December 23:
Capitalization: Institutions, Nicknames, Awards
Punctuation: Outlines, Transitional Adverbs, Quotation Marks, Asterisks
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Nouns
Analogies
Homophones
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning December 30:
Capitalization: Institutions, Historical Events, Poetry
Punctuation: Hyphens, Vehicles, Quotations
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Pronouns, Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning January 6:
Capitalization: Statutes, Events
Punctuation: Nonessential Clauses, Colloquialisms, Introductory Phrases
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning January 13:
Capitalization: Vehicles, Planets, Religions
Punctuation: Letters, Transitional Adverbs
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Nouns, Verbs
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning January 20:
Capitalization: Business Letters, Ethnic Groups, Scientific Terms
Punctuation: Apostrophes, Quotations, Titles, Asterisks
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Pronouns
Subject/Verb Agreement
Sentence Types
Sentences / Fragments / Run-Ons
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning January 27:
Capitalization: Events, Brand Names, Foods
Punctuation: Quotation Marks, Semi-Colons, Colons
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs
Sentences / Fragments / Run-Ons
Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 3:
Capitalization: Institutions, Poems
Punctuation: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions
Identifying Subjects and Verbs
Dependent and Independent Clauses
Homophones
Prefixes / Roots / Suffixes
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 10:
Capitalization: Quotations, Poems
Punctuation: Transitional Adverbs, Quotations
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs, Nouns
Correcting Run-On Sentences
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 17:
Capitalization: Nations, Ethnic Groups, Institutions
Punctuation: Times, Letters, Quotations
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Pronouns, Nouns
Phrases
Fragments / Sentences / Run-Ons
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 24:
Capitalization: Quotations, Institutions, Titles
Punctuation: Ratios, Addresses, Apostrophes
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns, Pronouns
Analogies
Subject/Verb Agreement
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 3:
Capitalization: Names of People and Places
Punctuation: Declarative, Interrogatory and Imperative Sentences, Acronyms
Phrases Versus Clauses
Infinitives and Participles
Participial Phrases
Subjects and Verbs
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 10:
Capitalization: Initials, Titles and Proper Adjectives
Punctuation: Contractions, Series, and Lists
Verb Phrases and Auxiliary Verbs
Parts of Speech: Adverbs and Adjectives
Dependent and Independent Clauses
Common and Proper Nouns
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 17:
Capitalization: Titles, Numerals and Special Events
Punctuation: Introductory Words, Dates and Letters
Prepositions
Participial Phrases
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Nominative Pronouns
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 24:
Capitalization: Historical Events, Documents and Projects
Punctuation: Possession, Punctuating for Clarity, Addresses
Proper and Common Nouns
Verb Agreement
Coordinating Conjunctions
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Compound Subjects
Phrases Versus Clauses
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 31:
Capitalization: Titles, Government Bodies, Poetry, Roadways
Punctuation: Dates, Apostrophes for Possession
Parts of Speech: Verb Participles, Plural Nouns, Concrete and Abstract Nouns, Prepositions
Participial Phrases
Sentence Types
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 7:
Capitalization: Events, Structures, Institutions, Businesses
Punctuation: Apostrophes, Colons, Hyphens, Titles, Commas
Parts of Speech: Predicate and Proper Adjectives, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Adverbs
Analogies
Identifying Subjects and Verbs
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 14:
Capitalization: Associations, Subjects, Numerals, Foods
Punctuation: Commas, Apostrophes, Appositives
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Verbs, Nouns, Pronouns, Interjections
Homophone
Prefixes / Roots / Suffixes
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 21:
Capitalization: Historical Periods, Careers, Brand Names, Greetings and Closings
Punctuation: Quotations, Numerals, Colons
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Prepositions, Nouns, Adjectives
Analogies
Subject/Verb Agreement
Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 28:
Capitalization: Governments, Religions, Documents, Titles
Punctuation: Commas and Quotations
Parts of Speech: Adverbs, Nouns, Verbs and Prepositions
Phrases and Clauses
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning May 5:
Capitalization: Quotations, Titles, Poetry, Seasons
Punctuation: Commas and Hyphens
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
Sentence Types
Spelling Rules
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences


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