Grooving With Grammar Eight-Week Course: Vocabulary & Diagramming
What's included
16 live meetings
14 hrs 40 mins in-class hoursAssignments
1-2 hours per week. Complete assigned worksheets and assessment page.Assessment
The final exam will consist of grammar terminology, sentence combining, correcting sentence errors, and sentence diagramming.Class Experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Intermediate Level
Become a better self-editor with Groove with Grammar! Each lesson will begin with a slideshow presentation giving definitions and explanations of the grammar topic for the day. We will complete practice exercises together and individually, discuss questions about the topic, and end with a game or written activity to reinforce the concept. In the end, each student should know about fifty grammar terms, correct common sentence errors, and diagram both a compound and complex sentence.
Learning Goals
Lesson Sixteen: Advanced Sentence Diagramming
-Modeling simple, compound, and complex sentence diagrams
-Practice parsing sentences to be diagrammed
-Review games
Syllabus
16 Lessons
over 8 WeeksLesson 1:
Parts of Speech and Parts of a Sentence
Subject & Predicate
Fragments, run-ons
Compound subjects & predicates
Diagramming subjects & predicates
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Sentence Types & Parts of Speech
Interrogative, declarative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences
Simple, compound, and complex sentences
Eight parts of speech
Diagramming a simple sentence
Review of Lesson 1
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Prepositions
Recognizing fifty common prepositions
Prepositional phrases
Objects of the preposition
Diagramming prepositional phrases
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Nouns & Pronouns
Types of nouns: concrete/abstract, common/proper
Types of pronouns
Jobs of nouns and pronouns in a sentence
Predicate nouns
Diagramming nouns and pronouns as subjects
55 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Learning Needs
This course is fast-paced and designed for students who love writing and want to become a better self-editor and writer.
Pre-Requisites
Students should be able to read at the fourth-grade level and write a complete sentence.
Supply List
Weekly handouts will be provided for students. They will need pencils and erasers. Scratch paper may come in handy.
Reviews
Live Group Course
$30
weekly or $240 for 16 classes2x per week, 8 weeks
55 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-14
2-8 learners per class
Financial Assistance
Tutoring
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