IEW Fix It! Grammar - The Nose Tree (Semester Acceleration)

Editing and proofreading are hard no matter what age you are. Fortunately, the Institute for Excellence in Writing, also known as IEW, created an easy-to-use and understand curriculum to help you understand grammar in a fun and exciting way. In this course, we are working on Book 1: The Nose Tree

How does this work?
In class, we will explore a new grammar concept. You will take that knowledge and apply it at home by finding and fixing errors in the passages for each day’s assignment (four per week). Together we will meet in the classroom to discuss the errors, make necessary changes, and review the grammar for the week. 

***Please note that this is an accelerated course! That means we are FLYING through the material.***

The good news? We will cover each new skill as well as work on at least one practice sentence for each lesson. Each textbook includes an entire year (30 weeks) of editing practice. In each meeting, we will cover two lessons. For the first half of class, we will work on the first lesson of the day and will focus on the second lesson during the second half of class.

Week 1:
Day 1: Lesson 1 - Nouns, Capitalization, End Marks, Indentation & Lesson 2 - Article Adjectives
Day 2: Lesson 3 - Pronouns, Capitalization & Lesson 4 - Pronouns
Day 3: Lesson 5 - Who/Which Clause & Lesson 6 - Homophone

Week 2:
Day 1: Lesson 7 - Quality Adjectives & Lesson 8 - Prepositions
Day 2: Lesson 9 - Verbs, Subject, Who/Which Clause & Lesson 10 - Linking Verbs
Day 3: Lesson 11 - Helping Verbs, That Clause & Lesson 12 - Homophone, Quotation Marks with End Marks

Week 3:
Day 1:  Lesson 13 - Conjunction (FANBOYS), Strong Verbs & Lesson 14 -  Adverbs, -ly Adverbs
Day 2: Lesson 15 - Imposter -ly Adverbs & Lesson 16 - Homophone, Quotation Marks with Capitalization
Day 3: Lesson 17 - Review: Who/Which Clause & Lesson 18 - Review: Quotation Marks with End Marks

Week 4:
Day 1: Lesson 19 - Contraction & Lesson 20 - Review: Quotation Marks with Capitalization
Day 2: Lesson 21  - Adverb Clause & Lesson 22 - Review: Verb
Day 3: Lesson 23 - Review: Numbers & Lesson 24: Review: Adjectives and Adverbs

Week 5:
Day 1: Lesson 25 - Review: Preposition & Lesson 26 - Review: Contraction
Day 2: Lesson 27 - Review: Adverb Clause & Lesson 28 - Review: Quotation Marks with Capitalization
Day 3: Lesson 29 - Review: Coordinating Conjunction & Lesson 30: Review: Parts of Speech

There are a total of 15 meetings during the 5 week period.

I am a registered IEW instructor (see Teacher's Expertise below) and, outside of the classroom, I love this material so much that I use it in my own home.

Parents: Please note that Fix It! Grammar is not a graded course. Students learn through progression and repetition with this curriculum. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

***PLEASE NOTE: We will be using the most recent, 2022, version of the student workbook. Please make sure that you have the correct version as IEW made changes to the weekly material.***

Due to the nature of this course and the importance of learning from one another in a virtual session, this course will be canceled if there are less than three (3) learners in a section.