Mastering Grammar in the Five-Paragraph Essay PART 1

This is a flex course designed to pair with "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay" taught by Jade Weatherington. Teacher Jade noticed her students needed some additional grammar help in a few key areas but felt students should be taught grammar by someone passionate about it! Enter Teacher Molly! This class must be taken with  "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay".
Enroll in Jade's class either as a Live or Flex :
FLEX:
https://outschool.com/classes/mastering-the-five-paragraph-essay-middle-school-pt1-*flex*-5nIQ0oJm#us7L6POINR
LIVE:
https://outschool.com/classes/mastering-the-five-paragraph-essay-middle-school-pt1-3vmXyLxj#us7L6POINR


Class Recordings will be posted in the classroom and are to be watched after watching the week's corresponding video in "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay". Each week's essay will have a key grammatical focus that coincides with the particular essay.

Each lesson will have a mini-lecture with practice for students as well as applicable teaching they can use for their essays. In addition, there will be required discussion questions that students will need to respond to between the entire class which encourages student-to-student interaction using the classroom comments. Learners will apply their knowledge of grammar through revision of their essays and submit for feedback to me before submitting to Teacher Jade.  See a sample schedule attached. 

Each week will also have several mystery challenge questions that learners are encouraged to participate in. Learners will have a character on a game board and will be able to see themselves moving towards mastery each week. This is a fun way to interact with other students in the class even though the course is a Flex class. 

Week 1: 
Grammar Concept: Pronoun Usage
This will pair with the Definition Essay.
Materials Needed: Printed Handout, All materials from "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay" Week 1
Objective: Students will learn the difference between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Person pronouns, when to use each, and the reasoning behind the rule.
Students will do a variety of writing exercises on a handout to prepare for correct usage in the Definition Essay.

Week 2:
Grammar Concept: Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices 
This will pair with the Compare and Contrast Essay.
Materials Needed: Printed Handout, All materials from "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay" Week 4
Objective: Students will learn the two parts of a sentence: the subject and the predicate as well as the Independent Clause. They will learn a strategy to recognize and correct both common writing errors. 
Students will do a variety of writing exercises on a handout to prepare for correct usage in Compare and Contrast Essay.

Week 3:
Grammar Concept: The Compound Sentence
This will pair with the Persuasive Essay.
Materials Needed: Printed Handout, All materials from "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay" Week 5
Objective: Students will learn how to properly join two independent clauses using one of the 7 coordinating conjunctions, resulting in a compound sentence.
Students will do a variety of writing exercises on a handout to prepare for correct usage in Persuasive Essay.

Week 4:
Grammar Concept: The Complex Sentence
This will pair with the Analysis Essay.
Materials Needed: Printed Handout, All materials from "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay"  Week 6
Objective: Students will learn how to join an independent and dependent clause, resulting in a complex sentence. They will be able to determine when a comma is necessary or unnecessary.
Students will do a variety of writing exercises on a handout to prepare for correct usage in Analysis Essay.

Organization of the week should be:
1. Watch Flex video in Teacher Jade's "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay" 
2. Watch Flex video in Teacher Molly's "Mastering Grammar in the Five-Paragraph Essay"
3. Submit practice exercises to Teacher Molly in "Mastering Grammar in the Five-Paragraph Essay"
4. Submit a written essay to Teacher Molly in "Mastering Grammar in the Five-Paragraph Essay" for feedback on the grammar concept
    - NO OTHER FEEDBACK WILL BE GIVEN ON ESSAY OTHER THAN GRAMMAR CONCEPTS
5. Receive video feedback for grammar work from Teacher Molly
6. Make changes through revision
7. Submit the revised written essay in "Mastering the Five-Paragraph Essay" to Teacher Jade for Peer and Teacher Feedback


ALL formal writing assignments will be completed in Google Docs.

*Please note, in both courses, grades (letter/percentage) are not issued.