Playing with Words: Full Year Language Arts for Grades 4-6 (Ongoing)

Grammar can be confusing.  But sometimes when you break the rules, it can be funny and absurd!  For example, the following sentences have two very different meanings:

"I love cooking dogs and kids." (Ew!)
"I love cooking, dogs, and kids." (Much better!)

Each week in this ongoing class, students are introduced to a humorous example of what happens when you ignore a grammar rule.  Then they learn the rule and the logic behind it.  Finally, they will practice the rule in "The Language Mechanic" workbook by The Critical Thinking Company.  Below is a list of topics covered each week: 

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SPRING 2023
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WEEK of APR 10: Adjective/Noun Agreement in Space & Time
WEEK of APR 17: Double Negatives
WEEK of APR 24: Noun or Pronoun as Subject
WEEK of MAY 1: Here/There with This/That
WEEK of MAY 8: Apostrophe with Contractions
WEEK of MAY 15: Apostrophe with Singular Possessive
WEEK of MAY 22: Apostrophe with Plural Possessive
WEEK of MAY 29: Question Mark
WEEK of JUN 5:  Exclamation Mark

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SUMMER 2023
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Commas

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FALL 2023
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WEEK of Oct 10: Comma with Appositives 
WEEK of Oct 17: Comma with Introductory Dependent Clause
WEEK of Oct 24: Proper Nouns
WEEK of Oct 31: Proper Adjectives
WEEK of Nov 7: Run-on Sentences
WEEK of Nov 14: Interjections
**NO CLASSES NOV 21-25 for THANKSGIVING BREAK**
WEEK of Nov 28: Direct Quotations
WEEK of Dec 5: Sentence Fragments
WEEK of Dec 12: Pronouns as Subject & Object

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WINTER 2024
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WEEK of Oct 10: Possessive Pronouns
WEEK of Oct 17: First Person Last
WEEK of Oct 24: Relative Pronouns
WEEK of Oct 31: Adjectives & Adverbs as Modifiers
WEEK of Nov 7: Comparative/Surperlative Modifiers
WEEK of Nov 14: Articles: A, An
**NO CLASSES NOV 21-25 for Thanksgiving Break**
WEEK of Nov 28: Articles A/An, The
WEEK of Dec 5: Misplaced Modifiers
WEEK of Dec 12: Modifier Review

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SPRING 2024
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WEEK of Jan 16: Past, Present, Future Tense
WEEK of Jan 23: Irregular Verb Forms
WEEK of Jan 30: Parallel Construction for Tense
WEEK of Feb 6: Helping Verbs
WEEK of Feb 13: Linking Verbs
WEEK of Feb 20: Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement in Gender
WEEK of Feb 28: Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement in Number
WEEK of Mar 6: Noun/Verb Agreement in Gender
WEEK of Mar 13: Adjective/Noun Agreement in Number

**NO CLASSES MAR 20 - APR 7 for Spring Break**
NOTE:  Topics cycle back to the beginning once they reach the end

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FULL HOMESCHOOLING CURRICULUM
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This course may be taken alone, but is also part of a full homeschooling curriculum I offer on Outschool for grades 4-6.  If you're interested check out my Outschool schedule for 2023-24 school year classes.