State of the Art: Sophisticated Grammar to Write Something Beautiful

🧐 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬?
Students need instruction on sentence construction through the upper secondary grades! As they move through middle school and high school, their speech becomes more sophisticated as should their writing. Learners have trouble transferring the grammar knowledge they have learned in isolation, so they often struggle with sentence syntax, punctuation, and other mechanics as they go into high school. By manipulating sentence parts and learning about function and style, students learn how to put grammar to work. Using professional authors as our models, we study the form, function, and aesthetics of sentences. This helps students write, but it also helps them analyze literature. For example, if an author uses four dependent clauses at the end of a sentence, why? What is the author saying by structuring the sentence that way? 

Upbeat and fun, each live class is short. Pop in and out as you like! This class will run year-round, summer classes depending on enrollment. 





🚴‍♀️ 𝐂𝐘𝐂𝐋𝐄, 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄, 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑!
In each class, we work on sentences and how they are constructed. Depending on what sentences we're working on, we may use participial phrases or an adjective clauses. We cycle through the content (listed below), returning to reteach, review, and practice different techniques for making sentences beautiful. We are intentional about transferring the skills learned in this class to other classes, which is quite difficult for students to do. We do this by writing and revising paragraphs, combining and de-combining sentences, elaborating, learning to be creative with language, and other techniques. Based on the class composition, the teacher determines how to move the group forward and develop their skills. For example, as we work on sentences and students have trouble with absolute phrases, we'll spend more time writing those. Students can join at any point in the year! The weekly schedule is learner-led and determined by the learners' skills and content mastery. Students can transfer from section to section without skipping a beat! 

We cycle through the following skills: 
🌺 How to use phrases for impact, variety, sophistication, and elaboration: 
-Participle phrases
-Appositive phrases
-Absolute phrases
-Gerund phrases
-Infinitive phrases
-Adjective phrases
-Adverb phrases
-Prepositional phrases
🌼 How to use clauses for impact, variety, sophistication, and elaboration: 
-Independent clauses
-Dependent clauses
-Adjective clauses
-Adverb clauses





📆 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞:

August 1-31: Prepositional phrases
September 1-30: Participial phrases
October 1-31: Appositive phrases
November 1-30: Infinitive phrases
December 1-31: Gerund phrases
January 1-31: Adjective phrases
February 1-28: Adverb phrases
March 1-31: Absolute phrases
April 1-30: Adjective Clauses
May 1-31: Adverb Clauses
June 1-30: A variety of phrases
July 1-31: A variety of clauses
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𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬
𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴
𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺
𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬--The back-and-forth work between a student and teacher significantly benefits a student if done well. We follow best practices in designing class time, assignments, and routines. According to Pennington Publishing, effective writing feedback (or grading) is:
• Specific, not general
• Immediate, not postponed
• Routine with a revision / feedback cycle
• Explanatory
• The right amount
• Targeted to the most critical issues
• Varied (written, audio, and video comments)
• Holding students accountable

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