Week 1
Lesson 1
Capitalization Part 1
My lesson is about proper nouns and words formed from proper nouns, such as: particular person, places, or things, example:  Mrs. Carol J. McDonald-particular person; Jackson, Mississippi- particular place; Fourth of July-particular thing; political and economic organizations and alliances, such as:  World Trade Organization; words referring to Deity and Holy Scriptures, such as God and the Psalms; words from proper nouns-American; and common noun or adjectives when part proper nouns-Oak Street
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Capitalization Part 2 
My lesson is about titles of persons and titles of works, such as:
President George Washington-titles of persons; titles of works-Mona Lisa; first word of every sentence-My mother is going to the store; pronoun I and injection O-May I go with you, and O Christmas Tree and Oh my gosh; first word of every line of poetry, such as:
Raise the sails,
Those very white ones!
Raise them high,
  for they are undone!
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Punctuation:  End Marks
My lesson is about end marks, such as:
period for declarative sentences-I went to the store.  abbreviations-U.S.A.; indirect question and polite request-Do you know why he is here? May I know where you are going? 
question mark for interrogative sentences-Is that for real?
exclamation point for exclamatory sentences-What a wonderful morning!
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Commas Part 1
My lesson is about commas, such as:
a. before a coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses, My mom loves apples, and I love bananas.
 1. to indicate omissions or avoid possible misreading, I eat bananas, cherries, and figs.

b. nonessential elements in a sentence:
1. appositives,
My favorite teacher, Mr. White, is back.
2. participial phrase: Flying in the air, the bat caught the bug.
3. Adjective clause, I have a friend who lives next door
4. direct address, Mom, where are you?


 Week 5
Lesson 5
Commas Part 2
My lesson is about commas, such as:
a. Nonessential elements in a sentence:
    5.  Well, yes, no, or why, 
example: Yes, you are correct.
    6.  Parenthetical expressions:
example: John, of course, is late.
    7.  To set off introductory phrases or clauses 
example: Your books, Mr. Smith, have returned.
    8.  In dates and addresses 
example: My birthday is January 18, 1963.
    9.  After salutations and closings of letters 
example: Dear John, and Sincerely Yours,
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Semicolons
My lesson is about semicolons, such as:
1.  Between independent clauses:
     if not using coordinating conjunction
I like melon; Mom likes figs.
2.  Joined by:
     a.  transitional words
I wasn’t a fan of her rules; even so, I still obeyed them.
     b.  Coordinating conjunction if clauses already contain commas
She won't eat, run , or jump; nor will she go for a walk with me.
     c.  Between items in a series if the items contain commas
I chose Jo, Mo, and Al; and he chose Ed, Li, and DJ.
 
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Colons
My lesson is about colons, such as:
1. before a list of items
The cake was made from the following items: flour, sugar, and butter.
2. to introduce a formally announced statement or quotation
He said: “Homework is due tomorrow.”
3. Between:
a. Bible chapter & verse
John 3:16
b. Hour and minute
10:23 
c. After salutation of business letter
Gentlemen:
4. italics/underline
a. titles=books, magazines, etc.
Born Free
b. words, letters, numbers
the number 12
c. foreign words
C’est si bon 
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Hyphens
My lesson is about hyphens, such as:
1.  To divide a word at the end of line 
The quick brown fox jumped over the sil-
ver moon.
2.  In compound numbers 
Twenty-one (21)
3.  In fractions used as adjectives 
A two-thirds majority
4.  In prefixes before a proper noun or adjective 
un-American
5.  In compound adjectives before a noun
 A well-written book
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Quotation Marks Part 1
My lesson is about quotation marks, such as:
1.  In a direct quotation 
"If you ask me," said Bob.
2.  To enclose: 
a.  Titles of short poems, songs, chapters, articles, and other parts of books or magazines 
"Rip Van Winkle"
b.  A quoted passage of more than one paragraph: at the beginning of each and at the end of the last  
I hit him with my warm-up question: "Would you describe the device as your most brilliant achievement?
"My most brilliant was convincing my company to fund my research."
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Quotation Marks Part 2
My lesson is about quotation marks, such as:
1.  Apostrophes: 
a.  To form possessive case of nouns 
Jo's book
b.  Individual possession within a group 
children's toys
c.  Possessive case of indefinite pronouns 
somebody's book
d.  To show omissions from words 
hasn't
e.  With s to form plurals of letters, numbers, signs, and words used as words 
your g's look like q's
 Week 11
Lesson 11
Dashes
My lesson is about dashes, such as:
1.  After a series of words or phrases giving details about a statement that follows 
The conference covered various topics—such as mathematics, literature, and history—during its three-day duration.
2.  To indicate an abrupt change or break in a sentence 
The weather was sunny—until the storm arrived.
3.  To set off parenthetical elements or confidential comments 
The meeting—attended by key stakeholders—discussed the upcoming project.
 Week 12
Lesson 12
Parentheses
My lesson is about parentheses, such as to enclose parenthetical elements.
She completed her degree (with honors) last year.
 Week 13
Lesson 13
English Grammar Creative Writing Assignment
My lesson will have the students writing a creative 2-page paper, using the rules of mechanics. The students will select from several different topics and styles of topics.
 Week 14
Lesson 14
English Grammar Mechanics Jeopardy with Possible Certificate
My lesson will be an English Grammar Mechanics Jeopardy game with them receiving a certificate upon completion of a successful round by the student.