Club de gramática avanzada semanal (de 9 a 13 años)

Using tried and trusted methods, this ongoing class will enable students to master key grammatical concepts and apply them with fluency. The topics will change week by week. Details of upcoming classes are as follows:

Week beginning January 27:
Capitalization: Quotations, Events
Punctuation: Parentheses, Abbreviations, Em Dashes
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs
Run-On Sentences
Complex Sentences
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 3:
Capitalization: Historical Events, Classes, Religions
Punctuation: Hyphens, Requests, Prepositional Phrases
Parts of Speech: Adverbs, Pronouns, Verbs
Adjective Phrases
Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 10:
Capitalization: Regions, Events, Games, Nationalities
Punctuation: Present Participles, Parentheses, Brackets, Quotations
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
Nonrestrictive Clauses
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 17:
Capitalization: Poetry, Scientific Names, Initials
Punctuation: Abbreviations, Examples, Participial Phrases
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Verbs, Conjunctions, Adjectives, Adverbs
Compound Versus Complex Sentences
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning February 24:
Capitalization: Legislation, Titles
Punctuation: Split Quotations, Qualifications
Parts of Speech: Pronouns
Infinitive and Gerund Phrases
Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Run-On Sentences
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 3:
Capitalization: Quotations, Scientific Terms, Titles
Punctuation: Quotations, Addresses, Interrupters
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Adverbs
Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
Participial Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 10:
Capitalization: Excerpts, Titles
Punctuation: Ellipses, Quotations, Hyphens, Relative Clauses
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Adverbs
Root Words
Fragments
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 17:
Capitalization: Letters, Split Quotations, Scientific Terms
Punctuation: Ratios, Semi-Colons
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs
Commonly Confused Words
Subject / Verb Agreement
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 24:
Capitalization: Quotations, Legal Cases
Punctuation: Parentheses, Brackets, Examples
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Pronouns, Adverbs
Sentences / Fragments / Run-Ons
Analogies
Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning March 31:
Capitalization: Poetry, Religions, Buildings
Punctuation: Ellipses, Quotations, Addresses
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs
Fragments / Sentences / Run-Ons
Writing in the Active Voice
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 7:
Capitalization: Ships, Weather, Poetry
Punctuation: Participial Phrases, Lists, Quotations
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Conjunctions, Adverbs, Verbs
Clauses
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 14:
Capitalization: Quotations, Titles, Cultures
Punctuation: Participial Phrases, Hyphens, Ellipses
Parts of Speech: Pronouns, Adverbs
Analogies
Compound and Complex Sentences
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 21:
Capitalization: Laws, Institutions, Quotations
Punctuation: Quotations
Parts of Speech: Conjunctions, Adverbs, Pronouns, Verbs
Fragments / Sentences / Run-Ons
Analogies
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning April 28:
Capitalization: Places, Days, Structures
Punctuation: Sentence Types, Initials, Friendly Letters
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Prepositions, Nouns
Identifying Subjects and Verbs
Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences

Week beginning May 5:
Capitalization: Roads, Initials, Businesses
Punctuation: Contractions, Appositives, Lists
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Prepositions, Nouns
Phrases
Combining Basic Sentences into Longer, More Elegant Sentences