リトル・マーメイドと一緒に文法を学ぼう - パート 2

I can make grammar fun! I use the IEW Fix It curriculum to teach grammar through an ongoing story.  

This class uses the Institute for Excellence in Writing  IEW Grammar book Little Mermaid, which was available BEFORE 2022.  This is the *old* book.  I can give you the pages, so you don't need to buy anything. 

Maybe you have started this book, but stopped because it is too difficult.  It is a difficult book, even more so without guidance.  We talk about the storyline and the grammar during each session.  Do you know the ending?  It is NOT the Disney ending!  It's pretty tragic.  

Before starting this class, students should be able to generally identify subjects, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and have an idea about dependent and independent clauses, but they do not need to be experts.  

This book begins with Week 17 and ends with Week 33. IEW grammar books suggest covering one sentence a day.  In this class, we cover a full "week" of 4 sentences in one sitting as I find most children stay more engaged when we work through the story faster.   

I love teaching grammar this way, and I have added my own unique coloring system to help students see the parts of speech.  I use the same system in all of my writing, editing, and grammar classes, so if you take multiple classes with me, it all fits together seamlessly.  All of my classes follow IEW methods and more than cover many Common Core standards.  I am very encouraging of all levels of skill.  Have you ever heard anyone cheer for commas and capital letters?  I get excited about proper grammar!  

This class covers middle school (and even high school) grammar.  The publisher, Institute for Excellence in Writing, has carefully laid out the entire book to address common mistakes in an incremental and repetitive way. 
Week 1 of class starts with Week 17 in the book.  Each day builds on the day before.  New concepts-
Week 17-


I agree with IEW's recommendation that students should hand copy each week into a notebook.  This may take a student an additional 10-30 minutes outside of class to copy each lesson. 

I always post the recordings, which some students like to replay and pause when needed.