The course uses literature as a writing school with a faculty of professional writers who virtually teach students to build better sentences. That is the backbone of the curriculum; we will also take detours to learn specific grammar rules. The aim of this course is simple: to learn to write complete, interesting and grammatically correct sentences. 

Students will study these model sentences and then imitate the form using their own ideas. This will help them understand what makes a good sentence. Instead of the traditional method of dissecting sentences this course aims to engages children in learning how to build better sentences.

•	Basic sentence training – activities to understand subjects, predicates, and their roles in sentence building 
•	Broken sentences – exercises to identify, repair, and avoid fragments. Instead of the traditional method of dissecting sentences his course aims to engages children in learning how to build better sentences.
•      Basic grammar techniques including parts of speech, sentence structure and punctuation will be introduced along with multiple paths to master them. 

Week of September 4: Subjects and Predicates 
Week of September 14: Subjects and Predicates
Week of September 21: Fragments
Week of September 28: Fragments

Here is an example lesson:


Write an interesting predicate for each subject. Make your predicate several words like these examples:
Subject: The spider
The spider crawled slowly down the web to its center. 
The spider created a beautiful web that looked like lace. 
The spider was almost invisible against the dark dead leaf.

The blazing sunlight… 
A terrible scream…
Suddenly a slim white cat… 
Tightly coiled, the snake… 
When Angela was eight, she…

Write an interesting subject for each predicate. Make your predicate several words like these examples.
Predicate: … found the largest snake in the place.
Our science teacher found the largest snake in the place. 
The most experienced mountain climber found the largest snake in the place. 
The guide in the reptile house found the largest snake in the place.

…rushed back up the stairs to wake up the family. 
…have the ability to sit still. 
…had to walk right past the gates of the chocolate factory. 
…trudge to school down a long road through the woods with his big brother and his two sisters. 
…was grinning with his big teeth hanging out over his lower lip.