Unit 1The Basics
4 lessons2 Weeks
The Basics
 Week 1
Lesson 1
What Is a Sentence?
Students and I will first spend some time getting to know each other.  We will answer the questions: what do you like to be called, have you ever diagrammed a sentence before, and what else would you like to share about yourself?

Students will identify the essential components of a sentence. 
Students will cover the definitions of subjects and verbs. 
Students will learn the base of a sentence diagram. 
Students will practice diagramming 2 word sentences.
Lesson 2
What Is a Helping Verb?
To begin, we will recap diagramming 2 word sentences to ensure that students remember how to start a diagram. We will then define helping verbs and discuss verb tense. Students will learn how to diagram sentences with helping verbs. At the end of class, we will start to discuss the articles A, An, and The. 
 Week 2
Lesson 3
What Is an Adjective?
Class will resume with our discussion of articles. We will determine the appropriate rule for using “A” vs. “An.” Students will first practice diagramming sentences with articles before defining adjectives. We will then discuss and practice adding adjectives into our sentence diagrams. With time, we will play a game!
Lesson 4
What Is an Adverb?
We will begin class by defining adverbs and examining them as a modifier for verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Students will really start to see their diagrams grow with the addition of adverbs. 
Students will have time to practice all that they have learned so far. After this lesson, I will post a quiz for students to complete and send to me for feedback. This is the end of unit 1.
Unit 2Prepositional Phrases
3 lessons2 Weeks
Prepositional Phrases
 Week 3
Lesson 5
What Is a Preposition?
Today, students will learn the definition of a preposition. They will learn that a preposition always comes in a phrase. Students will practice identifying prepositional phrases in sentences. 
Lesson 6
What Is an Adjectival Prepositional Phrase?
An adjectival prepositional phrase is really just a fancy way of naming a prepositional phrase that does the job of an adjective. Students will learn to diagram prepositional phrases that are modifying noun or pronoun words. 
 Week 4
Lesson 7
What Is an Adverbial Prepositional Phrase?
Once again, the term adverbial prepositional phrase is just a fancy way of naming a prepositional phrase that does the job of an adverb. Students will learn to diagram prepositional phrases that modifying verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. 
A quiz will be posted after this lesson. Students may complete the quiz and send it to me for feedback. This is the end of unit 2.
Unit 3Compound Parts
5 lessons3 Weeks
Compound Parts
 Week 4
Lesson 8
What Is a Compound Sentence?
In this lesson, students will learn about the seven coordinating conjunction words. I will often use the acronym FANBOYS to help students remember what those seven words are. Coordinating conjunctions create compound parts, so those words will be very important throughout this unit.
Today we will also discuss compound sentences. We will define them, diagram them, and spend some time focused on the importance of a comma in a compound sentence. Students will also learn how to use a semicolon.
 Week 5
Lesson 9
What Is a Compound Subject?
Students will review the coordinating conjunctions before diving into compound subjects. We will define compound subjects and learn how to diagram them. 
Lesson 10
What is a Compound Predicate / Verb?
Students will review the coordinating conjunctions before defining a compound predicate or verb. We will discuss the reasons why these are sometimes called compound predicates and sometimes called compound verbs. Then we will diagram them.
 Week 6
Lesson 11
What about Adjectives and Adverbs?
We will begin by reviewing the coordinating conjunctions, along with the definitions of adjectives and adverbs. Then students will practice diagramming 2 or more adjectives and adverbs. We will also discuss the difference between coordinate adjectives and cumulative adjectives.
Lesson 12
What is a Compound Prepositional Phrase?
We will begin with a final review of the FANBOYS. I will ask students if they can recite the words by memory at this point. We will then define and diagram compound prepositional phrases. At this point, diagramming any compound part should be fairly intuitive for students. 
At the end of this lesson, I will post a quiz for students to complete and send to me for feedback. This is the end of unit 3.
Unit 4Different Verbs
4 lessons2 Weeks
Different Verbs
 Week 7
Lesson 13
What Is a Linking Verb?
Today we will venture in to the world of linking verbs. These are verbs that tell us a state of being as opposed to an action. We will define linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns. Students will practice identifying these things in sentences.
Lesson 14
How Do We Diagram Linking Verbs?
We will refresh our memories about linking verbs and predicate words before learning how to diagram them. Examples will start out fairly simple, and then students will have the opportunity to challenge themselves with examples that use all of the things we have learned so far in this course.
 Week 8
Lesson 15
What Is a Transitive Verb?
Today we will tackle our final new topic of the course! We will define transitive verbs, direct objects, and indirect objects. Students will practice identifying these things in sentences.
Lesson 16
How Do We Diagram Transitive Verbs?
We will begin our final lesson by reviewing transitive verbs, direct objects, and indirect objects. Students will learn how to diagram all of these new pieces. We will practice diagramming these things and all of the parts of speech that were covered in previous units. 
After this final class, I will post a quiz for students to complete and send to me for feedback. This is the end of unit 4.