Students will learn and review basic to intermediate grammar and practice writing a variety of academic writing styles, including compare/contrast, persuasive, descriptive, narrative, analytical, and problem/solution. Students will practice grammar skills after explicit grammar instruction, modeling by teacher, and using 'mentor sentences.' Practice will include students identifying correct and incorrect grammar and writing specific examples of grammar being studied, such as sentence structure, phrases and clauses, passive v. active voice, subordinating conjunctions, correct punctuation usage, correct agreement, and appositives.

Each class will include a five minute warm-up, twenty-five minutes of grammar instruction/practice, and thirty minutes of writing instruction/practice.

The following is a breakdown of the six weeks:

Week I
Day A-Grammar-parts of speech
            Writing-the writing process/steps/paragraph structure
Day B-Grammar-sentence structure
            Writing-descriptive style
Day C-Grammar-punctuation
            Writing-descriptive cont.

Week 2
Day A-Grammar-phrases
           Writing-narrative style
Day B-Grammar-phrases cont.
            Writing-narrative cont.
Day C-Grammar-/passive v. active voice
            Writing-narrative cont.

Week 3
Day A-Grammar-clauses
            Writing-cause/effect style
Day B-Grammar-clauses cont.
            Writing-cause/effect cont.
Day C-Grammar-clauses cont.
            Writing-cause/effect cont.

Week 4
Day A-Grammar-subordinating conjunctions
            Writing-persuasive style (argumentative)
Day B-Grammar-subordinating conjunctions cont.
            Writing-persuasive cont.
Day C-Grammar-subordinating conjunctions cont.
            Writing-persuasive cont.

Week 5
Day A-Grammar-appositives 
            Writing-analytical style
Day B-Grammar-appositives cont.
            Writing-analytical cont.
Day C-Grammar-appositives cont.
            Writing-analytical cont.

Week 6
Day A-Grammar-agreement (pronoun/antecendent, parallel structure)
            Writing-problem/solution style
Day B-Grammar-agreement cont.
            Writing-problem/solution cont.
Day C-Grammar-agreement cont.
            Writing-problem/solution cont.