Grammarama I：10-13歲文法基礎

This is an excellent class for building and reinforcing understanding of core grammatical concepts in preparation for middle and high school. We will use the grammar workbook by Evan-Moor titled Grammar and Punctuation, Grade 6. I have used this book in my work teaching English grammar for the last year or so, and I love it. I have found it to be clear and thorough with engaging, fun exercises.

We will begin at the key structural concept of defining the sentence and establishing understanding of subject and a predicate. Next, we will examine simple versus compound sentences and expand from there into exploring pronouns, verb tenses, and other important grammatical concepts (for a full list, see the class-by-class breakdown below.) The workbook is organized into 'rules" and devotes a chapter to each rule. After each rule, the book offers varied and fun exercises designed to reinforce each concept. We will read through each rule, and then we will work together through the exercises, completing the first half of the workbook. (Students can take the follow-up course to this one, Grammarama II, to complete the second half of the book.) 

WEEK 1

Class 1: 
What is a sentence?
Four types of sentences
End punctuation
Subject and predicate

Class 2:
What is a sentence? continued
Compound and simple sentences
What is a noun?

Class 3:
Common versus proper nouns
Pluralizing nouns (regular and irregular plurals) 
What is a verb?

WEEK 2

Class 1: 
Linking versus action verbs
subject-verb agreement
verb tenses

Class 2:
Pronouns (basic)
Use of subject versus object pronoun
Indefinite, demonstrative and interrogative pronouns

Class 3: 
Possessive nouns (use of the apostrophe)