Grammar Essentials
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Description: Students of this course learn how to use grammar effectively within their organizations. Students will learn to write effective sentences by identifying sentence elements, correctly using phrases and clauses, and understanding sentence classifications. The open, modular-style manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom, and is filled with interactive exercises that will allow students to explore the intricacies of Grammar Skills.
Days: 1
Unit 1: The importance of grammar
Topic A: Grammar skills
· Improving grammar skills
· Writing clearly
Topic B: Nouns and verbs
· Identifying nouns
· Identifying verbs
Unit 2: Pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
Topic A: Pronouns
· Identifying pronouns
· Identifying categories of pronouns
· Identifying pronoun cases
· Identifying compound personal pronouns
Topic B: Adjectives and adverbs
· Identifying types of adjectives
· Identifying adverbs
· Identifying degrees of adjectives and adverbs
Unit 3: Prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
Topic A: Prepositions
· Identifying prepositions
· Identifying prepositional phrases
Topic B: Conjunctions
· Identifying conjunctions
· Working with clauses and conjunctions
Topic C: Interjections
· Identifying interjections
Unit 4: Effective sentences
Topic A: Sentence formation
· Defining effective sentences
· Identifying sentences
· Defining the natural order of sentences
· Identifying subjects
· Identifying predicates
Topic B: Phrases and clauses
· Identifying phrases
· Identifying clauses
Topic C: Sentence classifications
· Classifying sentences
Unit 5: Agreement rules
Topic A: Subject and verb agreement
· Identifying subject and verb agreement
· Identifying singular subjects
· Identifying compound subjects
· Identifying pronoun and antecedent agreement
· Identifying verb tense agreement
Topic B: Parallel sentence structure
· Making sentences parallel
Unit 6: Improving sentence structure
Topic A: Sentence fragments
· Identifying sentence fragments
Topic B: Run-on sentences
· Identifying run-on sentences
Topic C: Active and passive voice
· Identifying passive voice
· Changing passive voice to active voice
Topic D: Split infinitives
· Identifying split infinitives
· Discussing sentence structure guidelines
Unit 7: Word choice
Topic A: The importance of word choice
· Selecting the right word
Topic B: Misused words
· Identifying misused words
Topic C: Spelling errors
· Fixing spelling errors
Topic D: Prefixes and suffixes
· Attaching prefixes
· Attaching suffixes
Unit 8: Punctuation and mechanics
Topic A: Punctuation to separate clauses
· Using commas
· Using semicolons and colons
· Using dashes
Topic B: Parentheses and apostrophes
· Using parentheses and brackets
· Using apostrophes
· Using hyphens
Topic C: Quotation marks and numbers
· Using quotation marks and ellipses
· Using italics
· Determining when to spell out words
Topic D: Capitalization rules
· Applying capitalization rules
Unit 9: Synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms
Topic A: Synonyms and antonyms
· Identifying synonyms and antonyms
Topic B: Homonyms
· Identifying homonyms
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