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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