Write+Source+Grammar+Instruction

Grammar Instruction First Semester First Marking Period


 * Nouns ||  ||
 * # Noun
 * 1) Subject || **1. Write Source. Pg 701-702**
 * Concepts: classes of nouns, number, gender, case (important)**
 * Ex. Pg. 703**
 * 2. Write Source. Pg. 738**
 * Concepts: The Subject: simple, complete, compound.**
 * The Delayed Subject**
 * Ex. Pg. 739** ||


 * Verbs ||  ||
 * # Action verb
 * 1) State ofBeingverb
 * 2) Linking verbs
 * 3) Helping/auxiliary verb
 * 4) Tense
 * 5) Mood (L.8.1d)
 * 6) Predicate || **1. Write Source. Pg. 714**
 * 2. Write Source. Pg. 714**
 * 3. Write Source. Pg. 714**
 * 714.1**
 * 4. Write Source. Pg. 714**
 * 714.2**
 * 5. Write Source. Pg. 718**
 * 718.3-720.1**
 * 6. Write Source. Pg. 724**
 * Concepts: Subjunctive mood 724.1**
 * 7. Write Source. Pg. 740.1**
 * Concepts: The Predicate: simple, complete, compound, understood subject and predicate**
 * (Teach Direct Object)** ||
 * Agreement (L.3.1f) ||  ||
 * # Subject-verb || **1. Write Source. Pg. 752**
 * Concepts: Agreement of Subject and Verb**
 * 752.1, 752.2, 752.3, 752.4**
 * Ex. Pg. 753**
 * “Proof Reading, Revising, Editing”**
 * Pages 81-89** ||


 * Pronouns (L.3.1f) ||  ||
 * # Pronoun
 * 1) Antecedent
 * 2) Agreement
 * 3) Case
 * 4) Singular/plural || **1-2 Write Source. Pg. 704**
 * Concepts: Pronoun, Antecedent,**
 * It isn’t important to harp on the Classes of Pronouns. Enough to know that those words are pronouns.**
 * Ex. Pg. 705**
 * 3. Write Source. Pg. 756**
 * Concepts: Agreement in Number, Agreement in gender**
 * Ex. Pg. 757**
 * Resource:**
 * “Proof Reading, Revising, Editing”**
 * Pages 91-97** ||

728.2** ||
 * Adjectives ||  ||
 * # Adjectives
 * 1) Predicate Adjectives: Linking verbs are followed by adj.
 * Comparisons || **1. Write Source. Pg. 728**
 * Concepts: Types of Adjectives**
 * 728.1**
 * 2. Predicate Adjectives. Write Source. Pg. 728.**
 * Concept: Predicate adjective**
 * 728.1 Ex. Pg. 729**
 * Faulty comparisons: Forms of Adjectives


 * Adverbs ||  ||
 * # Adverbs
 * comparison/forms || **1. Write Source. Pg. 730**
 * Concepts: Types 730.1 (Types not imp. just know the adverbs)**
 * Comparison: Write Source. Pg. 730**
 * Concepts: Forms of Adverbs. Ex. Pg. 731** ||
 * //__* Adjective and Adverb lesson: Modifiers, Dangling modifiers, Faulty Comparisons, Double Negatives__//**


 * Prepositions ||  ||
 * # Prepositional Phrase || **1. Write Source. Pg. 732.**
 * Concepts: Prepositional phrases**
 * 732.1**
 * Ex. Pg. 733** ||


 * Sentence Structure ||  ||
 * # Simple Sentence structures || **1. Write Source. Pg. 748**
 * Concepts: Simple Sentence**
 * 748.1** ||

Grammar Second Marking Period Phrases || **1. Write Source. Pg. 734**
 * Conjunctions and Sentence structures (L.4.1f) ||  ||
 * # Coordinating Conjuctions (Fanboys)
 * 1) Commas
 * 2) Semi-colons
 * 3) Compound sentence
 * 4) Subordinate Conjuctions
 * 5) Complex Sentence
 * 6) Compound-Complex sentences
 * 7) Use of commas to separate items in a series (L.5.2a)
 * 734.1**
 * 2. Write Source. Pg. 608**
 * 608.1**
 * 3.. Write Source. Pg. 618**
 * 618.1**
 * 4. Write Source. Pg. 748**
 * 748.1: Compound Sentences**
 * 5. Write Source. Pg. 734**
 * 734.3**
 * 6. Write Source. Pg. 748**
 * 748.1**
 * 7. Write Source. Pg. 748**
 * 748.1**
 * 8. Write Source. Pg. 610**
 * 610.2**
 * 610.3** ||


 * Punctuation (Remaining concepts) ||  ||
 * # dash
 * 1) quotation marks – how to punctuate them
 * 2) Apostrophes – possession
 * 3) Essential and non-essential (L.6.2a) || **1. Write Source. Pg. 640**
 * 640.1**
 * 2. Write Source. Pg. 632**
 * 632.1-.2**
 * 3. Write Source. Pg. 628**
 * 628.2-630.4**
 * 4. Write Source. Pg. 612**
 * 612.1-612.2**
 * “Proof Reading, Revising and Editing”**
 * Pages 143-153** ||

Grammar Second Semester Third Marking Period Concluding Sentences ||  ||
 * Paragraph-Level Structure ||  ||
 * # Topic Sentences
 * 1) Transitions
 * 2) Supporting material
 * Gerunds vs. Infinitives ||  ||


 * Parallel Structure ||  ||


 * Words ||  ||
 * # Using the Right Word (L.3.3a)
 * 1) Avoid passive verbs
 * 2) Redundant sentences
 * 3) Idiomatic Expression ||   ||


 * Passage Level Structure ||  ||
 * # Relationships between and among paragraphs
 * 1) Order of paragraphs
 * 2) Patterns of development – ex. Chronological ||   ||