Intermediate Level
Table of Contents
Rationale
Color Code
List of Activities
Before you Begin
How to Diagram Your Sentences
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Lesson 1
Review of basic grammar; teach Compound Subjects and Conjunctions
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Lesson 2
Review Compound Subjects; teach Compound Predicates, ideas as Nouns
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Lesson 3
Review Compound Subjects and ideas as Nouns; teach Direct Object and Compound Sentence
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Lesson 4
Review of basic grammar Compound Subjects, Compound Predicates, and Compound Sentences, Direct Objects; teach Subject Compliment and Object of the Preposition
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Lesson 5
Application of Grammar in Writing Prompt
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Lesson 6
Review Common and Proper Nouns; teach Abstract, Concrete, and Collective Nouns
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Lesson 7
Review basic grammar along with Direct Object, Object of the Preposition; teach Pronouns doing the job of Nouns that are Subjects, Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, Subject Compliments, Objects of Prepositions, and Adjectives
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Lesson 8
Compound sentence practice
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Lesson 9
Review types of nouns and pronouns ; teach Interrogative Pronouns and Demonstrative Pronouns
Pg. 10
Lesson 10
Review Sentence Pattern; teach Interjections
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Lesson 11
Review Interjections; teach writing conversation
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Lesson 12
Review writing conversation; teach use of commas
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Lesson 13
Editing Practice
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Lesson 14
Review basic verbs; teach Main Verbs, Helping Verbs, Linking Verbs
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Lesson 15
Review Linking Verbs and expanding sentences; teach Infinitives
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Lesson 16
Diagramming Practice; teach Verbals and Gerunds
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Lesson 17
Review Gerunds; teach sleeping verbs and how to locate Main Verb
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Lesson 18
Review basic grammar and diagramming; teach Adjectives (also tell which one)
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Lesson 19
Review basic grammar and diagramming; teach Coordinate and Cumulative Adjectives
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Lesson 20
Review Coordinate and Cumulative Adjectives; teach Adverbs and what they can modify
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Lesson 21
Writing Prompt
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Lesson 22
Review compound sentences and Conjunctions; teach Coordinating Conjunctions and Subordinating Conjunctions
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Lesson 23
Diagramming Practice
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Lesson 24
Review punctuation in Writing Conversation; teach Conjunctive Adverbs
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Lesson 25
Review Conjunctive Adverbs; teach Correlative Conjunctions and Adverbial Phrases
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Lesson 26
Review Conjunctive Adverbial Phrases; teach Prepositional Phrases
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Lesson 27
Review Subjects and Predicates; teach tricky sentences and kinds of clauses
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Lesson 28
Diagramming practice; teach kinds of phrases
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Lesson 29
Review kinds of phrases; teach complex sentences and compound complex sentences
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Lesson 30
Common errors to avoid: Run-on sentences, Phrase by itself, Comma Splice, wrong use of semi-colon, misplaced modifiers, passive voice vs. active voice, parallel sentence structure
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Lesson 31
Review vocabulary. Lesson: writing prompt
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Lesson 32
Review common errors; Persuasive Writing Prompt
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Lesson 33
Editing practice
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Lesson 34
Review vocabulary; Fiction Writing Prompt
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Lesson 35
Review common errors; Compare and Contrast Writing Prompt
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Lesson 36
Editing Practice
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Lesson 37
Choose Writing Prompt from the Research section: Lesson; Choosing a Topic
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Lesson 38
Taking notes on note cards
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Lesson 39
Creating an outline
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Lesson 40
Putting it all together
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List of Writing Prompts
List of Vocabulary
List of Sentence Patterns with diagramming in color code
Answers to review questions in Lessons
Sample outlines for writing prompts
Editing Checklist
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