Description
In Apologia’s Live Class, English Grammar: God’s Gift of the Written Word, students will develop their skills in basic grammar by surveying significant concepts of the English language, such as punctuation, formatting, and traditional sentence diagramming (which trains students to quickly analyze any sentence’s purpose and structure).
The text and the course will use excerpts from Scripture and great English literature to provide meaningful examples and exercises. This helps students learn and apply the given skills to their writing and gain a firm grasp of English.
As Christians, we should be students of the Word, and to do so, we must have a basic understanding of English. These skills will be used throughout your student’s education and in your everyday communication.
Syllabus
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View SyllabusSchedule
Tuesdays, 11:oo a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST
Required Class Materials
Wilson, Nancy. Our Mother Tongue A Guide to English Grammar. 2nd ed. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. 2004. (ISBN: 9781947644557)
Course Topics
- Exploring the gift of written language, which sets us apart as creatures made in God’s image
- The history of the English language and exploring why it exists
- The nuts and bolts of how our language works, which include:
- Parts of speech
- Syntax: the components of a sentence and the kinds of sentences
- Properties of nouns and pronouns
- Properties of Verbs
- Verbal’s
- Properties of modifiers
- Punctuation and text formatting
- Sentences diagramming
Course Specifics
Each class will begin with a review and time for questions from the previous week’s lesson. After this, we will move into a lesson, presenting the new materials for the lesson studied. This time will consist of an explanation of the new concept as well as working through several different exercises where students will have a chance to interact through polls, the whiteboard, and the chat box. The class will end with another opportunity to ask questions if students are unclear about the new material. Each week, students will work through exercises in their book and be responsible for taking a quiz on Canvas to check their understanding of the presented lesson.
Recorded Classes
All classes are video recorded and available for students to watch later so they don’t miss any instruction.
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