Need Grammar Help?

 

Do you need help?  Here are some places you may want to check out for that something extra.


Although this webpage focuses on grammar, we do a lot more than that in the classroom!  We call this class “language arts” because we combine all the aspects of language into one class.  For example, we read, write, speak, listen, and observe each other.  All of these activities build into the art of the language.  Since students regularly practice the arts of the language, I spend my help sessions on refining that practice.  In addition, they are not in the habit of developing their grammar usage, so some students require a little more guidance in that area of study.

Online Help

Free Grammar Help

  1. •Free Grammar Quizzes

  2. •Sentence Types

  3. •More Sentence Types

  4. •General Grammar Quizzes- Test your knowledge and Practice Your Skills (for parts of speech, capitalization, and punctuation help)

  5. •Free Grammar Rules - Can’t remember when to use who or whom?  No problem.  This site helps you with all of that!


 

Help Sessions

  1. •I am available in the mornings from 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM for help sessions by appointment.


 

Sometimes a little rote practice is just what the grammar doctor ordered.  Ok, that is pretty cheesy, but it is true about repetition.  The more you practice a grammar concept, the better you will get.  Here are some printed materials that may help you (or your child) practice those ever important grammar skills.

The Absolutely Essential Grammar Guide edited by Nancy Atlee. Prufrock Press, 2005. This handy book makes editing and revising a snap.  For grades 5 and up.





Basic / Not Boring Grammar and Usage Series concept and development by Imogene Forte and Marjorie Frank. Exercises by Joy MacKenzie. Incentive Publications, ©1997. The exercises in this book can be used to introduce new skills, review previously taught material, assess skills and content, and encourage the use of higher order thinking skills.



Joyful Learning: Great Grammar Skill Builders: Grades 6-8: Joyful Learning.  Offering targeted practice for your middle-school class, this challenging workbook provides them with an array of skill-building exercises covering everything from analyzing sentences to adjectives and adverbs.

An answer key makes it easy for you to support their learning.

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Grammar Concepts

  1. •Sentence Types (Simple, Compound, Complex, & Compound-Complex)

  2. •Subject-Verb Agreement

  3. •Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

  4. •Verb Tenses (Simple & Perfect)

  5. •Homonyms

  6. •Capitalization

  7. •Comma & Semicolon Usage

  8. •Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs

  9. •Dependent Clauses (Adjective & Adverb Clauses)


Want to know all the details of what your child will be learning in language arts?  Click here.


 

Language Arts Grading Rules