English 1 (Accelerated)

  • LITERATURE
  •  WRITING
  •  VOCABULARY
  •  GRAMMAR
  •  POETRY
  •  Common Core

Grammar

The Importance of Correct Grammar

“...if the rhyme and reason of the English language is subject to the whims of the Kardashians’ sentence structure, why bother with grammar at all? Why not create all plurals by adding an “x” to the end of the word? Why not use commas instead of exclamation points? If language is constantly changing, why bother learning rules that are going to change too?

The short answer: consistency.

The reason that the rules of grammar exist is to give all speakers of the same language a playbook to make sure that they are understood by each other.”

— Liz Bureman, “Why Grammar Matters”

This portion of the curriculum is based on the classic Warriner's English Grammar and Composition textbook series developed in the 1940s and 1950s.

For each module, there is a link to a quick reminder of the “rules”, the original text and practice exercises. I will provide the Mastery test(s) – which must be passed with a 90% score – for each module

Mechanics:

    Capital Letters Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    End Marks and Commas Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    Semicolons and Colons Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    Italics and Quotation Marks Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    Apostrophes Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    Other Marks of Punctuation Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises

    Usage:

    Agreement Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    Use of Verbs Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    Pronouns Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    Modifiers Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    Glossary of Usage Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises

    Grammar:

    The Parts of Speech Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    The Parts of a Sentence Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    The Phrase Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises
    The Clause Quick Review Full Chapter Practice Exercises