Middle school students develop solid skills with these english grammar lessons and exercises.
Twenty short, easy-to-understand grammar lessons with examples and plenty of practice exercises help students master the basics of clear and correct writing. Ready-to-reproduce lessons provide teachers with handy reinforcement and homework assignments. This versatile english grammar lesson & exercise book also allows for independent study at school or at home, helping students acquire the skills that make writing a more enjoyable and satisfying experience.
Features of The Basic Grammar Practice Book
- Reviews important rules of grammar
- Reinforces classroom instruction
- Develops writing confidence and satisfaction
- Evaluates student knowledge and needs with a Pre-Test and Post-Test
- Provides helpful tips for parents and teachers
- How to Use This Book
- Tips for Teachers and Parents
- Grammar Pre-Test
- Nouns
- Verbs 1 - Action and State of Being
- Pronouns
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Interjections
- Verbs 2 - Transitive, Intransitive, Linking
- Verbs 3 - Voice
- Troublesome Verbs
- Verbals
- Phrases and Clauses
- Sentence Elements
- Kinds of Sentences
- Sentence Errors
- Modifiers
- Parallelism and Balance
- Verbs 4 - Tense and Voice Shift
- Grammar Post-Test
- Answer Key for Pre-Test, Lessons, and Post-Test
- Award of Recognition
Introduction
This Basic Grammur Practice Book provides opportunities for students in grades 6-10 to develop further their base of knowledge about the structure of language. A sound understanding of structure enables young writers to express their ideas efficiently and correctly.
As students move into the next century, they will realize dramatically how important clear communication, oral or written, will be for both their personal and professional lives.
Communication is a hallmark of our society. As educators and family members, we have a serious responsibility to offer as many avenues as possible for students to enhance their communication skills.
Therefore, this practice book supplements classroom instruction and primary texts by reviewing familiar theory. It reinforces theoretical patterns by using the variables of time, various exercises, and repetition, all of which work to the advantage of students.
The major objective for all of us requires our assisting students to move into a broader dimension of language usage. Growth adds to confidence, an important characteristic for pupils in grades 6-10.
Through this practice book, we hope to stimulate the process by which students discover the power of the well-written word. Clear writing indicates clear thinking. Therein lies a core of communication. There also lies a promising future for these young learners and writers as they move into higher levels of education.
The objectives of this book mirror standard ideas for the study of language and its guidelines:
- Review of important rules of grammar
- Reinforcement of the importance of standard English for oral and written communication
- Demonstration of the relevance of grammar to students’ academic lives and to their goals
- Assistance in making writing an easier task with more satisfying results
- Development of confidence in personal skill habits
Overview
The twenty separate sections of this practice book support these objectives. Each section offers theory and practice that promote further understanding of structure.
Theory pages not only review information but also add detail to promote growth in language usage. Students in grades 6-10 may have varying earlier instructional experiences. Therefore, the review becomes somewhat comprehensive. What may be new information flows forward easily on the base of what may be assumed to have been studied previously.
The exercises strengthen the students’ knowledge of theory. Repetition becomes an important reinforcer for students in these grades. As they move successfully through the practice sessions, they develop their facility with language. This development in turn under-girds a new confidence in their ability to use language more appropriately and effectively in either oral or written communication.
Since some students are more visual learners than others, the use of color to identify parts of speech can be productive for them. Red for nouns and green for verbs, for example, are easy highlights for certain students. Individuals who require attention in a developmental mode or have a learning disability are among those who can benefit from color as a study tool. It is yet another strategy to clarify the parts of speech.
An important identification of the sentence is its division into the subject and the predicate. Several critical grammatical elements are found in the predicate. To imprint the point of division, therefore, the main verb that has a relationship to the subject of the sentence has been termed the predicate verb in this book. Teachers or parents can explain this issue and continue to use the term predicate verb or use the term main verb. Overall, understanding which word (or words) constitutes the verb that relates to the subject is the most important point.
The Pre-Test and Post-Test serve as evaluations for student and teacher or parent. Results from the Pre-Test enable the student to focus on any weakness and take pride in the strengths shown. Post-Test results supporting growth in usage and understanding will add to self-confidence with evidence of progress.
Using the Answer Key simplifies movement from exercise to exercise and provides a sense of independence for students. This type of freedom is pleasing to students in these grades. Opportunities can be offered to answer questions should they arise. |
