IEW® Fix It!™ Grammar Online Courses
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Fall 2023
Grammar Courses
Semester 1
Spring 2024
Grammar Courses
Semester 2
COURSE DETAILS
In these 30-week, 30-minute online courses, which are broken up into two semesters, we will work on grammar by learning, fixing, discussing, and copying sentences in a story. We will use Google Classroom for all course communications and to access class Zoom links. WordWall games and activities will be assigned to help cement concepts taught in a fun and engaging way.
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Class size: 3 to 10 (Class will be cancelled if fewer than 3 students register)
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Age: 9 – 15 (age is flexible, if you have questions, please contact me)
Class Schedule / Scope and Sequence
When your student has completed all 30 weeks of each Fix It!™ Grammar book, they will have handwritten the entire story that corresponds with the book they are working in and 120 vocabulary words.
Nose Tree, Level 1 (click + to view)
| S1 Wk 1 | noun, capitalization, end mark punctuation, indentation, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 2 | article ajectives, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 3 | personal pronoun I, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 4 | noun, pronoun, article adjectives, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 5 | who/which clause, who/which clause, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 6 | homophones there/their/they’re, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 7 | possessive adjective, quality adjective, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 8 | preposition, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 9 | subject noun, subject pronoun, action verb, who/which clause, subject/verb pairs, who/which clause, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 10 | linking verb, adjective after linking verb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 11 | helping verb, that clause, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 12 | exclamation mark, quotation marks, homophones to/two/too, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 13 | coordinating conjunction, strong verb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 14 | adverb, -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 15 | -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 16 | capitalization within quotations, homophones its/it’s, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 17 | who/which clause, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 18 | noun, action verb, adjective, end mark punctuaiton, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 19 | apostrophe contraction, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 20 | capitalization within quotations, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 21 | adverb clause, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 22 | action, linking, and helping verbs, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 23 | numbers, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 24 | adjective, adverb, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 25 | preposition, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 26 | apostrophe contraction, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 27 | adverb clause, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 28 | quotion marks for punctuaiton and capitalization, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 29 | coordinating conjunction |
| S2 Wk 30 | review, vocabulary |
Town Mouse and Country Mouse, Level 2 (click + to view)
| S1 Wk 1 | noun, article adjective, capitalization of sentence, proper noun, end mark punctuation, indentation, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 2 | pronoun, capitaliztion of personal pronoun I, end mark punctuation, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 3 | preposition, capitalization of calendar, end mark punctuation, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 4 | subject noun, subject pronoun, action, linking and helping verbs, subject/verb pairs, stylistic techique – strong verb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 5 | coordinating conjunctions, punctuation, commas a and b, a, b, and c, who/which clause, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 6 | adjective, possessive adjective, commas a and b, commas a, b, and c, homophones to/two/too, stylistic technique – quality adjectives, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 7 | interjection, capitalization of interjection and within quotation marks, punctuation within quotation marks, homophones its/it’s, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 8 | punctuation of a, b, and c, numbers, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 9 | linking verb, adjective, adjective after a linking verb, adverb, capitalization of a proper adjective, -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 10 | that clause, contractions, that clause, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 11 | preposition, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 12 | noun of direct address and its punctuation, quotation marks punctuation, adverb, homophones your/you’re, -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 13 | adverb clause punctuation, adverb clause, homophones there/their/they’re, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 14 | who/which clause, that clause, adverb clause, who/which clause stylistic clause, adverb clause, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 15 | preposition, adverb clause, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 16 | plural noun, possessive adjective and its punctuation, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 17 | [1] subject opener, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 18 | [2] prepositional opener and its punctuation, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 19 | action, linking, and helping verbs, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 20 | [3] adverb opener, punctuation of -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 21 | [1][2][3] openers, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 22 | strong verb, quality adjective, -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 23 | coordinating conjunction, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 24 | quotation marks punctuation, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 25 | #2 prepositional and #3 -ly dress-ups, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 26 | adverb clause, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 27 | contraction punctuation, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 28 | adjective, adverb, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 29 | preposition, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 30 | vocabulary |
Robin Hood, Level 3 (click + to view)
| S1 Wk 1 | noun, pronoun, personal pronoun, preposition, prepositional phrase, article adjective, capitalization, punctuation, indentation, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 2 | subject noun and pronoun, action, linking and helping verb, coordinating conjuction, commas, apostrophes (contraction), subject/verb pairs, strong verb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 3 | adjective, possessive adjective, adjective after a linking verb, capitalization (proper adjective), commas for who/which clause, who/which clause, quality adjective, stylistic technique, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 4 | noun, action verb, adjective, punctuation of the that clause, homophones to/two/too, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 5 | noun of direct address, adverb, punctuation of noun of direct address, homophones its/it’s and your/you’re, dress-up -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 6 | adverb, punctuation, [2] prepositional opener, dress-up #1 subject and #2 prepositional, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 7 | action, linking, helping verbs, adverb, punctuation, [3] -ly adverb opener, numbers, dress-up #3 -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 8 | punctuation, adverb clause, punctuation for adverb clause, stylistic technique adverb clause, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 9 | indefinite pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, homophones there/their/they’re, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 10 | who/which, that, adverb, dependent, and main clauses, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 11 | noun, action verb, adjective, who/which clause, fused sentence, stylistic technique – who/which clause, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 12 | punctuation #5 clausal opener, adverb clause, clausal opener, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 13 | punctuation of comma splice, fused sentence, #3 -ly adverb and #6 VSS, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 14 | subject pronoun, interjection, capitalization of interjection, punctuation (exclamation mark and interjection), homophones whose/who’s, imperative sentence, vocabulary |
| S1 Wk 15 | capitalization within quotations, punctuation within quotations, quotations, indentation, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 16 | coordinating conjunction, punctuation of commas a and b, a, b, and c, MC, cc MC, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 17 | prepositional phrase, main and dependent clauses, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 18 | homophones then/than, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 19 | plural noun, possessive adjective, punctuation apostrophes (possessive adjective), vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 20 | preposition, prepositional phrase, adverb clause, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 21 | coordinating conjunction, commas a and b, a, b, and c, MC, cc MC, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 22 | reflexive pronoun, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 23 | who/which clause, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 24 | stylistic technique of strong verb, quality adjective, -ly adverb, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 25 | coordinating adjective and its punctuation, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 26 | cumulative adjectives including punctuation, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 27 | stylistic techniques [2] prepositional opener, [5] clausal opener, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 28 | quotation mark punctuation, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 29 | action, linking, and helping verb, vocabulary |
| S2 Wk 30 | review, vocabulary |
Prerequisite
The first semester of each level is required before you may register your student for the second semester. If your student has not completed the first semester with me, please contact me before enrolling your student in the second semester of any level. After verification, I will accept students who have completed Weeks 1-15 on their own or in another setting. While students aren’t required to take each level with me, each lvel must be taken in sequential order then continuing on.
Class Description
Have you tried to teach your child grammar and it just isn’t sticking? Is it not carrying over into their writing? Fix It!™ Grammar will help your student see how grammar works in real-life application, and they will become confident self-editors in the process. Using Fix It!™ Grammar, we will work together to learn, fix, discuss, and copy sentences from the story presented in each level. As a class, we will work together to complete Day 1 of each week. When a new concept is introduced, your student will learn cleaver ways to remember what has been taught in class. Working independently, students will complete Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4 for each week. Answers to the assigned homework will be posted on the classroom wall where students can self-correct their work. Parents are welcome and encouraged to assist their child with homework. (IEW’s philosophy is you can never help your child too much, so please help as much as you see fit in order to help your child succeed in class.)
Goals
- Students will improve their knowledge of English grammar.
- Students will more easily identify the parts of a speech, parts of a sentence including punctuation, and parts of a paragraph.
- Students will gain confidence in their ability to read and edit a passage of text.
- Students will have increased their vocabulary by using new words in context.
- Students will work on improving their penmanship skills as they copy sentences to their composition notebooks.
Homework
Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4 that appear in each week of the student workbook will be completed independently as homework, which should take approximately fifteen minutes a day. Answers to assigned homework with be posted to the Google Classroom wall so students can self-correct their work and learn from any misses or errors.
Required Materials
- Level 1: Fix It!™ Grammar: Level 1 The Nose Tree Student Book
- Level 2: Fix It!™ Grammar Level 2 Town Mouse and Country Mouse Student Book
- Level 3: Fix It!™ Grammar: Level 3 Robin Hood Student Book
- Optional: Fix It!™ Grammar Cards
- Composition Notebook
- Pens and Pencils
- Optional: Sticky Notes
Price / Refund Policy / Discount
$12 per week / $180 Semester A full refund will be issued for any reason up until to seven days before class starts after which time no refund will be granted. Example: Class starts Wednesday, April 27th. Refunds will be granted until Tuesday, April 19th at 11:59 pm Central. Debit card payment is greatly appreciated! A 5% discount is given for families who register more than one sibling from the same household. Use discount code: Siblings5 NOTE: If this discount code is used when registering only one student, the registration will be cancelled.
“Wonderful teacher!” – B.
“It was a good class” -S. Morrison
“The instructor prepared her class really well. This class is a good intro to strong verbs. It will be very helpful to writing.” -J. Sun