Grammar and Writing Conventions

Class Notes from Mrs. Clark-Burnell

Key Concepts

Parts of speech 

Independent & depended clauses, 

Sentence fragments and run-ons,

 

Parts of a sentence (subject & predicate)

 

Sentence types

 

Second Group of Key Concepts

Complements

Phrases

Sentence Structures

Agreement

Third Group of Key Concepts

Verb forms

Using pronouns correctly

Using Modifiers correctly

Common Usage Problems

Fourth Group of Key Concepts

Capital letters

Punctuation (end marks, commas, semicolons, colons, quotation marks, italics & underlining, apostrophes, hyphens, parentheses, brackets, dashes, etc.

Effective Sentences

 

 

 

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 Print out the Daily Grammar Notes.  They are modified from Mr. Johnson's Daily Grammar website.  (See sources credited at bottom of page.)

EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

PREPOSITIONS-- we reviewed these using handouts which can't be uploaded to the web

CONJUNCTIONS-- we reviewed these using handouts which can't be uploaded to the web

INTERJECTIONS-- we reviewed these using handouts which can't be uploaded to the web

NOUNS

PRONOUNS

ADJECTIVES

VERBS

ADVERBS

  • Daily Grammar:  Adverb Lessons 46-50 -- coming soon-- we're having linking problems with Frontpage-- sorry for the inconvenience (3/24 10:15 a.m.)
  • Daily Grammar:  Adverb Lessons 51-55-- coming soon-- we're having linking problems with Frontpage-- sorry for the inconvenience (3/24 10:15 a.m.)

Each student is creating a grammar packet which she can use to study from and refer to on quizzes and our grammar final exam.  This grammar packet consists mainly of 

a) Notes:  usually Daily Grammar Notes (which are available on this website to printout if one doesn't like writing them down in class), 

b) Handouts, most handouts are black-line masters from the green Holt Grammar series, while others are from other sources

c) Practice Exercises from the green Holt textbook in class, 

d) "Try it Out" exercises from our teal literature book that students have at home.

Students create their own table of contents for this mini-grammar book as we add pages to it in class.

Notes come, primarily, from the following sources:

Johnson.  "Daily Grammar Lessons."  DailyGrammar.com,  1999.  

Phillips, Wanda C.  Easy Grammar Plus.  Scottsdale: Isha Enterprises, Inc, 1995.

The Language of Literature:  Grammar Mini-Lessons, Grade Seven. Boston:  McDougal Littell, 1997.

2003-2004

Chapter  1 Test topics:  

  • Sentence or sentence fragment?
  • Subjects (simple subjects, complete subjects, compound subject) 
  • Predicates (simple, complete, compound)
  • Classifying and punctuating types of sentences

Chapter 2 Test topics:

  • PRONOUNS:   p. 710-711  (Page numbers refer to the 7th Grade Elements of Literature First Course textbook which students have at home; it has a teal cover.)

  • ADJECTIVES:  P. 712-713

  • NOUNS:  P. 709-710 

  • Determining Parts of Speech, p. 719

Click on the underlined phrase to view a MS Word document of the notes on the following grammar topics: