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Grammar 2: Varying Your Sentences
With George Ann
Gregory
Course Type:
Self-paced, one-on-one,
with weekly
assignments. While the course begins with instructor-generated
exercises, it ends with you rewriting one of your own compositions.
Duration:
4 Weeks
Objective: Do you find yourself
saying things the same way over and over in your writing? The mark of a
good writer is the ability to use various kinds of sentences. This
course shows you how to do that.
Building from the
skills you gained in Grammar I, you apply what you have learned to
writing. This course gives you sample sentences, paragraphs, and
compositions to rewrite by using a variety of sentence patterns.
The goal of this course
is to give you the ability to create variety in your writing, thereby
making it more interesting.
Start Date:
Open enrollment
Learner
Prerequisites:
Grammar 1
Limit:
None
Cost:
$80.00
Class
Materials: Will be provided
via e-mail
Curriculum:
Week 1: Review of
simple, compound, and complex sentences
Week 2: Making
sentences with verbal nouns and adjectives
Week 3: Creating
sentences and paragraphs with variety
Week 4: Applying Your
Knowledge to Editing Your Own Writing
Instructor Bio
George
Ann Gregory has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. She is a lifelong educator who
has developed language and literacy with learners aged preschool through adult.
She
has worked with a variety of ethnic and linguistics groups, including
Amerindian, Southeast Asian, Latin American, Middle-Eastern, European, African
American, Hispanic American, and Anglo-American.
Her
research includes grammatical analysis of compositions and teaching methods
that work. Her publications include research articles, essays, short stories,
poetry, and children’s stories. Dr. Gregory is the author of the
best-selling Basic Grammar Dictionary
for Anyone and American English
Punctuation for Anyone.
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