Course Outline
Duration:
1 Day
Description: This course student will learn how to use grammar
effectively within their organizations. Students will learn to write effective
sentences by identifying sentence elements, correctly using phrases and
clauses, and understanding sentence classifications. The open, modular-style
manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom, and is filled with
interactive exercises that will allow students to explore the intricacies of
Grammar Skills.
Course Contents:
Unit 1: The importance of grammar
Topic A: Grammar skills
Topic B: Nouns and verbs
Unit 2: Pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
Topic A: Pronouns
Topic B: Adjectives and
adverbs
Unit 3: Prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
Topic A: Prepositions
Topic B: Conjunctions
Topic C: Interjections
Unit 4: Effective sentences
Topic A: Sentence formation
Topic B: Phrases and clauses
Topic C: Sentence
classifications
Unit 5: Agreement rules
Topic A: Subject and verb
agreement
Topic B: Parallel sentence
structure
Unit 6: Improving sentence structure
Topic A: Sentence fragments
Topic B: Run-on sentences
Topic C: Active and passive
voice
Topic D: Split infinitives
Unit 7: Word choice
Topic A: The importance of
word choice
Topic B: Misused words
Topic C: Spelling errors
Topic D: Prefixes and
suffixes
Unit 8: Punctuation and mechanics
Topic A: Punctuation to
separate clauses
Topic B: Parentheses and
apostrophes
Topic C: Quotation marks and
numbers
Topic D: Capitalization
rules
Unit 9: Synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms
Topic A: Synonyms and
antonyms
Topic B: Homonyms
