Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: None
Unit 1: The importance of grammar
Topic A:0 Grammar skills
A-1: Improving grammar skills
A-2: Writing clearly
Topic B:0 Nouns and verbs
B-1: Identifying nouns
B-2: Identifying verbs
Unit 2: Pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
Topic A:0 Pronouns
A-1: Identifying pronouns
A-2: Identifying categories of pronouns
A-3: Identifying pronoun cases
A-4: Identifying compound personal pronouns
Topic B:0 Adjectives and adverbs
B-1: Identifying types of adjectives
B-2: Identifying adverbs
B-3: Identifying degrees of adjectives and adverbs
Unit 3: Prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
Topic A:0 Prepositions
A-1: Identifying prepositions
A-2: Identifying prepositional phrases
Topic B:0 Conjunctions
B-1: Identifying conjunctions
B-2: Working with clauses and conjunctions
Topic C:0 Interjections
C-1: Identifying interjections
Unit 4: Effective sentences
Topic A:0 Sentence formation
A-1: Defining effective sentences
A-2: Identifying sentences
A-3: Defining the natural order of sentences
A-4: Identifying subjects
A-5: Identifying predicates
Topic B:0 Phrases and clauses
B-1: Identifying phrases
B-2: Identifying clauses
Topic C:0 Sentence classifications
C-1: Classifying sentences
Unit 5: Agreement rules
Topic A:0 Subject and verb agreement
A-1: Identifying subject and verb agreement
A-2: Identifying singular subjects
A-3: Identifying compound subjects
A-4: Identifying pronoun and antecedent agreement
A-5: Identifying verb tense agreement
Topic B:0 Parallel sentence structure
B-1: Making sentences parallel
Unit 6: Improving sentence structure
Topic A:0 Sentence fragments
A-1: Identifying sentence fragments
Topic B:0 Run-on sentences
B-1: Identifying run-on sentences
Topic C:0 Active and passive voice
C-1: Identifying passive voice
C-2: Changing passive voice to active voice
Topic D:0 Split infinitives
D-1: Identifying split infinitives
D-2: Discussing sentence structure guidelines
Unit 7: Word choice
Topic A:0 The importance of word choice
A-1: Selecting the right word
Topic B:0 Misused words
B-1: Identifying misused words
Topic C:0 Spelling errors
C-1: Fixing spelling errors
Topic D:0 Prefixes and suffixes
D-1: Attaching prefixes
D-2: Attaching suffixes
Unit 8: Punctuation and mechanics
Topic A:0 Punctuation to separate clauses
A-1: Using commas
A-2: Using semicolons and colons
A-3: Using dashes
Topic B:0 Parentheses and apostrophes
B-1: Using parentheses and brackets
B-2: Using apostrophes
B-3: Using hyphens
Topic C:0 Quotation marks and numbers
C-1: Using quotation marks and ellipses
C-2: Using italics
C-3: Determining when to spell out words
Topic D:0 Capitalization rules
D-1: Applying capitalization rules
Unit 9: Synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms
Topic A:0 Synonyms and antonyms
A-1: Identifying synonyms and antonyms
Topic B:0 Homonyms
B-1: Identifying homonyms