ELA-051 English Grammar I
$100.00 for 1 year
The first of three English Grammar courses in the CLAA. In 68 lessons, a student in grades 2–4 learns the letters and syllables of English, the eight parts of speech, and how sentences are formed and written. The lessons are based on Harvey’s Elementary Grammar and written so a child can read and understand them himself.
Description
English Grammar I is the first of three courses in the CLAA English Grammar program. It teaches the whole of English grammar in 68 lessons.
The order is the classical one. The student learns the words of the language before he learns the sentences made of them. He studies each part of speech by itself, and only then learns how sentences are built.
The course begins with language, its letters, and its syllables. It then takes up the noun, the adjective, the pronoun, the verb, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. After these come the kinds of sentences, the building of sentences, and the student’s own writing.
The eleven parts are:
- Language and Its Words
- The Noun
- The Adjective
- The Pronoun
- The Verb
- The Adverb
- The Preposition
- The Conjunction and the Interjection
- The Sentence and Its Kinds
- Building Sentences
- Writing Well
Each lesson is a short reading with plain definitions. Each ends with Memory Work: numbered sentences the student memorizes and recites. These sentences are used again in the courses that follow.
The last part gives the student five compositions to write: a description made from careful looking, a story told in order, a description of an animal in three steps, a friendly letter in five parts, and a composition of his own choosing.
The lessons are written for a student of about seven to nine years. He can read them alone or aloud with a parent.
The arrangement and the doctrine come from Harvey’s Elementary Grammar. The lessons are newly written by the Academy. The student reads the lesson and understands it; he does not depend on a parent to explain it.
The course continues in ELA-151 English Grammar II (grades 4–6) and ELA-251 English Grammar III (grades 6–8).
