2010 - 2111 Plans for Rod and Staff Grammar 5

Poem Memorization:
“Bed in Summer” by Robert Louis Stevenson (p. 28 H&L)
“Father William” by Robert Southey (p.117 H&L)
“Something Told the Wild Geese” by Rachel Field (p. 80 AFoP)
“America for Me” by Henry Van Dyke (p.74 H&L)
“The Violet“ by Jane Taylor (p.120 H&L)
“Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer (p. 65 H&L)

Lessons (* worksheet available)

1. Lesson 1: Introduction*
2. Lesson 2: Complete Sentences*
Review definition of a sentence.
3. Lesson 3: The Predicate of a Sentence*
Review definition of a sentence.
4. Lesson 4: The Subject of a Sentence*
Review definition of a sentence.
5. Lesson 6: Statements and Questions
6. Lesson 7: Commands and Questions*
7. Lesson 8: Diagramming Sentence Skeletons*
8. Lesson 10: Chapter 1 Review
9. Chapter 1 Test
10. Poem # 1: “Bed in Summer”
11. Lesson 12: Compound Subjects and Predicates
12. Lesson 13: More Compound Subjects and Predicates*
13. Lesson 14: Compound Sentences
14. Lesson 16: Simple Sentences and Compound Sentences*
15. Lesson 17: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences*
16. Lesson 18: Combining Choppy Sentences
17. Lesson 20: Sentences That Begin With There Is or There Are*
18. Lesson 21: Chapter 2 Review
19. Chapter 2 Test
20. Poem #2: “Father William”
21. Lesson 22: Nouns*
Review definition of a noun.
Review ”Articles” chant.
22. Lesson 23: Common and Proper Nouns*
Review definition of a noun.
23. Lesson 24: Singular and Plural Nouns
Review rules on forming plurals
24. Lesson 26: More Plural Nouns
25. Lesson 27: Possessive Nouns*
Review apostrophe rules.
26. Lesson 28: Appositives and Nouns of Direct Address*
27. Lesson 30: Chapter 3 Review
Review rules on forming plurals and apostrophe rules.
28. Chapter 3 Test
29. Poem #3: “Something Told Me the Wild Geese”
30. Lesson 31: Verbs*
Review definition of a verb, concentrating on first part.
31. Lesson 32: The Verb Be*
Review definition of a verb, concentrating on second part.
Review “Being Verbs” chant
32. Lesson 33: Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases*
Review definition of a verb, concentrating on last part (linking verbs covered
in next chapter).
Review “Helping Verbs” chant.
33. Lesson 35: Agreement of Subjects and Verbs
34. Lesson 36: Using Forms of Be and Do
35. Lesson 37: Verb Tense*
New definition: Tense
36. Lesson 39: The Principal Parts of Verbs
New chant: “Principal Parts of Verbs” (the “Remember” box can be sung to
“The Ants Go Marching In”)
37. Lesson 40: Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs
Review “Principal Parts of Verbs” chant.
38. Lesson 41: Using Verb Forms Correctly*
Review “Principal Parts of Verbs” chant.
39. Lesson 43: Chapter 4 Review
40. Chapter 4 Test
41. Cumulative poem review
42. Lesson 44: Sentences With Direct Objects
43. Lesson 45: Sentences With Compound Direct Objects*
44. Lesson 46: Principal Parts of Common Irregular Verbs
Review “Principal Parts of Verbs” chant.
45. Lesson 48: Using Raise and Rise
46. Lesson 49: Using Set and Sit*
47. Lesson 50: Using Lay and Lie
48. Lesson 51: Using Let and Leave*
49. Lesson 53: Linking Verbs*
Review definition of a verb, concentrating on third part.
50. Lesson 54: Linking Verbs With Predicate Nouns
51. Lesson 55: Linking Verbs With Predicate Adjectives*
52. Lesson 57: More Troublesome Verbs
53. Lesson 58: Chapter 5 Review
54. Chapter 5 Test
55. Poem #4: “America for Me”
56. Lesson 59: Pronouns Stand for Nouns*
Review definition of a pronoun and “Pronouns” chant.
57. Lesson 60: Nominative Case Pronouns*
 Review definition of a pronoun and “Pronoun” chant.
58. Lesson 61: Objective Case Pronouns*
59. Lesson 63: Possessive Case Pronouns
60. Lesson 64: Nominative, Objective, and Possessive Case Pronouns*
61. Lesson 65: Demonstrative Pronouns
62. Lesson 67: Indefinite Pronouns*
63. Lesson 68: Interrogative Pronouns*
64. Lesson 70: Chapter 6 Review
65. Chapter 6 Test
66. Poem # 5: “The Violet”
67. Lesson 71: What Are Adjectives?
Review definition of an adjective.
68. Lesson 72: Limiting Adjectives*
Review definition of an adjective.
69. Lesson 73: Predicate Adjectives*
Review definition of an adjective.
70. Lesson 75: Appositive Adjectives
71. Lesson 76: Adjectives That Compare*
72. Lesson 77: What Are Adverbs?
Review definition of an adverb.
73. Lesson 79: Modifiers of Adjectives and Adverbs*
Review definition of an adverb.
74. Lesson 80: More Practice With Adjectives and Adverbs*
Review definition of an adverb.
75. Lesson 81: Adverbs That Compare*
76. Lesson 84: Using Good, Well and Negative Words*
77. Lesson 85: Chapter 7 Review
78. Chapter 7 Test
79. Cumulative poem review
80. Lesson 86: Punctuating Sentences and Abbreviations*
81. Lesson 87: Using Commas Correctly
82. Lesson 88: More About Commas*
83. Lesson 90: Using Apostrophes Correctly*
84. Lesson 91: Direct and Indirect Quotation
85. Lesson 92: More About Direct Quotations
86. Lesson 94: Divided Quotations*
87. Lesson 95: Writing Conversation*
88. Lesson 96: Chapter 8 Review
89. Chapter 8 Review
90. Poem # 6: “Casey at the Bat”
91. Lesson 98: Prepositions*
Review preposition song and chant.
92. Lesson 99: Prepositional Phrases Used as Adjectives
Review preposition song and chant.
93. Lesson 100: Prepositional Phrases Used as Adverbs*
Review preposition song and chant.
94. Lesson 102: Prepositions and Adverbs*
95. Lesson 103: Using Prepositions Correctly*
96. Lesson 104: Conjunctions*
Review definition of a conjunction.
97. Lesson 106: Interjections*
Review definition of an interjection.
98. Lesson 107: Chapter 9 Review
99. Chapter 9 Test
100. Cumulative Poem Review
101. Lesson 108: Capitalization*
102. Lesson 109: Capitalizing Names and Titles
103. Lesson 111: Using the Dictionary*
104. Lesson 112: Pronunciation and Meaning*
105. Lesson 113: Synonyms and Antonyms
106. Lesson 115: Homonyms*
107. Lesson 116: Using a Concordance and a Bible Dictionary*
108. Lesson 117: Using Hyphens and Colons*
109. Lesson 119: Chapter 10 Review* (worksheet 67)
110. Chapter 10 Test
111. Final Poem Recitation