Middle School Grammar
32 WEEK CLASS
*See Middle School Literature for the second component of English.
Required Text: Voyages in English 5. I provide a supply of student texts that students will rent for the class. These textbooks are ~$70 new, so as long as the text is returned in like condition, the rental fee is only $15.
Copy Fee: $25
Other Supplies Needed: 1 Composition Notebook; Colored pencils or pens; Scissors; Glue
Minimum Number of Students: 8
Maximum Number of Students: 18
Course Description/Outline/Objectives:
Middle School is broken into two classes. This affords sufficient time devoted to each related discipline and allows parents to customize their student’s English program according to their needs. Each class offers unique, fundamental, and dynamic lessons and is designed to work in tandem with the other or to complement at-home curriculum.
The Grammar class utilizes a tried-and-true English curriculum. In use for decades, Voyages in English teaches students how to master grammar and writing skills so their words can take them where they want to go. This is an English “mechanics” class (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, sentences, punctuation, etc.), Students will also engage in select writing mechanics exercises as well.
Note: Parental assistance is required for grammar homework grading. I provide a weekly answer key for grammar homework.
Expected Weekly Time Commitment for Homework: 2 hours
Prerequisites: None
Recommended Grade Level: 5th -7th
Rate for Additional Private Tutoring: $30/hour
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BIO
Tammy Erickson holds bachelor’s degrees in both Marketing and Management, as well as a Minor in Music Business from Anderson University. She has taught Literature Analysis 1 & 2 at other tutorials, as well as World Lit and Grammar to her two amazing daughters. She has authored various works including a Biblically-based Etiquette curriculum, Bible studies, songs, press releases, and magazine articles. Her love of the written word further enabled her to serve as a book editor and editor for two nonprofit organizations. She loves to analyze great authors and find God’s message woven into their stories! And she loves to teach ‘how words come together’! She is a visual learner herself, so she endeavors to incorporate creativity into her lesson plans that will appeal to all three learning styles. Her passion for, and creative approach to, this class will fuel students’ love for literature.
When she isn’t developing new ways to analyze great books, she loves spending time with Jesus, studying and writing, leading worship, planning ministry events at the family’s barn, grabbing coffee with friends, hanging out talking with her two precious daughters, taking walks at the lake with her husband of 22 years, and cuddling her Bernese Mountain Dog puppy.