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Great Grammar

Great Grammar

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Students learn the importance of grammar. This series demonstrates correct grammar practices for all types of writing. Some of the topics covered include punctuation, adjectives, pronouns, conjunctions, and many others.

Sports action shot of women playing basketball on a court. Text on image reads, "Fast players are good at intercepting the ball." Caption. Therefore "are" can be called the linking verb.
Great Grammar
Episode 1
18 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Magazine open to a 2 page article titled, "Amazing Science." Caption. Boy as narrator. Identify all of the nouns in each sentence.
Great Grammar
Episode 2
22 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Interior shot of a museum exhibit with several lifesize dinosaur fossils. Text on image reads, "The dinosaurs in this exhibit lived about 200 million years ago." Caption. About 200 million years ago describes the verb, lived.
Great Grammar
Episode 3
18 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Closeup of a child's hand writing on a lined notepad. Caption. Your writing may reflect your life, just going and going.
Great Grammar
Episode 4
19 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Man stands on a stage decorated with oversized letters and punctuation marks. Caption. Exclamation points are also used in a command.
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Episode 5
14 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Woman speaks directly to camera in a restaurant setting. Text next to her reads, "Nouns, Phrases, Clauses." Caption. That connect 2 elements of the same kind, such as...
Great Grammar
Episode 6
14 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Woman speaks to camera with a slight smile and eyebrows raised. Caption. That are especially confusing when it comes to pronouns.
Great Grammar
Episode 7
27 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Wide shot of a flock of birds flying over a grove of trees. Caption. Keep irregular nouns in mind while we see what's next.
Great Grammar
Episode 8
21 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Closeup of a child's hand writing in a notebook with an overlay of a semicolon and a colon. Caption. Use the colon and semicolon correctly in your writing.
Great Grammar
Episode 9
14 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Man stands outside next to a body of water. Text next to him reads, "What kind? Which one? How many?" Caption. We used adjectives to answer the questions.
Great Grammar
Episode 10
19 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Woman stands on a stage decorated with oversized letters and punctuation marks. Caption. That's 1 time when we use quotation marks.
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Episode 11
17 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Teenage boy writes on a sheet of paper in a classroom setting. Next to him, 3 blocks with text that read, "My ideas, my use of dialogue, my thoughtful analysis." Caption. Or maybe your cool use of dialogue?
Great Grammar
Episode 12
18 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Front of a steam engine train parked on the tracks. Text on image reads, "The train is a mildly popular attraction." Caption. Each of these tells us to what degree the train is popular.
Great Grammar
Episode 13
20 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Man stands in front of a wall of guitars. Caption. Knowing when to use capital letters is important.
Great Grammar
Episode 14
17 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
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