Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Red Workbook, along with the
accompanying Key and the Core Instructor Text, make up a full year
of Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: a complete course that takes
students from basic definitions ("A noun is the name of a person, place,
thing, or idea") through advanced sentence structure and analysis--all
the grammar skills needed to write and speak with eloquence and
confidence.
This innovative program combines the three essential elements of
language learning: understanding and memorizing rules (prescriptive
teaching), repeated exposure to examples of how those rules are used
(descriptive instruction), and practice using those rules in exercises
and in writing (practical experience).
Each year, parents and teachers go through the dialogue, rules, and
examples in the Core Instructor Text; students follow along in the
Workbook. This repetition solidifies the concepts, definitions, and
examples in the student's mind.
There are four non-sequential Workbooks. Students can pick up any of the
Workbooks and follow along. Each Workbook contains the same rules and
examples--but four completely different sets of exercises and
assignments, allowing students to develop a wide-ranging knowledge of
how the rules and examples are put to use in writing.
The Red Workbook comes with its own Key, providing not only answers,
but also explanations for the parent/instructor, and guidance as to when
the answers might be ambiguous (as, in English, they often are).
All of the rules covered, along with the repeated examples for each, are
assembled for ongoing reference in the Comprehensive Handbook of Rules.
This will become the student's indispensable guide to writing through
high school, into college and beyond.
Step-by-step instruction takes students from the most basic concepts
through advanced grammatical concepts such as modal and hortative verbs
and multiple functions of noun clauses.
Extensive diagramming exercises reinforce the rules and help technical
and visual learners to understand and use the English language
effectively. Each step of the diagramming process is illustrated and
thoroughly explained to the student.
Text for examples and exercises are drawn from great works of
literature, as well as from well-written nonfiction texts in science,
mathematics, and the social sciences.
Regular review is built into each year of work.
The first of four non-sequential workbooks, each containing new
exercises that allow students to practice and apply the grammar
principles under study.
