JOLLY GRAMMAR LEVEL 3

Sentences, subject & object of a sentence, difference between a phrase & a sentence, paragraphs, continuous tenses etc

Description
This course follows on from the Jolly Phonics course and the Jolly Grammar levels 1 & 2 course. The course will teach:

· How to distinguish between a phrase and a sentence.

· How to identify the subject and object of a sentence.

· How to organize sentences into paragraphs.

· How to form the continuous tenses.

· New parts of speech will be introduced namely:
collective nouns, irregular plurals, possessive nouns and object pronouns.

· There will regular parsing practice with the aim of building dictionary skills, improving vocabulary and reinforcing grammar knowledge.

The teaching is active and multi-sensory, with colours and actions for parts of speech.

Course Goals

· Reinforce and extend phonic knowledge.

• Teach spelling systematically.

• Expand vocabulary and improve comprehension.

• Introduce Nouns acting as Adjectives.

• Introduce morphemes, such as prefixes and suffixes.

• Enable the children to analyse and parse text.

• Introduce syntax and sentence structure.

• Develop the children’s use of punctuation.

• Develop the children’s dictionary and thesaurus skills.

  
  

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Long place names as Nouns.

• Collective Nouns.

• More irregular plurals, including nouns.

• Possessive pronouns.

• Subject and Object of a sentence.

• Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns.

• Present Participle.

• Nouns acting as Adjectives.

• Turning Adjectives into Adverbs.

• Prepositions functioning as Adverbs.

• Refining the definition of a Sentence.

• Introducing a phrase.

• Distinguishing between a sentence and a phrase.

• Introduction to paragraphs to organize thoughts and text.