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In an age when the truth and inherent nature of everything is routinely questioned, it should come as no surprise that grammar education has come to be regarded as unnecessary and even pernicious. Teachers advocate integrated approaches in what are essentially programs designed to facilitate language learning by osmosis—students will "pick up" the rules of English by reading and writing on their own much better than when they are subjected to rote memorization of the parts of speech and the drudgery of sentence diagramming.

This view is about 100 years old....and the one that preceded it stretched from roughly the 8th century B.C. in Greece to the early part of the 20th century across the whole Western world. While length of tradition is no argument in itself, the fact that so many great intellectuals were the product of the direct approach to grammar instruction (and the fact that so few of similar ability remain) should count for something. Grammar formed the basis on which the rest of one's education was built—the "grammar stage" of Classical education was just that, a solid grounding in the nature and usage of language intended to facilitate literacy, critical thinking and the ability to form ideas from existing facts.

It's hard to find a good definition of grammar, largely because its importance has been questioned and its content ignored for so long. Currently it's most often described as the rules regulating language, but this is only part of the story. Grammar is the system of usage employed for a language to facilitate and codify meaning. In simpler terms, grammar is rules that do regulate language for the explicit purpose of aiding universal understanding among speakers of that language. If such linguistic governance does not exist, people who ostensibly speak the same language will not understand each other.

A commonly identified problem among those educated in the United States is that they retain a certain form of illiteracy from their earliest years through high school and even college. They can identify and even read words, but they cannot interpret them in any meaningful way and they certainly cannot form complex ideas or thoughts based on what they read. There are (as with anything) a variety of contributing factors, but one of the most basic is the lack of direct grammar education they receive.

To design a bridge one must first be fluent in the laws of physics and mathematics employed in such an undertaking. The same principle applies to language—in order to understand what sentences, paragraphs and books mean, a student must first understand why words are arranged as they are, why punctuation works the way it does, what different kinds of words exist and why they must change form depending on context, even what context itself is. Grammar is that study, and it is not simply an end in itself, it is the foundation for the very thing toward which education aims: comprehension.

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Antonyms Wrap-Up Keys
from Learning Wrap-Ups
for 3rd-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
Beginning Outlining
by Anne Sattler
from Remedia Publications
for 3rd-4th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Behind the Mask
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
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$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
But and For, Yet and Nor
Words Are CATegorical
by Brian P. Cleary
from Millbrook Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Cache of Jewels
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99
Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns
by Ruth Heller
from Scholastic Reference
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
Caught'ya Again!
by Jane Bell Kiester
1st edition from Maupin House Publishing
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
Claritas Fundamental Grammar Text
by Shannon Carroll Bucko
3rd edition from Claritas Publishing
for 2nd-12th grade
in Claritas (Location: CUR-CLA)
$38.00 (1 in stock)
Claritas Fundamental Grammar Workbook - Cycle 4 Units I & II
by Shannon Carroll Bucko
3rd edition from Claritas Publishing
for 2nd-12th grade
in Claritas (Location: CUR-CLA)
Claritas Fundamental Grammar Workbook for the Lower Grammar Stage Level 1
from Claritas Publishing
for 2nd-4th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
Climbing to Good English 2 & 3 - Dictionary Skills Respelling Flashcards
from Schoolaid
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Climbing to Good English (Location: GRA-CGE)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Climbing to Good English 3 - Teacher's Guide
from Schoolaid
for 3rd grade
in Climbing to Good English (Location: GRA-CGE)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Climbing to Good English 3 - Workbook
from Schoolaid
for 3rd grade
in Climbing to Good English (Location: GRA-CGE)
CopyWorkBook: Comedies of William Shakespeare
by Amy M. Edwards, Christina J. Mugglin
from Blue Sky Daisies
for 3rd-7th grade
in The Mother Tongue Grammar (Location: GRA-MOTHER)
CopyWorkBook: George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior
by Amy M. Edwards, Christina J. Mugglin
from Blue Sky Daisies
for 3rd-7th grade
in The Mother Tongue Grammar (Location: GRA-MOTHER)
Daily Grams Grade 3 - Student Workbook
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 3rd grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$15.95
Daily Grams Grade 3 - Teacher Edition
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 3rd grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$34.95 $17.50 (1 in stock)
Daily Language Review 3
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 3rd grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Daily Paragraph Editing Grade 3
by Barbara Linde
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 3rd grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$14.00 (2 in stock)
Diagraming Sentences
by Deborah White Broadwater
from Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company
for 3rd-8th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Diagraming Sentences - Book B
from Frank Schaffer
for 2nd-4th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Grammar Grade 3
by Wanda Phillips
2nd edition from Easy Grammar Systems
for 3rd grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$35.95 $24.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Grammar Grade 3 - Home School Bundle
by Wanda Phillips
2nd edition from Easy Grammar Systems
for 7th-9th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$75.84
Easy Grammar Grade 3 - Student Test Booklet
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 3rd grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$6.95
Easy Grammar Grade 3 - Student Workbook
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 3rd grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$16.95
Editor in Chief Beginning 1
from Critical Thinking Books
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Editor in Chief (Location: GRA-EDIT)
$14.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Editor In Chief Beginning 2
by Michael Baker, et. al.
from Critical Thinking Books
for 3rd-4th grade
in Editor in Chief (Location: GRA-EDIT)
$15.99
Eight Parts of Speech: English Worksheets Grades 3-5 - Teacher's Manual
by Martha Zook
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 3rd-5th Grade
in Rod & Staff English (Location: GRA-R&S)
English 3 - Assessments
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 3rd grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$19.66
English 3 - Assessments Answer Key
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 3rd grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$14.17 $8.00 (1 in stock)
English 3 - BJU Subject Kit
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 3rd grade
in BJU Subject Kits (Location: WH-BJUK)
$114.15
English 3 - CLP Teacher's Manual
3rd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 3rd grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$9.50
English 3 - CLP Teacher's Manual (old)
from Christian Liberty Press
for 3rd grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (old versions) (Location: OBJU-GRA)
$7.50 $4.00 (1 in stock)
English 3 - CLP Test Packet
3rd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 3rd grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$5.75
English 3 - Student Worktext
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 3rd grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$36.11
English 3 - Teacher Edition
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 3rd grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$89.17 $53.00 (1 in stock)
English for the Thoughtful Child Volume One
by Mary Hyde & Cynthia Shearer
2nd edition from Greenleaf Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$14.50 $7.50 (3 in stock)
English for the Thoughtful Child Volume Two
by Fred Scott, Gordon Southworth & Cynthia Shearer
from Greenleaf Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$14.50
English Grammar & Intro to Composition Set
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
English Grammar Recitation
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-6th grade
$11.50 $7.00 (1 in stock)
English Grammar Recitation I - Student Book
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
$13.60
English Grammar Recitation I - Teacher Guide
by Ashley Gratto
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
$14.65 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Explore Language Series
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
First Language Lessons Level 3 - Instructor Book
by Jessie Wise & Sara Buffington
from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in First Language Lessons (Location: GRA-FLL)
$29.95 $15.00 (2 in stock)
First Language Lessons Level 3 - Workbook
by Jessie Wise & Sara Buffington
from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in First Language Lessons (Location: GRA-FLL)
$24.95
Fix It! Grammar Book 1 - Student Book
by Pamela White
4th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 3rd-5th grade
in IEW Fix It! Grammar (Location: GRA-IEW)
$19.00
Fix It! Grammar Book 1 - Teacher's Manual
by Pamela White
4th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 3rd-5th grade
in IEW Fix It! Grammar (Location: GRA-IEW)
$19.00 $13.00 (1 in stock)
Fix It! Grammar Book 1 - Teacher/Student Combo
by Pamela White
4th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 3rd-5th grade
in IEW Fix It! Grammar (Location: GRA-IEW)
$29.00
Fix It! Grammar Book 2 - Student Book
by Pamela White
4th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 3rd-5th grade
in IEW Fix It! Grammar (Location: GRA-IEW)
$19.00
Fix It! Grammar Book 2 - Teacher's Manual
by Pamela White
4th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 3rd-5th grade
in IEW Fix It! Grammar (Location: GRA-IEW)
$19.00 $13.00 (1 in stock)
Fix It! Grammar Book 2 - Teacher/Student Combo
by Pamela White
4th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 3rd-5th grade
in IEW Fix It! Grammar (Location: GRA-IEW)
$29.00
Fix It! Grammar Cards
by Pamela White
4th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 3rd - 12th Grade
in IEW Fix It! Grammar (Location: GRA-IEW)
$15.00
Grammar & Punctuation Grade 3
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 3rd grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Grammar Galaxy Protostar set
by Melanie Wilson, Illustrated by Rebecca Mueller
from Fun to Learn Books
for 3rd grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$42.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar Land
by M. L. Nesbitt
from Yesterday's Classics
for 3rd-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$10.95
Grammar Land
by George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold
from Blue Sky Daisies
for 3rd-8th grade
in The Mother Tongue Grammar (Location: GRA-MOTHER)
$9.95
Grammar Songs - DVD
by Kathy Troxel
from Audio Memory
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$15.00
Grammar Songs with CD
Audio Memory CDs
by Kathy Troxel
from Audio Memory
for 3rd-8th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$22.95 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary
by Brian P. Cleary
from Scholastic Inc.
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Homonyms Wrap-Up Keys
from Learning Wrap-Ups
for 3rd-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?
by Brian P. Cleary
from Millbrook Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
I and You and Don't Forget Who
Words Are CATegorical
by Brian P. Cleary
from First Avenue Editions
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
If You Were a Noun
by Michael Dahl
from Picture Window Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
If You Were an Adjective
by Michael Dahl
from Picture Window Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Intermediate Language Lessons - Teacher's Guide
Tch from Lost Classics Book Co.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Emma Serl Language Lessons (Location: GRA-SERL)
$14.00 (3 in stock)
Introduction to Composition - Student Guide
by Ashley Gratto
3rd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$11.50 $7.00 (2 in stock)
Introduction to Composition - Teacher Guide
by Brenda Janke & Jessica Watson
3rd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$11.50 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Introduction to Composition - Teacher Guide (old)
by Ashley Gratto
from Memoria Press
for 3rd grade
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Journey Through Grammar Land Parts 1 & 2
by Frode Jensen, Vernie O. Jones
from Wordsmiths
for 3rd-6th grade
in Jensen's English (Location: GRA-JENSEN)
Kites Sail High
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Kites Sail High
by Ruth Heller
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Kites Sail High
by Ruth Heller
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Language 3 - Teacher Edition
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 3rd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
Language 3 - Teacher Key
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 3rd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$21.00 (3 in stock)
Language 3 - Test Book
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 3rd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
Language 3 - Test Key
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 3rd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$9.50 (4 in stock)
Language 3 - Worktext
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 3rd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
Language Arts 3 - Curriculum/Lesson Plans
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 3rd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 1
by Kristin Joy Pratt
from Master Books
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Language Lessons for a Living Education (Location: GRA-CMLL)
$39.19 $31.50 (1 in stock)
Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 1 - Set
by Kristin Joy Pratt
from Master Books
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Language Lessons for a Living Education (Location: GRA-CMLL)
$76.76
Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 2
by Kristin Joy Pratt
from Master Books
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Language Lessons for a Living Education (Location: GRA-CMLL)
$39.19
Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 3
by Kristin Joy Pratt
from Master Books
for 3rd grade
in Language Lessons for a Living Education (Location: GRA-CMLL)
$39.19
Language Lessons for the Elementary Child 1
by Sandi Queen
from Queen Homeschool Supplies
for 3rd-6th grade
in Queen Homeschool Language Lessons (Location: GRA-QUEEN)
Language Lessons for the Elementary Child 1 - Answer Key
by Donna Richardson
from Queen Homeschool Supplies
for 3rd-6th grade
in Queen Homeschool Language Lessons (Location: GRA-QUEEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Language Lessons for the Elementary Child 2
by Sandi Queen
from Queen Homeschool Supplies
for 3rd-6th grade
in Queen Homeschool Language Lessons (Location: GRA-QUEEN)
Language Lessons for the Elementary Child 2 - Answer Key
by Donna Richardson
from Queen Homeschool Supplies
for 1st-4th grade
in Queen Homeschool Language Lessons (Location: GRA-QUEEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Language Lessons for the Very Young 2
by Sandi Queen
from Queen Homeschool Supplies
for 3rd-4th grade
in Queen Homeschool Language Lessons (Location: GRA-QUEEN)
Language Lessons for Today Grade 3
by Emma Serl
from My Father's World
for 3rd grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$22.95 $16.00 (2 in stock)
Language Smarts Level D
by Judy Wilson Goddard
from Critical Thinking Books
for 3rd grade
in Critical Thinking Language Smarts (Location: GRA-CTLS)
$42.99
Learning Grammar Through Writing
by James Wheeler & Sandra Bell
from Cascia Books
for 3rd-8th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Little Grammar People
by Nuri Mass
from Living Book Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$14.99
Many Luscious Lollipops
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99
Many Luscious Lollipops
by Ruth Heller
from Scholastic Inc.
for 2nd-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
Mary's Grammar
by Jane Marcet
from Yesterday's Classics
for 1st-4th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
Mastering Punctuation Book 1 Set
from Basic Skills
Punctuation for 1st-3rd grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$25.00
Merry-Go-Round
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Mine, All Mine
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99
Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink
by Brian P. Cleary
Words Are CATegorical from Millbrook Press
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Oral Language Exercises
from A Beka Books
for 1st-6th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$8.50 (10 in stock)
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