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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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Analytical Grammar Level 1: Grammar Basics - Student Worktext
by Robin Finley
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for 4th-5th grade
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$29.00
Analytical Grammar Level 1: Grammar Basics - Universal Set
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$57.00
Analytical Grammar Level 2: Mechanics - Student Worktext
by Robin Finley
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$29.00
Analytical Grammar Level 2: Mechanics - Universal Set
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in Analytical Grammar (Location: GRA-AG)
$57.00
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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Cache of Jewels
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
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$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)
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)
Classical Composition Book I - DVD
by Brett Vaden
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$30.00
Classical Composition Book I - Set
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
Classical Composition Book I - Student Guide
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$21.95
Classical Composition Book I - Teacher Guide
by James A Selby
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$29.95 $19.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Composition Book IV - Teacher Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$29.95
Climbing to Good English 4 - Teacher's Guide
from Schoolaid
for 4th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Daily Grams Grade 4 - Student Workbook
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 4th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$15.95
Daily Grams Grade 4 - Teacher Edition
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 4th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$34.95 $18.50 (1 in stock)
Daily Paragraph Editing Grade 4
by Sarita C. Silverman
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 4th 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 4
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 4th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$35.95 $24.00 (2 in stock)
Easy Grammar Grade 4 - Home School Bundle
by Wanda Phillips
2nd edition from Easy Grammar Systems
for 4th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$75.84
Easy Grammar Grade 4 - Student Test Booklet
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 4th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$6.95
Easy Grammar Grade 4 - Student Workbook
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 4th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$16.95
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
Editor in Chief Level 1
by Cherie A. Plant, Nancy Rowe
from Critical Thinking Books
for 4th-5th grade
in Editor in Chief (Location: GRA-EDIT)
$19.99
English 4 - Assessments
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$19.66 $13.00 (1 in stock)
English 4 - Assessments Answer Key
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$14.17 $9.50 (1 in stock)
English 4 - BJU Subject Kit
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Subject Kits (Location: WH-BJUK)
$114.15
English 4 - CLP Teacher's Manual (old)
from Christian Liberty Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (old versions) (Location: OBJU-GRA)
$8.55
English 4 - Student Worktext
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$36.11
English 4 - Teacher Edition
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$89.17
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)
English Grammar Recitation II - Student Book
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$13.60
English Grammar Recitation II - Teacher Guide
by Ashley Gratto
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$14.65 $8.50 (1 in stock)
English Grammar Recitation III - Student Book
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$13.60
English Grammar Recitation III - Teacher Manual
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$14.65
English Grammar Recitation IV - Student Book
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
1st edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$13.60
English Grammar Recitation IV - Teacher Manual
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$14.65 $8.00 (1 in stock)
English Lessons Through Literature Level 3
by Kathy Jo DeVore
from Barefoot Ragamuffin Press
for 4th-5th grade
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Enough About Grammar
by Joe Floren
from Twain Productions
for 4th-10th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Everything You Need to Know About English Homework
by scholastic
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-6th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
Explore Language Series
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Fable & Song - Teaching Helps
by Kathy Weitz
from Cottage Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
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
First Language Lessons Level 4 - Instructor Book
First Language Lessons
by Jessie Wise and Sara Buffington
from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 4th-5th grade
in First Language Lessons (Location: GRA-FLL)
$29.95 $15.00 (1 in stock)
First Language Lessons Level 4 - Workbook
First Language Lessons
by Jessie Wise and Sara Buffington
from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 4th-5th grade
in First Language Lessons (Location: GRA-FLL)
$24.95
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
God's Gift of Language 4 - Quiz & Test Key
4th edition from A Beka Books
for 4th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$13.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar Bytes! Inventions
by Curt Bumcrot
1st edition from Basic Skills
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$10.50 $10.00 (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)
Great Editing Adventure Series Volume 2 - Teacher Guide
revised 2010 from Common Sense Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$10.50 (1 in stock)
Hake Grammar and Writing 4 - Teacher Guide
for 4th grade
in Hake Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-HAKE)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Hake Grammar and Writing 4 - Workbook
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for 4th grade
in Hake Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-HAKE)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition
Harvey's Language Course
by Thos. W. Harvey
from Mott Media
for 4th-8th- grade
in McGuffey's Readers & Workbooks (Location: REA-MCG)
$15.00 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition - Answer Key
Harvey's Language Course
by Thos. W. Harvey
from Mott Media
for 4th-8th grade
in McGuffey's Readers & Workbooks (Location: REA-MCG)
$4.00 (2 in stock)
Harvey's Revised English Grammar
Harvey's Language Course
by Thos. W. Harvey
from Mott Media
for 4th-8th grade
in McGuffey's Readers & Workbooks (Location: REA-MCG)
$17.50 $10.00 (2 in stock)
Harvey's Revised English Grammar - Answer Key
Harvey's Language Course
by Thos. W. Harvey
from Mott Media
for 4th-8th grade
in McGuffey's Readers & Workbooks (Location: REA-MCG)
$4.50 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Intermediate Language Lessons
by Emma Serl
from Applewood Books
for 4th-6th Grade
in Emma Serl Language Lessons (Location: GRA-SERL)
$14.00 (4 in stock)
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)
Junior Analytical Grammar - Complete Set
from Analytical Grammar
for 4th-5th grade
in Analytical Grammar (old editions) (Location: OLAN-AG)
$49.00
Junior Analytical Grammar - Teacher Book
by Robin Finley
from Analytical Grammar
for 4th-5th grade
in Analytical Grammar (old editions) (Location: OLAN-AG)
$12.00
Junior Analytical Grammar - Teaching DVD
by Robin Finley
from Analytical Grammar
for 4th-5th grade
in Analytical Grammar (old editions) (Location: OLAN-AG)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
Junior Analytical Grammar: Mechanics - Complete Set
from Analytical Grammar
for 4th-5th grade
in Analytical Grammar (old editions) (Location: OLAN-AG)
$49.00
Junior Analytical Grammar: Mechanics - Teaching DVD
by Robin Finley
from Analytical Grammar
for 4th-5th grade
in Analytical Grammar (old editions) (Location: OLAN-AG)
$15.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
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 4-6 Home School Charts
from A Beka Books
for 4th-6th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Language Fundamentals Grade 4 (OLD)
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 4th grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 4
from Master Books
for 4th grade
in Language Lessons for a Living Education (Location: GRA-CMLL)
$39.19
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 - 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 Today Grade 4
by Emma Serl
from My Father's World
for 4th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$22.95 $16.00 (2 in stock)
Language Lessons for Today Grade 6
by Emma Serl
from My Father's World
for 4th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$26.95
Language Mechanic
by M. A. Hockett
from Critical Thinking Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$24.99
Language Smarts Level E
by Noreen Conte
from Critical Thinking Books
for 4th 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)
Mastering Punctuation 1 - Workbook
from Basic Skills
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$12.00
Mastering Punctuation 2 - Workbook
from Basic Skills
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$12.00
Mastering Punctuation Book 2 Set
from Basic Skills
Punctuation for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$24.00
Mastering Punctuation Level 2 - Parent Book
by Curt Bumcrot
from Basic Skills
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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)
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