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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 - Instructor Handbook
by Robin Finley
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$34.00
Analytical Grammar Level 1: Grammar Basics - Set
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Analytical Grammar Level 1: Grammar Basics - Student Worktext
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Analytical Grammar Level 2: Mechanics - Instructor Handbook
by Robin Finley
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Analytical Grammar Level 2: Mechanics - Set
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Analytical Grammar Level 2: Mechanics - Student Worktext
by Robin Finley
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Antonyms Wrap-Up Keys
from Learning Wrap-Ups
for 3rd-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
Beyond the Book Report Season 1
by Erin Karl & Robin Finley
from Analytical Grammar
for 5th-7th grade
in Analytical Grammar (Location: GRA-AG)
$24.00
Beyond the Book Report Season 2
by Robin Finley
from Analytical Grammar
for 5th-8th grade
in Analytical Grammar (Location: GRA-AG)
$24.00
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)
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)
$72.67
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 (2 in stock)
Classical Composition Book II - DVD
by Brett Vaden
from Memoria Press
for 5th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
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Classical Composition Book II - Set
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 5th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$80.17
Classical Composition Book II - Student Book
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 5th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$21.95 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Composition Book II - Teacher Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 5th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$29.95 $18.00 (2 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 5 - Practice Sheets
from Schoolaid
for 5th grade
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$3.00 (2 in stock)
Climbing to Good English 5 - Teacher's Guide
from Schoolaid
for 5th grade
in Climbing to Good English (Location: GRA-CGE)
Climbing to Good English 5 - Workbook
from Schoolaid
for 5th grade
in Climbing to Good English (Location: GRA-CGE)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
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)
$12.95
Daily Grams Grade 5 - Student Workbook
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 5th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$16.95
Daily Grams Grade 5 - Teacher Edition
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 5th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$36.95
Daily Language Review 5
by Jo Ellen Moore
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 5th grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Daily Paragraph Editing Grade 5
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 5th grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
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)
Diagramming the Scriptures
by Shirley M. Forsen
from Xulon Press
Fiction for 5th-10th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$24.99
Easy Grammar Grade 5
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 5th Grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$41.95 $25.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Grammar Grade 5 - Home School Bundle
by Wanda Phillips
2nd edition from Easy Grammar Systems
for 5th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$83.04
Easy Grammar Grade 5 - Student Test Booklet
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 5th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$6.95
Easy Grammar Grade 5 - Student Workbook
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 5th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$17.95
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
by Lynne Truss
from Putnam Juvenile
for 2nd-6th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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 $14.00 (1 in stock)
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 5 - Assessments
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 5th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$20.26
English 5 - Assessments Answer Key
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 5th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$14.72
English 5 - BJU Subject Kit
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 5th grade
in BJU Subject Kits (Location: WH-BJUK)
$121.79
English 5 - BJU/CLP Set
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 5th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$49.57
English 5 - CLP Teacher's Manual
from Christian Liberty Press
for 5th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$10.60
English 5 - CLP Teacher's Manual (old)
from Christian Liberty Press
for 5th grade
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$7.00 $4.00 (1 in stock)
English 5 - CLP Test Packet
from Christian Liberty Press
for 5th grade
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$7.25
English 5 - Student Worktext
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 5th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$37.22
English 5 - Teacher Edition
by MA Eileen M. Berry
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 5th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$91.94 $49.00 (1 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)
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
$11.85
English Grammar Recitation I - Set (old)
by Cheryl Lowe
1st edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
$17.50
English Grammar Recitation I - Student Workbook
by Cheryl Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
$14.05
English Grammar Recitation I - Teacher Guide
by Ashley Gratto
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
$15.10
English Grammar Recitation I - Teacher Guide (old)
by Ashley Gratto
1st edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
$9.00 $4.50 (1 in stock)
English Grammar Recitation II - Set (old)
by Cheryl Lowe
1st edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
$17.50
English Grammar Recitation II - Student Workbook
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$14.05
English Grammar Recitation II - Teacher Guide
by Ashley Gratto
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$14.65
English Grammar Recitation III - Set (old)
by Cheryl Lowe
1st edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
$23.32
English Grammar Recitation III - Student Book
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$14.05
English Grammar Recitation III - Teacher Manual
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$15.10
English Grammar Recitation IV - Set (old)
by Cheryl Lowe
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for 3rd-5th grade
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English Grammar Recitation IV - Student Book
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
1st edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$14.05
English Grammar Recitation IV - Teacher Manual
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$15.10 $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)
Fable & Song - Teaching Helps
by Kathy Weitz
from Cottage Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
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)
$32.95 $15.00 (3 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 $14.00 (1 in stock)
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 $9.00 (2 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 $9.00 (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 5 - Quiz and Test Book
1st edition from A Beka Books
for 5th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
God's Gift of Language 5 - Quiz and Test Key
1st edition from A Beka Books
for 5th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
God's Gift of Language 5 - Teacher Key
1st edition from A Beka Books
for 5th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
God's Gift of Language 5 - Worktext
1st edition from A Beka Books
for 5th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
Grammar & Punctuation Grade 5
by Evan-Moor
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 5th grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Grammar Ace - Instructor's Manual
by Duane Bolin
from Avyx, Inc.
for 4th-7th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar Ace - Set
by Duane Bolin
from Avyx, Inc.
for 4th-7th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$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)
$15.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar for the Well Trained Mind - Core Instructor Text
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$38.95 $24.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar for the Well Trained Mind: Grammar Guidebook
2nd edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$19.95
Grammar for the Well Trained Mind: Grammar Guidebook (old)
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Blue Workbook
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$43.95
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Blue Workbook Key
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$18.95
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Purple - Workbook & Key
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
$39.00
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Purple Workbook
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$43.95
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Purple Workbook Key
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$18.95
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Red Workbook
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$43.95 $29.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Red Workbook Key
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$18.95 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Yellow Workbook
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$43.95 $28.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Yellow Workbook Key
by Jessica Otto & Susan Wise Bauer
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind (Location: GRA-WTM)
$18.95 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar Land
by M. L. Nesbitt
from Yesterday's Classics
for 3rd-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$12.95
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 - Book only
by Kathy Troxel
from Audio Memory
for 3rd-8th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
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 (2 in stock)
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