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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 3: Parts of Speech - Student Worktext
by Robin Finley
Revised from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-12th grade
in Analytical Grammar (Location: GRA-AG)
$32.00
Analytical Grammar Level 4: Phrases and Clauses - Student Worktext
by Robin Finley
Revised from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-12th grade
in Analytical Grammar (Location: GRA-AG)
$29.00
Analytical Grammar Level 5: Punctuation and Usage - Student Worktext
by Robin Finley
Revised from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-12th grade
in Analytical Grammar (Location: GRA-AG)
$32.00
Analytical Grammar Reinforcement & Review
by Robin Finley
from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-12th grade
in Analytical Grammar (old editions) (Location: OLAN-AG)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Composition Book III - Student Book
by James A. Selby
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 6th-8th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$18.66
Climbing to Good English 6 - Workbook
from Schoolaid
for 6th 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)
$12.95
Daily Grams Grade 6 - Student Workbook
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 6th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$13.56
Daily Grams Grade 6 - Teacher Edition
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 6th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$29.56
Daily Language Review 6
by Jo Ellen Moore
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 6th grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$14.00
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)
Easy Grammar Grade 6
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 6th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$33.56 $25.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Grammar Grade 6 - Home School Bundle
by Wanda Phillips
2nd edition from Easy Grammar Systems
for 6th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$83.04
Easy Grammar Grade 6 - Student Test Booklet
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 6th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$5.56
Easy Grammar Grade 6 - Student Workbook
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 6th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$14.36
Easy Grammar Plus - Teacher Text (old)
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 6th-9th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Editor in Chief Level 2
by Cherie A. Plant, Nancy Rowe
from Critical Thinking Books
for 6th-8th grade
in Editor in Chief (Location: GRA-EDIT)
$20.99
English 6 - BJU/CLP Set (old)
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
English 6 - CLP Test Packet (old)
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 6th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (old versions) (Location: OBJU-GRA)
$6.16
English 6 - Student Worktext (old)
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$37.22
English 6 - Tests (old)
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (old versions) (Location: OBJU-GRA)
$20.26
English Grammar Recitation II - Student Workbook
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$11.94
English Grammar Recitation III - Student Book
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$11.94
English Grammar Recitation III - Teacher Manual
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$12.84
English Grammar Recitation IV - Student Book
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
1st edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$11.94
God's Gift of Language C - Test Book
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 6th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$5.95 (1 in stock)
God's Gift of Language C - Worktext
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 6th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
Grammar & Diagramming Sentences
Straight Forward Advanced English
by Gianni DeVincentis-Hayes, Ph.D.
from Remedia Publications
for 6th-8th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
Grammar Bytes! Inventions
by Curt Bumcrot
1st edition from Basic Skills
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$12.75 $10.00 (1 in stock)
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
Jensen's Punctuation
by Frode Jensen
from Wordsmiths
for 6th-9th grade
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Jensen's Punctuation
by Frode Jensen
2nd edition from Master Books
for 6th-9th grade
in Jensen's English (Location: GRA-JENSEN)
$22.39
Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 6
by Kristin Pratt
from Master Books
for 6th grade
in Language Lessons for a Living Education (Location: GRA-CMLL)
$41.59
Mastering Punctuation 1 - Workbook
from Basic Skills
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$10.20
Mastering Punctuation 2 - Workbook
from Basic Skills
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$10.20
Mother Tongue - Student Workbook 1
by George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold
1st edition from Blue Sky Daisies
for 6th-10th grade
in The Mother Tongue Grammar (Location: GRA-MOTHER)
$16.95
Mother Tongue - Student Workbook 2
by George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold
1st edition from Blue Sky Daisies
for 6th-10th grade
in The Mother Tongue Grammar (Location: GRA-MOTHER)
$17.95
Punctuation Puzzlers B1
by Margaret Hockett
from Critical Thinking Books
for 5th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Rod & Staff English 6 - Tests
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 6th Grade
in Rod & Staff English (Location: GRA-R&S)
$2.13 (1 in stock)
Rod & Staff English 6 - Worksheets
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 6th Grade
in Rod & Staff English (Location: GRA-R&S)
Rules of the Game 1
by Mary Page, Peter Guthrie & Sloan Sable
from Educators Publishing Service
for 5th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$16.19 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Sentence Diagramming Beginning
by Angela Carter
from Critical Thinking Books
for 3rd-12th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$14.99
Sentence Level 2
by Martha Zook
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 6th-8th grade
in Rod & Staff English (Location: GRA-R&S)
Shurley English Level 5 - Workbook
by Brenda Shurley
2nd edition from Shurley English
for 5th-6th grade
in Shurley English, 2001 edition (Location: GRA-SHUR)
$8.40
Shurley English Level 6 - Practice Booklet
by Brenda Shurley
from Shurley English
for 6th-7th grade
in Shurley English, 2001 edition (Location: GRA-SHUR)
$5.60
Shurley English Level 6 - Workbook
by Brenda Shurley
2nd edition from Shurley English
for 6th-7th grade
in Shurley English, 2001 edition (Location: GRA-SHUR)
$8.40
Story Grammar for Elementary School
by Don & Jenny Killgallon
from Heinemann Educational Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Well-Ordered Language Level 4A - Student Book
by Tammy Peters & Daniel Coupland
from Classical Academic Press
for 6th-8th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$20.36 $14.00 (1 in stock)
Winston Grammar Basic - Workbook
by Paul R. Erwin
from Precious Memories
for 5th-8th grade
in Winston Grammar (Location: GRA-WINS)
$14.00
Winston Grammar Basic Level - Supplemental Workbook
by Paul R. Erwin
from Precious Memories
for 5th-8th grade
in Winston Grammar (Location: GRA-WINS)
$13.00
Winston Grammar Basic Level - Supplemental Workbook and Key
by Paul R. Erwin
from Precious Memories
for 5th-8th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Winston Grammar (Location: GRA-WINS)
$22.00
Winston Grammar Word Works - Workbook
by Paul R. Erwin
from Precious Memories
for 6th-8th grade
in Winston Grammar (Location: GRA-WINS)
$14.00
Writing & Grammar 6 - Assessments
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$19.57
Writing & Grammar 6 - Student Worktext
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$36.75
Writing Skills for Today - Grade 5 (Level B)
by David Marks
from My Father's World
for 5th-6th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$18.36 $16.00 (2 in stock)
Writing Skills for Today - Grade 6 (Level C)
by David Marks
from My Father's World
for 6th grade
in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
$16.00 (2 in stock)
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