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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 - Companion DVD Set
by Robin Finley
from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-12th grade
in Analytical Grammar (old editions) (Location: OLAN-AG)
$18.00 (2 in stock)
Analytical Grammar - Teacher Book (3-ring binder edition)
by Robin Finley
from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-12th grade
in Analytical Grammar (old editions) (Location: OLAN-AG)
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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)
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
by Jane Straus with Lester Kaufman & Tom Stern
11th edition from Jossey-Bass
for 6th-Adult
$13.56 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Claritas Fundamental Grammar Text
by Shannon Carroll Bucko
3rd edition from Claritas Publishing
for 2nd-12th grade
in Claritas (Location: CUR-CLA)
$32.30 (1 in stock)
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)
$25.46 $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)
$46.75 $35.00 (1 in stock)
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)
$18.66 $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)
$25.46 $18.00 (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)
Drawing Sentences: A Guide to Diagramming
by Eugene R. Moutoux
from Butler Books
Sentence Diagramming for 6th-12th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$17.50 (1 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 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)
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)
English 6 - CLP Teacher's Manual (old)
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 6th grade
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$8.08 $5.00 (1 in stock)
English 6 - Teacher Edition with Toolkit CD (old)
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$29.00 (2 in stock)
English 6 - Tests Answer Key (old)
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 6th grade
in BJU Writing & Grammar (Location: GRA-BJU)
$10.50 $6.50 (1 in stock)
English Grammar Recitation IV - Teacher Manual
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$12.84 $8.00 (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)
Fix It! Grammar Book 3 - Teacher's Manual
by Pamela White
4th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 6th-8th grade
in IEW Fix It! Grammar (Location: GRA-IEW)
$19.00 $9.00 (3 in stock)
God's Gift of Language C - Answer Key
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 6th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$21.25 (4 in stock)
God's Gift of Language C - CLP Answer Key
3rd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 6th grade
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$8.93 $6.00 (2 in stock)
God's Gift of Language C - CLP Tests
3rd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 6th grade
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God's Gift of Language C - Test Book
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for 6th grade
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
God's Gift of Language C - Test Key
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 6th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$6.38 (5 in stock)
Grammar & Diagramming Sentences
Straight Forward Advanced English
by Gianni DeVincentis-Hayes, Ph.D.
from Remedia Publications
for 6th-8th grade
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$9.00 (2 in stock)
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)
$12.75 $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)
$31.16 $24.00 (1 in stock)
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: 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)
$35.16 $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)
$15.16 $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)
$35.16 $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)
$15.16 $11.00 (1 in stock)
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)
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)
Guide to Grammar
by Laura Wilson
from Maupin House Publishing
for 5th-8th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$17.00 (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 & Other Primers (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
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$17.50 $10.00 (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 (2 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 (1 in stock)
Jensen's Punctuation
by Frode Jensen
from Wordsmiths
for 6th-9th grade
$9.00 (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)
$6.80 (1 in stock)
More Nitty-Gritty Grammar
by Edith H. Fine and Judith P. Josephson
from Ten Speed Press
for 6th-Adult
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Nitty-Gritty Grammar
by Edith H. Fine and Judith P. Josephson
from Ten Speed Press
for 6th-Adult
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
Oral Language Exercises
from A Beka Books
for 1st-6th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$4.00 (5 in stock)
Painless Grammar
by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
2nd edition from Barron's
for 4th-6th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Painless Grammar
by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
3rd edition from Barron's
for 4th-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Painless Grammar
by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
4th edition from Barron's
for 4th-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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)
Rex Barks: Diagramming Sentences Made Easy
by Phyllis Davenport
from Paper Tiger
for 3rd-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$18.00 (2 in stock)
Rod & Staff English 6 - Pupil
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 6th Grade
in Rod & Staff English (Location: GRA-R&S)
$14.03 (4 in stock)
Rod & Staff English 6 - Teacher's Manual
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 6th Grade
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$19.55 (4 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)
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 Level 1
from Critical Thinking Books
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$14.99 $10.50 (1 in stock)
Shurley English Level 5 - Homeschool Audio CD
from Shurley English
for 5th-6th grade
in Shurley English, 2001 edition (Location: GRA-SHUR)
$2.10 (4 in stock)
Shurley English Level 5 - Kit
by Brenda Shurley
2nd edition from Shurley English
for 5th-6th grade
in Shurley English, 2001 edition (Location: GRA-SHUR)
$49.00 $34.30 (3 in stock)
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)
Usborne Illustrated Grammar and Punctuation
from Usborne
for 3rd-7th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Well-Ordered Language Level 2B - Teacher's Edition
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$22.91 $16.00 (1 in stock)
Well-Ordered Language Level 3A - Teacher's Edition
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 5th-6th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$22.91 $19.00 (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)
Well-Ordered Language Level 4A - Teacher Book
by Tammy Peters & Daniel Coupland
from Classical Academic Press
for 6th-8th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$22.91 $16.00 (1 in stock)
Well-Ordered Language Level 4B - Student Book
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
from Classical Academic Press
for 6th-8th grade
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Well-Ordered Language Level 4B - Teacher Book
by Tammy Peters & Daniel Coupland
from Classical Academic Press
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$22.91 $16.00 (1 in stock)
Writing Skills for Today - Grade 5 (Level B)
by David Marks
from My Father's World
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$18.36 $16.00 (2 in stock)
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