{"id":41904,"date":"2021-11-04T14:22:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classic.powertactics.com\/?post_type=product&p=41904"},"modified":"2021-11-04T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:30:13","slug":"grammar-for-the-well-trained-mind-key-to-yellow-workbook","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/classic.powertactics.com\/product\/grammar-for-the-well-trained-mind-key-to-yellow-workbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind – Key to Yellow Workbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Key<\/i>, along with the accompanying\u00a0Yellow Workbook<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Core Instructor Text<\/i><\/a>, make up\u00a0Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind<\/i>: a complete course that takes students from basic definitions (\u201cA noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea\u201d) through advanced sentence structure and analysis, all the grammar skills needed to write and speak with eloquence and confidence.<\/p>\n

This innovative program combines the three essential elements of language learning: understanding and memorizing rules (prescriptive teaching), repeated exposure to examples of how those rules are used (descriptive instruction), and practice using those rules in exercises and in writing (practical experience).<\/p>\n

Each year, parents and teachers go through the dialogue, rules, and examples in the\u00a0Core Instructor Text<\/i>; students follow along in the\u00a0Workbook<\/i>. This repetition solidifies the concepts, definitions, and examples in the student\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n

There are four Workbooks, one for each year. Each\u00a0Workbook<\/i>\u00a0contains the same rules and examples, but four completely different sets of exercises and assignments, allowing students to develop a wide-ranging knowledge of how the rules and examples are put to use in writing.<\/p>\n

Each\u00a0Key<\/i>\u00a0to the Workbooks provides not only answers, but also explanations for the parent\/instructor, and guidance as to when the answers might be ambiguous (as, in English, they often are).<\/p>\n

All of the rules covered, along with the repeated examples for each, are assembled for ongoing reference in\u00a0The Grammar Guidebook<\/i><\/a>. Every step of the sentence diagramming process is gathered for reference, along with illustrations, in\u00a0The Diagramming Dictionary<\/i><\/a>. These will become the student\u2019s indispensable guide to writing through high school, into college and beyond.<\/p>\n