For Sale at BRMCWC

Olivia's grammar book will be fore sale at the book table of the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writer's Conference! Get your book at the sale for $20 or order a set for your whole English class directly from Olivia by emailing her or finding her at the conference. Class sets will be $15 per book.

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A New Way to Learn Grammar

When I first started teaching at the homeschool tutorial where I now use my grammar book for each of my English classes, I used the kind of grammar book where you underline or circle parts of grammar on each workbook page. My students were bored to tears, learned very little, and grading all those pages of grammar took up precious moments of our one class per week. Four summers ago, I decided to do something about the fact that there did not seem to be an efficient and effective way to learn grammar: I wrote my own grammar book that used formulas to teach where different punctuation should be placed. This idea came from two formulas that I used when I taught my ACT prep class for juniors and seniors at the homeschool tutorial. This came from an English ACT prep workbook and was included on the "quick shortcuts" page that the author had compiled. She said to remember that commas are only needed in one kind of complex sentence. DC, IC. but IC DC. This got me thinking, "Wha...

Author, Olivia Oster

Olivia Oster is a daughter of the King, wife, mother, writer, teacher, gardener, home chef, and avid reader. She's usually busy working on grading or writing curriculum for Hilger Higher Learning or managing her household which now includes four of her children, her husband, a busy dachsund-beagle, and one Florida Kingsnake.

A New Grammary

This is a new kind of grammar book with helpful formulas for writing more excellent sentences. Written especially for middle and high school students but helpful for all, this book covers phrases and clauses, punctuating quotations, literary and poetic elements, and more! Can you use a participial phrase or an appositive to add interesting information to your sentence? Can you craft a compound sentence using a conjunctive adverb and the appropriate punctuation? Can you use a variety of sentence structures to make your paragraphs, essays, and stories more engaging for your reader? If you find commas tricky or if you just want to improve your writing, this book's for you! Buy the Book on Amazon

A New Grammary

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