
Introduce jolly grammar levels 1 and 2, extending literacy from jolly phonics to primary one and two, by teaching grammar, punctuation, and spelling through multisensory actions for parts of speech.
Explore how Jolly Grammar reinforces phonics, teaches spelling, expands vocabulary, and improves comprehension across literacy. Learn how syntax and morphology govern sentence structure, punctuation, and meaning to prevent misunderstandings.
Explore the conventional order of letters that spells words and the crucial role of punctuation in creating sense and clarity, using multisensory, active teaching methods.
Explore parts of speech by distinguishing proper and common nouns, learning capitalization rules, and practicing singular and plural forms with examples.
Learn how personal pronouns replace nouns, covering first, second, and third persons in singular and plural, with pink color cues and examples like I, you, he, she, we, they.
Explore how articles convey specificity in English: the definite article marks specific nouns, while a and an introduce non-specific ones. Learn sound-based usage and silent h exceptions, like hour.
Identify verbs as doing words and master conjugation by person (I, you, he/she/it) and number, across present, past, and future tenses, with rules for past ed suffix and short-vowel doubling.
Discover how adjectives act as descriptive words that bring nouns to life. Learn through examples like pink plates, blue chairs, and orange nuts to enhance descriptive writing and grammar awareness.
Explore adverbs as words that describe verbs, differentiate them from adjectives, and practice with examples like slowly, quickly, hungrily, and carefully to strengthen children's grammar.
Explore possessive adjectives and their role alongside personal pronouns for primary two learners, including my, your, his, her, its, our, your, and their, with examples and notes on homophones.
About this course
This course teaches the structure part of the English language in an active, systematic, multi-sensory and child-friendly way. This includes parts of speech, spelling, punctuation and more.
Description
This course will teach the broader skills for learners to be able to communicate effectively:
· Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling will be systematically and incrementally taught,
· Phonic knowledge will be reinforced and extended,
· Vocabulary will be expanded,
· Comprehension improved,
· Parts of speech and verb tenses introduced,
· Morphemes such as prefixes and suffixes will be clearly taught,
· Word meaning such as comparatives and superlatives clearly taught.
The teaching is active and multi-sensory, with colours and actions for parts of speech.
Course Goals
· Reinforce and extend phonic knowledge.
Teach spelling systematically.
Expand vocabulary and improve comprehension.
Introduce parts of speech and verb tenses.
Introduce morphemes, such as prefixes and suffixes.
Enable the children to analyse and parse text.
Introduce syntax and sentence structure.
Develop the children’s use of punctuation.
Develop the children’s dictionary and thesaurus skills.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
· Nouns, Proper Nouns, Common Nouns
· Pronouns, Grammatical Persons, Personal Pronouns
· Verbs, Conjugating Verbs, Tenses
· Adjectives, Adverbs, Possessive Adjectives
· Homophones, Articles, Sentences, Compound Words
· Improving Vocabulary and Using a Dictionary
· Speech Marks, Questions, Conjunctions, Prepositions
· Prefixes, Suffixes, Comparatives and superlatives
· Commas in Lists, Exclamation Marks
· PARSING: Identifying the parts of speech in sentences.
· Short Vowels & Consonant Doubling.