Blue Workbook – A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How English Works: 0 (Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind) - Softcover

Bauer, Susan Wise; Anderson, Audrey; Dean, Amanda Saxon; Rebne, Patty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 194584132X ISBN 13: 9781945841323

Publisher: The Well–Trained Mind Press, 2020

Synopsis

Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Blue Workbook provides clear and detailed exercises in the correct use of English grammar. Examples are based on great works of literature, as well as classic and contemporary works of science and history. The Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind series provides all the grammar skills needed to write and speak with eloquence and confidence. • Step-by-step instruction takes students from the most basic concepts through advanced grammatical concepts. • Extensive diagramming exercises reinforce the rules and help technical and visual learners to understand and use the English language effectively. Each step of the diagramming process is illustrated and thoroughly explained to the student. • Text for examples and exercises is drawn from actual published works, from English literature classics to modern masters. Learn your grammar from the greats! • Regular review is built into each year of work. • The third of four non-sequential workbooks, each containing new exercises that allow students to practise and apply the grammar principles under study. Along with the accompanying Key and the Core Instructor Text, Blue Workbook makes up a full year of grammar study. To complete the programme, add the Comprehensive Handbook of Rules (soon to be The Grammar Guidebook) and The Diagramming Dictionary: indispensable guides to clear, grammatical writing that will last into college, and even beyond.

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About the Authors

Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.

Audrey Anderson is an international development professional specializing in programming for women and girls. Her background includes program design, strategy, management and evaluation, with field experience in gender-focused programming and education in Latin America, Africa and Asia. In addition to Audrey's work with the Well-Trained Mind, she has contributed to the development of curricula for life skills programs for adolescent girls around the world. Audrey holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of William & Mary, and a master’s in International Education and Development from George Washington University.

Patty Rebne grew up in Colorado, where she earned a BA and an MBA. Most of her grammar, she learned from her mother, an award-winning journalist. To earn a living, Patty taught high school, delivered packages for UPS, marketed and sold software as a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, inscribed Christmas cards, and wrote fortune-cookie fortunes. She and her husband Glenn live near Seattle; they have a grown son who was mostly homeschooled, guided by The Well Trained Mind with generous additions of ski days and road-trips. Patty likes the physical action of handwriting, and does photography and cross stitch in her ample spare time.

From the Back Cover

Thorough, well-designed exercises in English grammar. Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind: Blue Workbook provides clear and detailed exercises in the correct use of English grammar. Examples are based on great works of literature, as well as classic and co

Edition details

• Publisher: The Well–Trained Mind Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 194584132X
• ISBN 13: 9781945841323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608