Yellow Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How English Works

The Yellow Workbook is a comprehensive grammar course for students from basic definitions to advanced sentence structure and analysis. It combines understanding and memorizing rules, repeated exposure to examples, and practical experience. Each year, parents and teachers go through the dialogue, rules, and examples in the Core Instructor Text, while students follow along in the Workbook. The Workbook comes with its own Key, providing answers, explanations, and guidance. The Grammar Guidebook provides ongoing reference for all rules, and The Diagramming Dictionary illustrates and explains the diagramming process. Step-by-step instruction takes students from basic concepts to advanced grammatical concepts, and extensive diagramming exercises reinforce the rules. Text for examples and exercises is drawn from great works of literature and well-written nonfiction texts. Regular review is built into each year of work.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 656 pages
Publication date: 13 January 2023
Publisher: Peace Hill Press

The Yellow Workbook, along with its accompanying Key and the Core Instructor Text, forms an entire year of Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind, a comprehensive course designed to guide students from basic definitions to advanced sentence structure and analysis. This innovative program seamlessly blends the three fundamental aspects of language learning: understanding and memorizing rules (prescriptive teaching), repeated exposure to real-world examples of how those rules are applied (descriptive instruction), and practical application of those rules through exercises and writing (practical experience). Each year, parents and teachers engage in a dialogue, review the rules, and study the examples provided in the Core Instructor Text, while students follow along in the Yellow Workbook. This repetitive process helps solidify the concepts, definitions, and examples in the students' minds.

There are four Workbooks in this series, each containing the same rules and examples but offering four distinct sets of exercises and assignments. This allows students to gain a comprehensive understanding of how the rules and examples are applied in writing. The Workbook comes with its own Key, providing not only answers but also explanations for parents and instructors, as well as guidance on when the answers may be ambiguous (as they often are in English). The Grammar Guidebook serves as an ongoing reference, compiling all the rules covered along with repeated examples for easy access. The Diagramming Dictionary provides illustrations and step-by-step instructions for sentence diagramming, making it an invaluable tool for students throughout their academic journey, from high school to college and beyond.

By following this step-by-step instruction, students will develop a strong foundation in grammar and writing skills, enabling them to express themselves with eloquence and confidence in all their academic and professional endeavors.

Weight: 1564g
Dimension: 279 x 218 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781945841354