Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind, Core Instructor Text

Each year, parents and teachers go through the scripted dialogue, rules, and examples in the Core Instructor Text. Instructor notes thoroughly explain any ambiguities and how to handle concepts that the student may find difficult. Scripted lessons and step-by-step instruction take students from the most basic concepts through advanced grammatical concepts such as modal verbs and multiple functions of noun clauses, while extensive diagramming exercises reinforce the rules (and are a great help to technical and visual learners).

Text for examples and exercises are drawn from great works of literature, as well as from well-written nonfiction texts in science, mathematics, and the social sciences. The program is easily customizable to each student’s strengths and weaknesses, and regular review leads to mastery. Students follow along and do the exercises in the required workbook (workbooks are not sequential and you may begin with any color; see workbook product descriptions for more details).