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== Lesson Plans ==
== Grammar lesson plans ==
* Understanding sentence cores & how to build out ideas into complex sentences
** students are to write a series of three or four simple statements of fact.
*** such as,
**** I like dogs.
**** I have a dog.
**** My dog's name is Dudu.
**** Dudu is fun to play with.
*** students are then to combine these thoughts two at a time by employing sentence parts such as pronouns, conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions, such as:
**** "Since I like dogs, I have one."
**** "My dog's name is Dudu, and she is fun to play with"
*** then combine those sentences/ ideas into a single, complex sentence:
***** Since I like dogs, I have one named Dudu who is fun to play with"
* Language and the law:
* Language and the law:
* Create courtroom scenario in which precision or imprecision in words, syntax, and grammar would change the outcome of the case
** such as the classic example of leading a witness, "Did you see the glass?" (as opposed to, "Did you see any glass?")
** [http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/LWTA.htmThe Legal Writing Teaching Assistant: The Law Student's Guide to Good Writing (kentlaw.edu) from Chicago-Kent College of Law, by Prof. Marc Grinker]
** [http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/LWTA.htmThe Legal Writing Teaching Assistant: The Law Student's Guide to Good Writing (kentlaw.edu) from Chicago-Kent College of Law, by Prof. Marc Grinker]
** Prof. Grinker reviews grammar and writing from a legal perspective  
** Prof. Grinker reviews grammar and writing from a legal perspective  
** offers examples of the need for precision in language and downfalls of poor use
** offers examples of the need for precision in language and downfalls of poor usage and incorrect grammar


== complement or requisite phrase ==
== complement or requisite phrase ==