Grammar for Professionals Instructor Set

The Grammar for Professionals course targets the most common and serious errors in workplace writing. This course uses a sentence-composing approach to grammar. Instead of learning rules in isolation, participants use them right away in their own writing. Grammar for Professionals helps participants write complete, correct, and clear sentences; use parallel structure; and avoid sentence errors. They also review punctuation, capitalization, commonly confused words, and much more.

You can easily pace this course: spend 10 minutes teaching the lesson on the left-hand page, give participants 10 minutes to complete the activity on the right-hand page, and spend 10 minutes afterward discussing their answers. Then move to the next lesson. A PowerPoint lets you teach right from the screen, and pre- and post-assessments track learning.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to do the following:

• Construct clear and correct sentences
• Recognize when to use different sentence structures for different purposes
• Understand and employ parallel structure
• Avoid common errors by correctly applying rules and guidelines
• Identify subjects and verbs
• Recognize singular and plural subjects and verbs
• Correct subject-verb agreement errors
• Use pronouns correctly, including subject, object, and possessive pronouns
• Determine if pronouns agree with their antecedents
• Correct misplaced and dangling modifiers
• Employ current standard grammar and usage in writing
• Punctuate, capitalize, and abbreviate correctly
• Understand how to use references in the workplace

Course Materials

• Meyer, V., Sebranek, P., & Van Rys, J. (2021). Grammar for Professionals (Instructor Guide). Lake Geneva, WI: Thoughtful Learning.
• Meyer, V., Sebranek, P., & Van Rys, J. (2021). Grammar for Professionals (PowerPoint). Lake Geneva, WI: Thoughtful Learning.
• Meyer, V., Sebranek, P., & Van Rys, J. (2021). Grammar at a Glance (Job Aid). Lake Geneva, WI: Thoughtful Learning.
• Meyer, V., Sebranek, P., & Van Rys, J. (2011). Write for Business (Handbook). Burlington, WI: UpWrite Press.
• Meyer, V., Sebranek, P., & Van Rys, J. (2021). Write for Business (Guide). Lake Geneva, WI: Thoughtful Learning, writeforbusiness.com/guide (free online).