Taming the Wild Grammar Beastie
Course Description
This seminar presents up-to-date solutions to the most prevalent grammar problems found in corporate America today. This fun, fast-paced, thought-provoking seminar is for everyone who wants to brush up on grammar skills—from entry-level employees to senior management. Never waste time again by asking, “Have I said it correctly? Is it ‘who’ or ‘whom’? Should I place a comma here?” The workshop teaches standard American usage for the kinds of problems people most often experience with punctuation, grammar, and proofreading and clear sentence construction.
Target Audience
Taming the Wild Grammar Beastie is designed for all professionals who communicate in writing and want to deliver their message with clarity and professional polish.
Course Length
One-day: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Course Objectives
We begin by helping participants build their grammar profile of strengths and weaknesses. From there we will tame the “grammar beastie” by clarifying the true nature of grammar, debunking popular myths from English 101, teaching non-grammatical solutions to grammar problems, and reviewing current standard American usage for:
- Subject/verb agreement
- Pronoun usage
- Current punctuation usage
- Sentence structure
- Correct word choice
- Current capitalization usage
Program Design
Taming the Wild Grammar Beastie is a learning and development process, not a training event. It consists of the following elements:
Seminar Outline
First Half-day Session
Constructing your grammar profile
Why worry about grammar
Taming the pronoun beastie
Taming the verb beastie
- Personal pronouns
- Who/whom
- Tense
- Subject verb agreement
- Active passive voice
Second Half-day Session
Taming the punctuation beastieTaming the sentence structure beastie
- The difference punctuation makes
- Standard usage
Improving editing and proofreading skills
Equipment Requirements
It would be great if you could provide the following room set-up and equipment:
- The training room set up in pods of 6 – 8 people or U-shape.
- LCD projector
- Flipchart
- Ten magic marker pens
- Roll of masking tape.
Free Post-Seminar Support
In keeping with our commitment to offer a learning and development process, not a training event, we offer a number of free value-added resources and opportunities to assist seminar participants to become more productive on the job. Upon course completion, participants are invited to do the following:
- Assess their knowledge by taking our Free Writing Assessments: http://berrywritinggroup.com/assessment/index.html
- Preview chapter one of our Writing to Get Things Done® online course: http://berrywritinggroup.com/online/WGTD.html
- Strengthen their understanding by reading articles in our Business Writing Tips Archive at: http://berrywritinggroup.com/freetips.html
- Gain new insights from our monthly Business Writing Tips articles: http://berrywritinggroup.com/freetips.html
