Thinking Through Grammar - Effective Student-Led Writing Instruction

Build Engaging Writers

Ensure every student masters the logic of the English language through short video tutorials and mastery-based exercises that teach:

Sentence Construction & Sentence Combining
Grammar & Syntax
Reading Comprehension
Speaking & Listening

View a sample lesson to learn how writing instruction can be simpler, easier to understand, and more enjoyable.

After each lesson, students practice constructing sentences based on prototype examples. Interactive writing practice activities progress from multiple-choice and drag-and-drop to advanced sentence combining and free writing.

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Secure Your Students' Future by Making Writing Easy and Fun

Students struggle to learn writing because traditional instruction is ineffective and boring. Memorizing rules or definitions does little to help students and, in many cases, makes learning to write even more difficult. Start your free trial today to see the difference yourself.

Students can learn new grammar principles in as little as ten minutes per day. Interactive, self-paced lessons ensure that students master each critical concept before moving on to the next lesson.

With 150+ lessons and counting, Thinking Through Grammar makes learning to write easier and more enjoyable for students and teachers.

Over Two Decades of Success

Optimized and redesigned for today's global learners.

The ‘because I said so’ school of Grammar has never appealed to me. Here now is a
[program] that explains the real reasons behind some of the more obscure rules. It is great fun
to read.

Jo Allen

Circulation Department, Albuquerque Public Library (NM, USA)

Thank you very much for a fresh and innovative way of teaching grammar. You are an
answer to my prayer!!

C.R. Georges

English Dept. Chair, V.I. High School (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands)

I find the program to be invaluable for meeting objectives in writing, reasoning, and proofreading. The lessons are well-drafted, compact, and to the point. They excel in guiding students to viewing language as a system that they can manipulate and master.

Linda Buczyna

English Teacher, Chicago Public Schools (IL, USA)

... It is so clearly and logically written! For example ... it has the clearest explanation I've ever read (for kids) on when to use a comma between adjectives in a series! When you tell kids that, they don't get it, but your example (if you wouldn't reverse the adjectives -- woolen red sweater -- don't use a comma) is so clear and makes sense!

Petina Werder

(Ret.) Curriculum Director, Wheaton-Warrenville School District (IL, USA)

The Prototype-Construction Approach to grammar instruction has produced measurable improvement in the ability of our students to apply grammar concepts to writing. The improvement of my own students in both reading and writing skills has been remarkable.

Jamie Ferreira

English Dept. Chairperson, Yuba City High School (CA, USA)

I am deeply impressed with this approach.

Alex (Jae Won) Shim

Program Director, Teen College English Language Institute (Seoul, South Korea)

We work with more than 100 schools in North Carolina and have adopted [the] Thinking Through Grammar series and Thinking Through Math Word Problems for supplemental work because it does a great job of teaching students reasoning skills while teaching grammar and math.

Doug Haynes

President, Mastermind Prep Learning Solutions (NC, USA)

The results at Du Sable (Chicago, IL, USA) mirror the results we got last summer using the grammar with another Chicago high school. Students who participated in that program achieved an average gain of one year and three months in reading comprehension after just four weeks of using the grammar.

Darlene Arnold

Educational Consultant, BGF Performance Systems

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