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Help us choose our Winter Brashcard Challenge!
Last year, Grammar Nerds Club launched a fun winter challenge with a free set of 20 Brashcards. Our popular #WinterBrashcardsChallenge was created with the goal of helping your students keep their diagramming skills sharp during their winter break from school.
Last year's challenge included 20 sentences that accompanied the book Detectives in Togas. We also provided a downloadable packet of resources for teachers and tutors that included Brash sticker charts, flyers for parents (with instructions on printing their downloads), Clubhouse ID cards (punch cards), and Brash Ca$h.
In preparation for this year's challenge, we'd love some feedback from our Brashcard fans. Which of the following...
Let's talk sentence patterns
No matter what curriculum you may use for grammar, there are basic sentence patterns that must be mastered in order to parse and diagram a sentence. Grammar Nerds Club uses this set of 7 patterns:
Every sentence you'll encounter fits one (or...
Brashcards are almost here!
But the best news? They're only $10 for the entire set of 96 cards!
That's an awesome deal. It's basically the same cost as two really fancy cups of coffee or whatever type of decadent treat that you occasionally enjoy. Like that fancy coffee, you don't have to have our cards to teach your students how to diagram sentences, but they sure to do make it enjoyable and add something special to what otherwise might seem like drudgery. Unlike that fancy coffee, once you buy them, you have them forever!
And our Ancient...
We want to hear from you!
We are so excited to be putting the finishing touches on our Ancient History Pack of Brashcards! Brashcards ™ are to classical dialectic students as flashcards are to grammar students. They are beautifully designed cards that may be printed, laminated, and stored on a ring or in an album for easy access to our students, who will enjoy using them on a daily basis to practice their analytical tasks. We will also be releasing a version that will be compatible with smartphones, tablets, and desktop computers.
The 96-card pack will be available on our website on...
Christ is risen!
Happy Resurrection Sunday to all our grammar nerd friends! To celebrate this joyful day, we thought we'd give you a sneak peek of the final Brashcard in our soon-to-be-released "Ancient History" set:
If you don't think you can diagram this Week 24 sentence, how about trying to diagram the title of this post? What is the sentence pattern of "Christ is risen!"? What about the purpose and structure? Leave us a comment or give us your own Easter-themed sentence to diagram!