{"product_id":"core-instructor-text-a-complete-course-for-young-writers-aspiring-rhetoricians-and-anyone-else-who-needs-to-understand-how-english-works-9781945841026","title":"Core Instructor Text: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How English Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrammar for the Well-Trained Mind\u003c\/i\u003e takes students from basic definitions (\"A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea\") through advanced sentence structure and analysis--all the grammar skills needed to write and speak with eloquence and confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis innovative program combines the three essential elements of language learning: \u003cb\u003eunderstanding and memorizing rules\u003c\/b\u003e (prescriptive teaching), \u003cb\u003erepeated exposure to examples of how those rules are used\u003c\/b\u003e (descriptive instruction), and \u003cb\u003epractice using those rules in exercises and in writing\u003c\/b\u003e (practical experience).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach year, parents and teachers go through the dialogue, rules, and examples in the \u003ci\u003eCore Instructor Text\u003c\/i\u003e; students follow along in a \u003ci\u003eWorkbook\u003c\/i\u003e. 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