Beginning Grammar
| Beginning Grammar | |
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.jpg) Beginning Grammar Manual (Front Cover) | |
| Publisher(s) | Texas Instruments (TI) |
| Original Retail Price | $29.95 |
| Part# | PHM 3003 |
| Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
| Release | 1979 (4th Quarter) |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
Beginning Grammar is an educational software title made for the TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A home computer systems. It was created by Texas Instruments (TI), and was released in late 1979 (although the title screen for the game says its copyright is 1978). It was released on Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module cartridge with part number PHM 3003. It originally retailed for $29.95 (USD).
Contents
Advertising Blurbs
Front Cover of Manual
Engaging and colorful activities that introduce the basic parts of speech and how they're used. Valuable practice and hours of fun for children grades 2 through 5.
Back Cover of Manual
The Beginning Grammar Command Module is specially designed to help children grades 2 and up in the study of grammar. It includes a variety of engaging and colorful activities developed with the help of leading educators. These activities introduce seven of the eight "parts of speech": nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.
Beginning Grammar module activities can be enjoyed by the child working alone or together with friends or parents. Rewarding visual action and spectacular audio effects are part of the learning and fun. Activities include:
- Going Places with Nouns
- Verb Lift
- Pronoun Posters
- Adjective's Restaurant
- Adverb Attractions
- Preposition/Conjunction
The activities define the parts of speech, give examples of their use, and provide valuable practice in their identification and application. Children also learn typewriter keyboard skills, and just how easy it is to use a computer.
Manual
A Note to Parents
As you know, a large part of your child's school day is spent in the study of Language Arts - reading, spelling, and writing. From the lower elementary grades on, these language studies also include the analysis of language form and structure - or what we traditionally call grammar.
W hat is grammar? Even grammarians have disagreed about its meaning and its role in language study. We can consider grammar to be anything from a set of rules governing language usage to a philosophical explanation and description of the way a language "works" - sentence structure, thought expression, underlying form and meaning. Regardless of the definition we choose, we all use grammar, to some extent, as a guideline for what we have come to accept as "correct" or "standard" speech and writing. Generally, this concept is the one that will be presented to your child during his or her elementary school years.
