Date: July 18, 1998
From: Mrs. Donna Garner
236 Cross Country Drive
Hewitt, TX 76643
dggarner@swbell.net

Attached you will find the grammar packets which I have written for students of various ages, Grades 6 through adults.

The packets have been designed to be taught in the order in which they are listed at the bottom of this letter. Students should learn every single part of each packet because the exercises continually build on past skills. Each student should have his own individual packet so that he can write directly on his packet. The extra spacing in the packets is particularly beneficial for learning disabled students who learn better if their materials are not too congested.

For my own students, I use a testing program which has been aligned to the packets. In order to keep my tests secure, I cannot share my testing program; but because the packets are so explicit, teachers should have no problems designing their own testing program.

I have copyrighted the packets, but please feel free to duplicate as many copies as you desire so long as you are using them for educational purposes.

It has taken me over twenty-six years to write and revise these packets, and they have been piloted among my students in many different school districts. Through the use of the packets, I have seen hundreds of students improve their grammar, punctuation, and capitalization skills.

Because formatting codes are easily lost when you try to print directly off a web page, it is better to download the packets to your disk and then print from your disk. Here are some directions which should help you:

1. Click on the message at the bottom of this page which says, "Click here to download packets."

2. Click on "Preposition Packet."

3. If box comes up which says, "Unknown File Type," click on "Save File." (It is better not to change the name of the file at this point; just let it save under the name already affixed to it.)

4. Click "Save" and minimize the web page screen so that it shows up on toolbar.

5. Go to word processor. (I use Microsoft Word 7.0.) Click on "Open."

6. Find the name of the file under which "Preposition Packet" was saved.

7. Scroll down to "All Files," and the name of the file should pop up since the files have been saved in "html."

8. Open the file and print it.

9. Go through the same procedure with each packet.

The packets have been designed to be taught in the following order:

1. Preposition

2. Verb -- Part I

3. Verb -- Part II

4. Verb -- Part III

5. Verb -- Part IV

6. Verb -- Part V

7. Conjunction/Clause

8. Noun

9. Pronoun

10.Adjective/Adverb