In Berkeley

Sentence Analysis: The Key to Understanding Grammar

Date Three Saturdays, March 13, March 27, and April 10; 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cost $320 for enrollments paid on or before March 5;
$340 after March 5
Class Limit 20
Instructors Robyn Brode Orsini and Susan Ledford
Location

First Presbyterian Church, Room M201 (McKinley Hall)
2407 Dana Street, Berkeley

(see http://www.fpcberkeley.org/campusmap.asp for maps and directions)

Expect lively discussions as the instructors show you how to deconstruct sentences in English by recognizing basic sentence types and patterns. You will also learn how to determine parts of speech by analyzing the functions of words within sentences. You will even explore the old but ever-valuable art of sentence diagramming. By the end of the course, you should be able to explain how English is structured and confidently justify your grammatical corrections.

This series of three all-day workshops is appropriate for writers, editors, and proofreaders, along with anyone else who wants to learn how to apply the rules of grammar based on sentence structure analysis. The course includes comprehensive handouts and many in-class practice exercises; homework exercises are optional.

Note: The workshop includes a one-hour lunch break; lunch is not provided.

Robyn Brode Orsini has had a long freelance career as project coordinator, copy developer, copyeditor, proofreader, and indexer. She was Editcetera’s second coordinator and for many years owned a book production company called The Compleat Works. She has worked on a wide range of books and other published materials. Brode Orsini has a master’s degree in education/ESL and taught professional editing at San Francisco State University. She finds all aspects of grammar fascinating.

Susan Ledford is a reading and writing specialist. She has worked in education as a teacher and curriculum developer since 1967 and in the high-tech industry as a technical editor and writing consultant since 1997, and she is currently managing editor for NetApp University. Her lifelong loves are teaching and language, and so she teaches technical-writing workshops whenever the opportunity arises, such as for Oracle University, Jabil Circuit, San Jose State University, and the Society for Technical Communication.

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