180 daily 10 minute teaching lessons with concepts presented in an easy, step-by-step manner. A great review of grammar basics during the years that your student is mastering the writing process. Covers capitalization, punctuation, phrases, parts of speech, and sentence combining on a daily basis. Students first learn the difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause. Using understanding of this concept, students learn construction of fragments, sentences, and run-on and the structure of compound and complex sentences. However, mastery of dependent and independent clauses first is vital to the ensuing concepts. Other concepts are taught in this manner throughout.