untitled

Copyright, Terry Gibson, BA, MEd

INDEX

..

. . . . .INDEX
. .OF CONTENT

This is very much a Work in Progress.
Completion expected by end of 2008.
.
Click Enroll if you want to start classes
. . . . . How to USE the charts that follow.
. . . . . How to FIND the information

.
. . . . . To USE the charts that follow, first you must find the charts.
. . Of course you can scroll down. Hard to miss, they are colour-coded lists
. . containing brief content of all forty parts of the five courses, A, B, C, D, E
. . Either scroll or click courses. Once there, jot down the code numbers of
. . the parts that look interesting, To read, locate the new OR old items. l

. . . . . . How to FIND the information click NEW and if not there click the
. . correct Grefs-number below in the OLD GURU files, below, selecting the
. . letter A, B, C, D, or E from the five there. This is the REFERENCE use
. . unrelated to assignments for credit toward trophies, (No answers are
. . posted in this website, only the READ.) All assignments are taken to
. . Allpoetry classes, [ "learn" on the Forums bar. ]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

... . . . . . . .These OLD GURU files fed the AP courses since 2005

, , . . Introductory , , . ..Intermediate , . . . .Senior

Grefs1
A to E

Grefs 2
A to E

Grefs 3
A to E

Grefs 4
A to E

Grefs 5
A to E

Grefs 6
A to E

Grefs 7A
Grefs 7E
.Grefs 8A
.Grefs 8E

. . . . . . The Grefs were separated for COURSES A,B,C,D,E below.
, , ,when trophies were introduced. The organization changed to four in each.

..Punctuation, Grammar, Usage
... ..Basic and.Intermediate
. . . .. . .. . . . .Trophy

. . Writing, Grammar, Usage
..Intermediate, Advanced
. . . .. . .. . . . .Trophy

COURSE A now contains only the A part of each of the eight Grefs.
That means A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 minimum for one full course for trophy.
at least five parts for a trophy. A6, A7A, A7E, A8A, and A8E.
Click Enroll for Allpoetry if you want to start classes now.

B,C,D,E will be ready after the "specials" (below) have been done.

. . . . .

. . . . . HOW TO FIND WHAT YOU NEED
Click RED lists to find where the needed content is, locate, and read.
This is here as general reference for all, but also to match courses in Allpoetry School, (Trophies too!) In use since before 2005, feedback finally reported Grefs "confusing." (Links are found at List item.)

...This is an attempt at "user-friendly," as soon as possible.
Blue code gives full content in detail in GREFS. Find where you want
to go, and click it from the GREF menu page or from List.

.

. . Course A is open NOW at the Allpoetry School.

Note: Course E will be next.
Assignments are graded through Allpoetry School, after you enroll.

Anyone seeing this from.the website, is invited to join Allpoetry.com
to take part in these free classes, and much more.
..Please IM DeeCrepit with comments, gripes, abuse !.
That's where improvements came from!)

.LEGEND: GREEN Everything is ready, waiting in AP to be USED
. . . . . . . . . . . . Blue: GREF courses are done, ready to click. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .Red: the LIST is done,
. . . . . . . . . . . . with general content of each level listed.

. .,LEVEL OF COMPLETION
Click the Link A B C D E for LISTS . . . . . . . . . . . NOTES

. . The Eight Levels of COURSE A

..1.. ..2.. ..3.. ..4.. ..5.. ..6.. ..7.. ..8..

. . AP work is ready to use! Go there! . .The LIST is done, +
. .ALL the GREFS + and
. .AP courses are done, +.

. . The Eight Levels of COURSE B

..1.. ..2.. ..3.. ..4.. ..5.. ..6.. ..7.. ..8..

. . AP work is not ready yet. . . . ONLY FIRST GREF
. . . course is done,
. . . The LIST is all done

. . The Eight Levels of COURSE C

..1.. ..2.. ..3.. ..4.. ..5.. ..6.. ..7.. ..8..

. . AP work is not ready yet. . . . ONLY FIRST GREF
. . . course is done,
. . . The LIST is all done

. . The Eight Levels of COURSE D

..1.. ..2.. ..3.. ..4.. ..5.. ..6.. ..7.. ..8..

. . AP work is not ready yet. . . . ONLY FIRST GREF
. . . course is done,
. . . The LIST is all done

. . The Eight Levels of COURSE E

..1.. ..2.. ..3.. ..4.. ..5.. ..6.. ..7.. ..8..

. . AP work is not ready yet. . . . ONLY FIRST GREF
. . . course is done,
. . . The LIST is all done

..Priority 1 This is where it began,
.. . . where the greatest ignorance
.. . . now exists. If you enjoy puzzles
.. . . much of this will be fun! . . LCheck out the INDEX data
. . Lthat follows for planning.
Click the Linked A B C D E

BUT all the blanks come from the same parts in Grefs.

.. . . .

Content A course

.Part . . . . . . . The Eight Levels of COURSE A
Although welcome, at any Level no more than two are expected.

A 1 a Reading: Demonstrating in context (where it is used.)
use of punctuation, commas, double space after periods, hyphen,
quotation marks. The Ellipsis (meaning of three dots, meaning of four),
The hyphen in two-word adjectives, exclamation mark !

1 b Paragraphs (when block form is used, and when to indent),
Paragraphing and punctuating dialogue, dialog in US. Spacing?
The apostrophe--two uses, the colon, brackets and parentheses,
Avoiding "orphan speeches" with "business" and paragraphing.

1 c
For our Poets: Using the idea of new paragraph for change of
location or topic as a reason to start a new stanza in narrative poems.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Two

A 2 a Poetry, punctuating for effect and meaning and when not!

2 b
Poetry, An easy way to get rhythm (By request) EASY Iambic meter

2 c
Fiction: Punctuating Assignment. The run-on sentence to end all run-ons,
Direct and indirect quotations,
When, how and why change one to the other

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Three

A 3 a General paragraphing, Form review, square or Indented

3 b Punctuating conversation: with use of dialogue. . .
(Changing indirect to direct.)

3 c And in poetry: Rhythm within words. How to break into natural rhythm
within words of two or more syllables! Get your dictionary!.

.Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERMEDIATE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Four

A 4 a Commas in long sentences, to clarify,
to use, or not to use. That is the question

4 b
Punctuating Conversation, fragments... Omissions "understood"

4 c
Poetry, The Process of Editing a Poem ... More

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Five

A 5 a Review and New: punctuating the Question

5 b
Proofreading Review apostrophes

5 c
Editing Poetry, Introducing. The Marching Meter, Trochaic

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Six

A 6 a Using the Dash and Ellipsis, Link, Bridge, Local Colour,
Comic Relief. You will need Local Colour, Comic Relief in A8

6 b Recognizing, using Participles

6 c Poetry, Editing Or a descriptive poem (Do one)

Part . . . . . . .SENIOR-- ADVANCED Oriented toward selling. . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . ..Level Seven. . . .

A 7 a Essays, Editorials and Social Issues.

7 b
Reading: Discussion / Debate dialogue for painless rules.

7 c
Metaphor and the prose-poem. How-to Method in Three Steps
Or the Sortasonnet (14 shorter lines, 'way different rhyme-scheme--
Also in extreme cases, call it a NOTTAsonnet. Purists attack!)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Eight

A 8 a Columns that sell- Satire-The Essay

8aa Comic Commercials-- A Script

8 b
Historical and Hysterical Essays and children's books

8bb
Blended Fairy Tales, humour (humor in US) Book for small children

8 c Comic Poetry, and Ogden Nash, Bending the rules

8cc
Dancing and Galloping poems
.TAdada: dactyls dance dadaTA: anapests gallop

SCROLL TO COURSE B

Content B

.Part . . . . . . . The Eight Levels of COURSE B
Although welcome, at any Level no more than two are expected.

B 1a

B Common sense commas: What does it mean without?
Lists of items, separating. In poetry, meaning with comma, without?
Is overuse worse than no use. . . ?

1 b ENJAMBMENT in poetry. Meaning:
analysing effect on meaning existing poem comparing without.

1 c
  Prose fiction or non-fiction. Punctuation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Two

B 2 a Using the apostrophe: Contractions,

2 b
Possessives of Nouns? Special plurals

2 c
Possessive Determiners (pronoun errors)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Three

B 3 a Sentence structure, using adjectives, adverbs, regular, irregular

3 b What are subordinates?

3 c Process of critical reading of subordinates

.Part   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERMEDIATE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Four

B 4 a Paragraphing sentence fragments in fast conversation

4 b
Use of phrases and clauses

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Five

B 5 a Editing, paragraphing, punctuating own work,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Six

B 6 a Plotting practice, (one of two choices)

6 b Editing, punctuating, paragraphing

.Part . . . . . . .SENIOR-- ADVANCED Oriented toward selling

. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .Level Seven

B 7 a Reading: Spoken characterization, with quirks, mannerisms

7 b
Running with a Plotting Plan

7c
Revision, Editing, Proof-reading, and Polishing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Eight

B 8 a Reading: The Weekly Anecdote, Just the Facts, Sir
Humour in Dialogue at Cross-Purposes

8 b
Using sample, Character, Setting, Character's oral characterization

8 c
a Bridge to Own next anecdote

Content C

.Part . . . . . . . The Eight Levels of COURSE C
Although welcome, at any Level no more than two are expected.

C 1 a A GLOSSARY of grammatical terms, inventory of what terms you
already knew: and how you came to know it.-- or if help will be needed.
(The study of other languages is a real help!)

1 b
The Hyphen, Dash, Ellipsis, Colon, Semicolon highlighted showing
how each of these handy things is used.

1 c
For our Poets: Nonsense verse written with a purpose to demonstrate
another way to hide end-rhymes: same sound, different spelling, with
Example of scheme that looks unrhymed until read aloud. Enjambment.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Two

C 2 a Pronouns, subject, subjective, object, possessive, (confusion)

2 b
Uses of Pronouns, Correct forms of pronouns

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Three

C 3 a Syntax: meaning by placement, structure, Commas

3 b Hidden rhythms for fun (Getting familiar with four kinds.)

.Part   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERMEDIATE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Four

C4 a Sentence structure with modifying phrases

4 b
Proofreading for punctuating errors

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Five

C 5 a Proofreading to correct common errors. Using dictionary

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Six

C 6 a Review of 'Parts of Speech, Meaning, spelling

6 b Comparison of adjectives and adverbs, Homophones,
Use of the apostrophe, or not, terribly common errors.

6 c Assignment C6 Using them all correctly in sentences

.Part   . . . . . . .SENIOR-- ADVANCED Oriented toward selling

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Seven

C .7 a The Pronoun Nitty-Gritty.Choosing Subject and Object pronouns,
(subject of verb, object of verb, object of preposition.)
Caution: The vernacular "illiteracies" in formal writing.
(Only correct when spoken by a character).

7 b
Reading: Modern English ..as Metaphor an Essay

7 c
The Subjective Completion, useful but an Endangered Species

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Eight

C 8 a Caution, illiteracy note: The Wandering Antecedent.
GERUNDS, and Agreement with antecedent: very common error

8 b
Subject, Object, Possessive pronouns
(subject of verb, object of verb, object of preposition,

8 c
Subjective completion. pronoun or adjective

Content D

.Part . . . . . . . The Eight Levels of COURSE D
Although welcome, at any Level no more than two are expected.

D 1 a Three uses of the apostrophe, and the illiteracy when it is NOT! The possessive, singular and plural, the irregular plurals

1 b
Replacing a missing letter in verbs, verb phrases, and negatives

1 c
Apostrophe used as single quotation marks, and WHEN it is needed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Two

D 2 a Problem where data, media, and phenomena look singular and
are used wrong. Correct spelling of the plural form of some nouns.

2 b
VOCABULARY BUILDING from other languages.
Invitation to help build our list.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Three

D 3 a Twins: homophone confusion when they sound alike,
Example Meaning of rain, reign, rein, sight, site, cite

3 b Adding to our list of over 200 homophones

3 c how to cope (great website) and dictionary (Homonyms?)

.Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERMEDIATE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Four

D 4 a The active world of verbs and verb phrases

4 b
Remnants "disappearing Subjunctive," Assignment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Five

D 5 a Irregular verbs in verb tenses and verb phrases

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Six

D 6 a Reference list of Irregular Verbs and their Tenses

6 b MoreMemory hooks, similarities.

.Part   . . . . . . .SENIOR-- ADVANCED Oriented toward selling

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Seven

D .7 a Reading: The Language of Thought Limits Us, Related,
with permission: Colour Verbs, by Vera Rich, Inherent Beauty

7 b
Semantics of verb forms: The FINE ART OF EXCUSES

7 c
Still more irregular verbs, in verb tenses and verb phrases,
to show past, present, future, conditional, progressive tenses

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Eight

D. 8 a Reading: Opting Out? Use a Passive Voice, The Passive verb form

8 b
Comparing the Gerund and Participle (...ing) "It is what it does."

8 c
Caution, illiteracy: misuse of "may" rather than "might" (time)
for permission, conditional, possibility

THIS IS THE END OF PART A-B-C-D Check out E, below.
(Only the brave dared to go there, but proudly, they all succeeded! )

Content E

.Part . . . . . . . The Eight Levels of COURSE E
Although welcome, at any Level no more than two are expected.

E 1 a Introduction to the most important part of these courses:
an intensive study of what makes Language work!

"It is what it does!" Semantics: meaning. Usage: nouns as verbs,
nouns as adjectives, and verbs as nouns. Sometimes even
nouns as adverbs and rarely adverbs as nouns and verbs.

1 b
The sentence: subject, predicate. modifiers.

1 c Homophones and the correct part of speech (dictionary)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Two

E 2 a Introducing the Grammar of Sentence form, Assertive

2 b
noun subject / verb predicate. . . + Modifiers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Three

E 3 a Beginning to analyse commands and questions. Using the codes.

3 b Beginning to analyse questions. Using the codes.

.Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERMEDIATE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Four

E 4 a Graphic Sentence Analysis of commands and questions
with verb phrases

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Five

E 5 a Sentence analysis in real life advertisements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Six

E 6 a Comparing Old and new graphic codes,

6 b Graphic analysis of compound and complex sentences,
Positive and negative, and the Gerund

.Part . . . . . . .SENIOR-- ADVANCED Oriented toward employment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Seven REFERENCES

....E.7 a Graphic-analysing the following in sentences.

1a Recognizing phrases and
1b Recognizing indirect objects
2. Graphic analysis of sentences with complex verbs
3. Recognizing subordinate adverb and adjective clauses

....E.7 b Reviewing the Noun Clause and other obstacles

4. Noun clause used as subject,
5. Noun clause used as object of a verb,
6. Noun clause used as object of a preposition.
7. Noun clause used as subjective completion.
Graphic-analysing them in sentences.

7 c
Graphic analysis of sentences with complex verbs
and subordinate adverb clauses,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . adjective clauses, and
. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . noun clauses

7 d
Check the glossary for meanings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Level Eight

SEPARATELY FOR OUR PRO MEMBERS:
The Analysis of ALL We Read and Write--From anywhere!
.
Take a deep breath: Are you ready for this? Pre-college-level stuff.
All references open while you work: Glossary, verb forms

...E. 8 a A general summary of analysis (review).

8 b
Form of Detailed Graphic Analysis, Step-by-step method, Codes

8 c

Explore Complex, Compound, and Compound-complex sentences
where adjective phrases may contain subordinate noun clauses
as the objects of a preposition, and they, in turn, may have
relative clauses within them.

And if you think it cannot happen, it can! Above, the imperative sentence
(with subject understood) is an example where it did.

.
Method is demonstrated, with models, to help do them.
Exciting when it makes sense! Goal: To be able confidently
to analyse any sentence anywhere if grammatically correct,
and to be able to correct it if NOT. (Get a job as publishers' editor)

.

Enroll

.

HOW TO ENROLL IN THIS AP COURSE

As a member in AP already, it is very easy: (Join Allpoetry.com)
You have contacted DeeCrepit, [Step 1] to get a "go ahead" in case there is a waiting list.
.
Course A is ready in GURU, the website that you have found.
Click CourseA-1 (or CourseE-1 as they are ready over time.

[Step 2] in Allpoetry, click "Learn" beside Forums to find it. Take your time to use the references and prepare assignments.

[Step 3] When you have checked your work, submit at least two together, directly into "Homeworks box" at the end of the assignments.

[Step 4] When work has been graded, you are officially enrolled and--

[Step 5] Software automatically advances you to the next level.

-----------------------

. . . . Get full colour-coded feedback if you IM your e-mail address to DeeCrepit.

.

.