Life of Fred Language Arts: Classes

The third book of the Life of Fred Language Arts Series covers:

• Seven parts of speech
• Tense is the Latin word for time
• Prepositions explained in 30 seconds
• A sentence with 16 prepositional phrases
• Adjectives
• Three kinds of adjectival errors
• Four uses of italics
• Simplifying the 12 tenses
• Positive, comparative, and superlative forms of adjectives
• Proper nouns used as adjectives
• Suffix
• Using the present tense to indicate things that are always true
• Direct and indirect objects
• Nominative, objective, and possessive cases
• Simile
• Schwa
• Auxiliary verbs
• Elliptical construction
• Formal, informal, nonstandard, and general English
• Counter words
• The three reasons to write
• Adverbs
• The seven rules for when to double the final consonant when adding the suffix -ed (and simplified down to one rule)
• Less vs. fewer
• Infinitive form of a verb as subject, object, adjective, and adverb
• Prepositions at the end of sentences
• Euphemisms and minced oaths
• Subjunctive, imperative, and indicative moods
• Antecedents of pronouns
• Nauseous vs. nauseated
• Stream of consciousness writing
• Hyphens can change meaning
• When to hyphenate compound adjectives (the six rules)

Unlike all other language arts programs, this one also teaches about:

• The overall picture in business, math, football, life, and English
• Often, the least effective way to teach is to lecture
• Two ways our brains work
• The four emotions (glad, sad, mad, and afraid)
• The three parts of mothering
• Intersection of sets
• Holloware, flatware, and how to set a table

The answers are included in the textbook. Complete this book and you are ready for Life of Fred Dreams.

Life of Fred Classes is a hardcover textbook containing 128 pages. This book is not consumable. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook.

Life of Fred Classes contains 19 lessons and is designed to take approximately one month to complete.