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Educational Media Reviews

Review: The Basic Cozy Essay Course Rating: Recommended Audience Level: Jr. High – Adult Subject(s): Language, English Date Reviewed: 2/11/2004 The Basic Cozy Essay Course DVD set and workbook is a presentation of the mechanics of how to write an essay, and where to place certain elements within the text of a written essay, and[…]

All Star Review

Review: The Basic Cozy Essay Course Reviewed October 2003 Synopsis: The Basic Cozy Essay Course features a series of five easy-to-follow filmed essay tutorials  and an online 177 page companion notebook. A retired schoolteacher, Marie, walks you through the mechanics of essay writing, including a basic formula for writing an essay. She presents a step-by-step tutorial[…]

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Review: The Basic Cozy Grammar Course “Cozy Grammar is an excellent tool that’s well worth a look.”

The Usual Mayhem

Review: The Basic Cozy Grammar Course A couple of months ago, the Canadian distributor for Cozy Grammar, Splashes From the River, very generously sent us the Basic Cozy Grammar program to review. It opens with music playing softly (turns out that on one of the printouts from the cd they list the music for you,[…]

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Review: The Cozy Punctuation Course Volume 10 – Number 1 – October 2004 In acknowledging that there is no absolute agreement on the correct or preferred use of many punctuation marks, The Basic Cozy Punctuation Course introduces the listener/reader to the basic ways to use punctuation.  The author’s “cozy” approach to teaching the uses of[…]

Education Clearinghouse

Review: The Cozy Punctuation Course “Remember the purpose of punctuation is clarity of meaning.” Marie Rackham Quick, how many punctuation marks can you think of? Ten? Fifteen? We’re not talking hundreds here, so why is punctuation so hard to master? Retired English teacher Marie Rackham doesn’t think it’s difficult and she has the course to[…]

HomeschoolReviewsForYou

Review: The Cozy Punctuation Course When I received The Basic Cozy Punctuation Course to review, I thought, “How could the word cozy go with punctuation?” Well, I soon found out! I told my kids to get ready to review The Basic Cozy Punctuation Course. They all came back with their pillows and quilts. I laughed[…]

Eclectic Homeschool Review

Review: The Cozy Punctuation Course Okay. Swallow hard. Here’s a course on basic punctuation that your 6th through 12th graders could actually like! Let retired school teacher Marie Rackham take you to beautiful scenic spots – like a lighthouse, forest, shoreline, Native totem poles, and a waterfall – to make question marks, double quotation marks,[…]

Educational Media Reviews

Review: The Cozy Punctuation Course Rating:  Highly Recommended Audience Level: Elementary – Adult Subject(s): Language, English Date Reviewed: 1/19/2004 The Basic Cozy Punctuation Course is a presentation of 15 English punctuation tutorials that encompass the rules for the proper use of commas, question marks, colons, and other punctuation. The lessons are taught by retired English[…]

American Library Association

Review: The Cozy Punctuation Course January 1 & 15, 2004 Issue Gr. 6-12. Retired teacher Marie Rackham follows up The Basic Cozy Grammar Course (2002) with this similarly helpful punctuation primer. Strolling around her comfy home on picturesque Vancouver [Island] B.C. environs, Rackham compares punctuation marks to “traffic signs for reading and writing” and explains[…]

Video Librarian

Video Review Magazine for Libraries Review: The Cozy Punctuation Course November/December 2003 Edition Sporting the bumper sticker “Punctuation Rules!” on the back of her car, retired English teacher/instructor Marie Rackham tools around natural settings on Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, pointing out noteworthy sites while sharing insights into the finer points of punctuation. Divided into 15[…]

Library Journal

Library Journal recommends The Basic Cozy Punctuation Course for grade school through high school and ESL instruction September 1, 2003 Issue The Basic Cozy Punctuation Course set contains 15 lessons, of varying lengths, on the proper usage of punctuation marks (periods, comma, parentheses, etc.). Marie Rackham, a Canadian teacher, offers clear, real-world examples of proper[…]

Film Advisory Board

  Hollywood, CA   Excellent! We first had the pleasure of evaluating the outstanding ‘THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE‘ – and now we can enjoy retired English teacher, Marie Rackham, as she educates us on punctuation! The soothing, picturesque scenery of Campbell River, British Columbia and the welcoming personality and skill of Marie Rackham make[…]

All Star Review

Review: The Cozy Punctuation Course Reviewed July 2003 Synopsis: The Basic Cozy Punctuation Course is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow punctuation curriculum for homeschools, libraries, private tutoring, ESL, adult literacy, teacher resources and anyone wishing to brush up on punctuation skills. The course contains filmed lessons and an online workbook containing lesson overviews, exercises, and answer keys.[…]

Aspired Living

  Review: Cozy English The Dreaded Last Minute Curriculum Change You probably haven’t heard of Cozy Grammar. I know that I hadn’t, so let me tell you about it. First of all, I found it in September after a frantic search for a new English program, after I realized I had made a mistake <sigh> when[…]

Educational Media Reviews

Review: The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Rating: Highly Recommended Audience Level: Grade 6 – Adult Subject(s): Language, English Date Reviewed: 1/19/2004 The Basic Cozy Grammar Course and workbook is a presentation of English grammar tutorials that instruct on all of the areas commonly considered grammar. The lessons are taught by retired English teacher Marie Rackham,[…]