Lessons to share on Teaching grammar in context

Book 1998

"With Teaching Grammar in Context, thousands of teachers discovered why students achieve better results when they learn grammar during the process of writing. In Lessons to Share, Constance Weaver's promised sequel, she focuses now on the practical, offering valuable "lessons" from educators at all levels." "The book features eighteen articles addressing issues such as: how language is learned; teaching grammar through writing, across the grades;...

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English language Grammar Study and teaching

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ISBN:

9780867093940
0867093943

Description:

vii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Sequel to: Teaching grammar in context. c1996
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

How language is learned : from birth through the elementary years and beyond / Jane Kiel
Teaching grammar in the context of writing / Constance Weaver
Dora learns to write and in the process encounters punctuation / Pat Cordeiro
Teaching writing and grammar in context / Scott Peterson
Facilitating the use of description--and grammar / Sarah Woltjer
Using minilessons to promote student revision : helping students realize their power over words / Sue Rowe
When grammar matters : guiding students through revision / Renee Callies
Learning to use grammar with precision through editing conferences / Ellen Brinkley
Developing correctness in student writing : alternatives to the error hunt / Lois Matz Rosen
Image grammar / Harry Noden
Sentence composing : notes on a new rhetoric / Don Killgallon
Breaking the rules in style / Tom Romano
The power of dialect : Ebonics personified / Denise Troutman
Ebonics and the "parsley" problem : personal reflections / Constance Weaver
Meeting the special needs of the English as a Second Language (ESL) students in public schools ; Implementing whole language in a university-level ESL curriculum / Mary Anne Loewe
Preparing teachers to teach about language / David Freeman and Yvonne Freeman
Between teachers and computers : does text-checking software really improve student writing? / Timothy Beals

LCCN:

97051626

Control Number:

2795781

Other Authors:

Weaver, Constance
Weaver, Constance. Teaching grammar in context

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