The grammar plan book : a guide to smart teaching

Weaver, Constance.

Book 2007

Thanks to Connie Weaver, generations of teachers have come to understand that the efficient way to teach grammar that's relevant for writing is to embed it within writing instruction. Now her Grammar Plan Book helps you apply a limited amount of grammar instruction directly to writing and enables you to map out instruction in a way that best serves the needs of your students. A complete planning tool, The Grammar Plan Book has two complementary p...

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ISBN:

9780325010434

Description:

xiv, 153 pages ; 28 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 147-150) and index

Contents:

Grammar to enrich and enhance writing: a smart perspective
Teachng grammar "an inch wide and a mile deep"
Modifiers to enrich writing
How to launch the teaching of modifiers
Teaching editing skills and (gasp!) standardized tests of grammar skills
Grammar to expand and enrich writing: putting first things first
The sentence: structure, organization, puncuation - and more
Grammatical considerations in choosing the right words
More on style, rhetoric, and conventions

LCCN:

2006021831

Control Number:

3042073

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