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Title: Grammar A Writers Tool


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GrammarA Writers Tool
  • Chapter 13

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Components of Grammar Instruction
  • Parts of speech
  • Parts of sentences
  • Types of sentences
  • Capitalization punctuation
  • Usage

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The 8 Parts of Speech
  • Noun
  • Pronoun
  • Adjective
  • Verb
  • Adverb
  • Preposition
  • Conjunction
  • Interjection

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Research on Teaching Grammar Separately Will NOT
Do
  • Will not improve quality or accuracy of writing
  • Will not help form or promote mental discipline
  • Will not help students score better on
    standardized tests that include grammar, usage,
    and punctuation

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  • Will not help people learn the grammar of another
    language more readily
  • Will not help people master conventional spoken
    or written language
  • Will not help people become better users of
    languagemore effective listeners, speakers,
    readers, or writers

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So How Do We Teach Grammar?
  • Within the Context of Literature Studies
  • Within the Context of Childrens Own Writing
  • During the Editing Stage of Writing

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Teaching Grammar
  • Minilessons followed by application to the
    childs own writing
  • Examine / make concept books
  • Sentence collection / searches in books
  • Sentence manipulation

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Teaching Grammar
  • New versions of books (innovations)
  • Grammar posters
  • Write and proofread- Editing
  • Expands language options - not to replace home
    language

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Killgallons 4 Types of Sentence Manipulation
(Figure 13-5 p. 445)
  • Sentence Unscrambling
  • Reassemble phrases
  • Sentence Imitating
  • Imitate the structure of a chosen sentence
  • Sentence Combining
  • Combine and rearrange words
  • Sentence Expanding
  • Abridged sentence is expanded

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Assessing Grammar
  • Tests
  • Arrangement of words in sentences in writing
    projects
  • Note errors and teach minilessons
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