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Title: Teaching of Grammar


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Teaching of Grammar
  • Rebecca Davis

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What did you learn in school?
  • Who/whom?
  • Comma before and?
  • Annoying grammar worksheets
  • What was your experience?

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Real Grammar vs. Usage
  • What is grammar?
  • Definition of Grammar
  • "the relationship between structure and meaning"
  • Definition of Usage
  • Rules, proper English

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Prescriptive vs. Descriptive
  • Definition of Prescriptive
  • Rules
  • Rote memorization
  • Repetition
  • Definition of Descriptive
  • Choices vs. Right/Wrong
  • Explanation of parts

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How does it Work?
  • Ways to do it
  • Silent Sustained Reading
  • Presentation making usage descriptive
  • Writing emphasis
  • Presenting usage as alternatives for clearer
    writing rather than rules we must obey

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Can it Happen?
  • YES!!
  • My personal experience teaching with it
  • Class was excited (yes, about grammar)
  • They actually liked their homework
  • They learned a lot
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