Bringing Grammar to Life - Softcover

Dean, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872076245 ISBN 13: 9780872076242

Publisher: International Reading Association, 2008

Synopsis

How can you bring grammar to life for your students? By using everyday sources and an integrated approach in your clroom.
In Bringing Grammar to Life, Deborah Dean offers concrete examples and sample clroom dialogue that shows what it means to integrate grammar into the content of a cl. Chapter 1 sets the stage for this approach and explains the five aspects of grammar used in the book:
-Traditional grammar
_Editing
_Usage
_Language change
_Rhetorical grammar
Chapters 2 and 3 focus on how to integrate grammar with reading and writing. Chapter 4 addresses two major issues that complicate the effective teaching of grammar for many teachers: concern for English-language learners and testing. Finally, chapter 5 explores how to plan for and ess an integrated approach to grammar instruction.
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Edition details

• Publisher: International Reading Association
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0872076245
• ISBN 13: 9780872076242
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 175