Bringing Grammar to Life
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How can you bring grammar to life for your students? By using everyday sources and an integrated approach in your classroom. In Bringing Grammar to Life, Deborah Dean offers concrete examples and sample classroom dialogue that shows what it means to integrate grammar into the content of a class. 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 assess an integrated approach to grammar instruction.
About the Author vAcknowledgments viiIntroduction 1Chapter 1 What Is Grammar? 4Chapter 2 Reading and Language 33Chapter 3 Writing and Language 67Chapter 4 Challenges With Teaching Language: Working With English-Language Learners and Preparing Students for Testing 97Chapter 5 Putting It All Together: Building a Language-Rich Classroom 130Appendix A Annotated Resources 149Appendix B A Brief Note About Foundational Grammar Knowledge 156References 159Index 167
