Engaging Grammar

Practical Advice for Real Classrooms

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Amy Benjamin

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Does grammar instruction have to elicit moans and groans from students and teachers alike? Only when it's taught the old-fashioned way: as a series of rules to follow and errors to "fix" that have little or no connection to practical application or real-world writing. Teacher, researcher, and consultant Amy Benjamin challenges the idea of "skill and drill" grammar in the second edition of this lively, engaging, and immensely practical guide. Her enlightened view of grammar is grounded in linguistics and teaches us how to make informed decisions about teaching grammar—how to move beyond fixing surface errors to teaching how grammar can be used as the building blocks of sentences to create meaning. By using sentence patterns, mapping, visuals, and manipulatives, Benjamin presents an approach to grammar instruction that is suitable for a variety of student populations. Although she doesn't advocate for teaching to the test, Benjamin acknowledges the pressures students face when taking high-stakes tests such as the SAT and ACT. Included is a chapter on how to improve students' editing skills to help prepare them for the short-answer portion of these tests.

Author Biography:

Amy Benjamin is a nationally recognized consultant who specializes in improving student performance through literacy instruction on the secondary level. She is the author of numerous books and is past president of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar (ATEG), a group affiliated with NCTE. Amy taught high school for three decades, and now works with teachers and administrators, mostly on Long Island, New York.

Release date Australia

June 30th, 2021

Author

Amy Benjamin

Pages

151

Edition

2nd Revised edition

Audience

Professional & Vocational

ISBN-13

9780814113660

Product ID

36018848

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