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