Lessons in Teaching Grammar in Primary Schools

Providing exemplar lessons. with detailed explorations of theory the behind them, this book encourages trainees to consider the teaching of grammar critically and to envisage how they can shape lessons to effectively teach grammar.

List of contents

What is Grammar?
Grammar in Context
Year 1: Teaching Sentence Demarcation
Year 2: Teaching Conjunctions
Year 3: Teaching Direct Speech
Year 3: Using the Perfect Tense
Year 4: Teaching Adverbial Phrases
Year 4: Teaching the Difference Between the Plural and Possessive -s
Year 5: Teaching Modal Verbs
Year 5: Teaching Expanded Noun Phrases
Year 6: Using the Subjunctive Form in Speech
Year 6: Using the Passive Voice
Moving On
Glossary of Terms

About the author

Suzanne Horton is subject leader for Primary English at the University of Worcester and teaches on a range of postgraduate and undergraduate modules. She is currently involved in the Lifelong Readers Project in cooperation with a number of European partners, funded with support from the European Commission.Branwen Bingle is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Worcester. In addition to her lecturing role, Branwen is currently working on doctoral research into children’s literature and its potential influence on professional identity construction/aspiration.

Summary

Providing exemplar lessons. with detailed explorations of theory  the behind them, this book encourages trainees to consider the teaching of grammar critically and to envisage how they can shape lessons to effectively teach grammar.

Product details

• Authors: Branwen Bingle, Bingle Branwen, Suzanne Horton & Branwen Bingle, Suzanne Horton, Suzanne Bingle Horton, Horton Suzanne
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2014
• EAN: 9781446285718
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-8571-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Lessons in Teaching
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Educational: English Literature, Primary and middle schools, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, Teacher Training;Exemplar;Lesson Plan;Pedagogy