Middle School Grammar Toolkit - Using Mentor Texts to Teach Standards Based Language Grammar in

Teaching grammar can be overwhelming and is often an overlooked part of effective instruction.¿The Middle School Grammar Toolkit to the rescue! Now in its second edition, this comprehensive guide makes grammar instruction fun and meaningful.

List of contents

Introduction: "Grammar Tools": Helping Middle School Students Part 1: Grammatical Concepts Aligned with Grade Six Common Core Language Standards

1. Understanding the Impact of Intensive Pronouns


2. Achieving Clarity with Proper Pronoun Case


3. Using Punctuation to Set Off Nonrestrictive Elements


4. Maintaining Consistency in Style and Tone
Part 2: Grammatical Concepts Aligned with Grade Seven Common Core Language Standards


5. Using Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences


6. Using Phrases and Clauses while Recognizing and Correcting Dangling Modifiers


7. Choosing Language that Expresses Ideas Precisely and Eliminates


8. Distinguishing among Connotations of Words with Similar Denotations
Part 3: Grammatical Concepts Aligned with Grade Eight Common


9. Explaining the Functions of Verbals


10. Forming and Using Verbs in the Active and Passive Voices


11. Forming and Using Verbs in the Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional, and Subjunctive Moods


12. Using Punctuation to Indicate a Pause or Break
Part 4: Putting it Together


13. Assessing Students’ Knowledge

Conclusion: Final Thoughts and Tips for Classroom Practice
References
Appendix: Reproducible Charts and Forms You Can Use in Your Classroom

About the author

Sean Ruday is an Associate Professor of English Education at Longwood University and a former classroom teacher. He frequently writes and presents on innovative ways to improve students' literacy learning. You can follow him on Twitter at @SeanRuday and visit his website at www.seanruday.weebly.com.

Summary

Teaching grammar can be overwhelming and is often an overlooked part of effective instruction. The Middle School Grammar Toolkit to the rescue! Now in its second edition, this comprehensive guide makes grammar instruction fun and meaningful.

Product details

• Authors: Sean Ruday, Sean (Longwood University Ruday, Ruday Sean
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.07.2020
• EAN: 9780367435639
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43563-9
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / Grammar, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology, Secondary Schools, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Educational: English language & literacy, Teachers' classroom resources & material, Educational strategies and policy, Teachers’ classroom resources and material, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts