Full Description
Creative Approaches to Teaching Grammar is an easily accessible, practical guide full of ideas to support teachers in making the learning of grammar a natural part of developing their students as writers and as readers. Written for those teaching years 5,6,7 and 8, the authors' approach concentrates on the individual needs of students rather than of a year group as a whole.
Split into two main sections, the first looks at creative ways of exploring grammar and includes more than forty ideas that can be implemented into the classroom. This section can be used as a quick resource or the whole sequence can be followed to ensure students are investigating, exploring and having fun with grammar.
The second section includes an extensive glossary of terms to develop a full understanding of grammar which can be used to audit your own competences and highlight areas for further development.
Creative ideas explored include:
Being silly with grammar
Favourite words
Exploding sentences
Writing for real audiences
New punctuation marks and emoticons
Sorting out confusing words
Broadening active vocabulary
Top ten spelling tips
Flexing your vocabulary brain
Redundancy in language
Creative Approaches to Teaching Grammar is a truly practical guide that is a must read for anyone teaching grammar to years 5,6,7 and 8. With plenty of ideas to implement into the classroom it encourages students to take ownership of their own learning and progress.
Contents
Teachers of Key Stage Two
Teachers of Key Stage Three
The problem with transition
Auditing your knowledge
Levels of understanding in testing
Relevance
Ideas for teaching grammar
Questioning
Sentences
Marginal commentaries
Collecting signs
Guiding the reader
The grammar of speech
Being silly with grammar
Your attitude towards grammar
Favourite words
Syntax
Dictionaries
Stop pee-ing!
Significance and value
Exploding sentences
Grammar working wall
Finding your voice - Auto/ biography
Handwriting
Writing for real audiences
Chasing the dream
Telling stories
Twitter stories
Just because it is
New punctuation marks and emoticons
Grammar t-shirts
Sorting out confusing words
High frequency language
Broadening active vocabulary
Re/drafting
Patterns and exceptions
Top ten spelling tips
Big, deep and wide questions
Making up new words
Difficult words/ punctuation
Cut and paste fun
Dramatic readings
The grammar of photography
Innate competence
Word classes
Explicit modelling of writing
Ask the author
Flexing your vocabulary brain
Redundancy in language
A glossary of terms
