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Don’t Teach Grammar Mini-Lessons
Don't teach grammar mini-lessons for two reasons: this instructional methodology is implicit and ineffective.
Grammar Quiz for Teachers
Find out what you know and don't know about grammar. Take the Grammar Quiz for Teachers. Each grammatical term is used in the Common Core Anchor…
Grammar | Teaching in the Social Context
Literacy centers provide an ideal social context for cooperative learning about grammar: parts of speech, syntax and sentence structure, standard and non-standard usage, word choice, dialect,…
Problems with Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.)
Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.) requires students to multitask and the instruction consists of merely oral review. Both are poor instructional pedagogy and it is no wonder…
Why Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.) Doesn’t Work
Daily Oral Language is the most popular instructional technique for teaching grammar and mechanics? But is it effective? No. The article lists 16 reasons why D.O.L.…