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Syntax in Reading and Writing
The greatest bang for the buck for fluent readers to improve academic reading comprehension and writing sophistication? Syntax What does the research say about syntax? “In…
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,…
Why Grammar Doesn’t Stick
You see, my colleague is not convinced by the research that purportedly indicates that direct grammar instruction has no impact on student acquisition of language skills.…
Why D.O.L. Does Not Transfer to Writing
Psychologists and educational theorists have developed learning theories to explain how new learning and skills are most efficiently mastered and best transfer to other academic activities.…
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…
Grammar Openers
Following is a brief analysis of the four most common means of current grammar instruction. Teachers will tend to agree with my summary and analysis of…