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Tag: English grammar
Simple Sentence Diagramming
Simple sentence diagrams help students focus on one grammatical element without all the time-consuming drawing.
Prescriptivism and Descriptivism
Prescriptivism and descriptivism are contrasting approaches to grammar and usage, particularly to how they are taught. Both are concerned with the state of a language — descriptivism with how…
English Adjective Order
When using more than one adjective to modify the same noun or pronoun in a sentence, usually follow this order of adjectival functions. Lesson plans for…
Don’t Teach Grammar Mini-Lessons
Don't teach grammar mini-lessons for two reasons: this instructional methodology is implicit and ineffective.
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,…
The Serial (Oxford) Comma
The author presents both humorous and scholarly consequences of failing to use the serial (Oxford) comma: lack of clarity, consistency, and conformity.
Literacy Center Rotations
Literacy center (or stations) rotations can be challenging to plan. Here are seven rotation options with colorful visuals for 4-10 literacy centers.
Grammar Program Choices
Broadly speaking, teachers agree that standard English grammar and usage needs to be learned, but they disagree on how it should be taught. The Pennington Publishing…