Grammar Toolkit Lesson Plans for Middle School

Mentor Text-Based Grammar Lessons for the Middle School English Classroom
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-73947-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

Grammar Toolkit Lesson Plans for Middle School: Mentor Text-Based Grammar Lessons for the Middle School English Classroom contains detailed grammar lesson plans for teachers in grades six, seven, and eight. The lesson plans in this book incorporate the research-based best practices of grammar instruction. They present grammatical concepts in the context of effective writing through the use of mentor texts. These mentor text examples, which students read from a writer’s perspective, deepen students’ metacognition of the importance of these concepts and help them see the elements of grammar as tools for strong writing that authors use strategically to make their work as strong as possible. The thorough plans in this book are designed to help teachers put the best practices of grammar instruction into action in their teaching in concrete, practitioner-oriented ways that are informed by key research findings on the teaching of grammar. The ideas, examples, and instructional suggestions in this book will give teachers the necessary resources to incorporate mentor-text-based grammar lessons that develop students’ metacognition of the tools of effective grammar and communication.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruday, Sean

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Power and Possibility of Mentor Text-Based Grammar Lessons

 Section One: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Sixth-Grade English Classroom

 Lesson 6.1: The Case of Communication: Pronoun Case

 Lesson 6.2: Bringing the Intensity: Intensive Pronouns

 Lesson 6.3: Adding and Clarifying: Punctuation that Sets Off Additional Information

 Lesson 6.4: Developing and Describing: Adjectives

 Lesson 6.5: Explanation and Impact: Adverbs

 Section Two: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Seventh-Grade English Classroom

 Lesson 7.1: Developing Ideas: Prepositional Phrases

 Lesson 7.2: A Descriptive Tool: Relative Clauses

 Lesson 7.3: Strong and Specific: Strong Verbs and Specific Nouns 

Lesson 7.4: Shades of Meaning: Connotation and Denotation 

Lesson 7.5: Intentional Sentence Construction: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

Section Three: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Eighth-Grade English Classroom 

Lesson 8.1: Purposeful Structures: Active and Passive Voices 

Lesson 8.2: Time for a Break: Punctuation that Indicates a Pause or Break 

Lesson 8.3: Key Comparisons: Comparative and Superlative Degrees

 Lesson 8.4: Tools for Variety and Versatility: Using Verbals 

Lesson 8.5: The Many Moods: The Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional, and Subjunctive Verb Moods

Section Four: Final Thoughts and Resources

Conclusion: Using This Book to Maximize Grammar Instruction

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Mentor Texts

Appendix B: Reproducible Graphic Organizers

Über Autor(innen)

Sean Ruday (he/him/his) is a professor and program coordinator of English education at Longwood University.