The Common Core Grammar Toolkit

Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Language Standards in Grades 6-8
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-415-73976-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

The Common Core’s language standards can seem overwhelming—students need to learn specific, complex grammar rules at each grade level. The Common Core Grammar Toolkit to the rescue! This comprehensive guide makes grammar instruction fun and meaningful.
You will learn how to…
•Teach the Common Core’s language standards for grades 6–8 by presenting each grammar rule as a useful writing tool.•Use mentor texts—excerpts from great literature—to help students understand grammar in action.•Promote metacognition along the way, so that students become responsible for their own learning.
The book thoroughly covers how to teach the Common Core’s language standards for grades 6-8, on topics such as understanding intensive pronouns, using commas to set off nonrestrictive clauses, maintaining consistency in style and tone, forming verbs in different moods, and much, much more. You’ll learn how to present each of these grammar rules to your students as tools that will help them improve their writing. You’ll also find classroom snapshots that show the tools in action, and handy, reproducible charts that you can use with your own students.
Bonus! The book includes a free annotated bibliography, which is offered as a Supplemental Download on our website. The bibliography lists high-quality young adult literature and gives examples of key grammatical concepts found in each work, so you can use additional mentor texts with your students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruday, Sean (Longwood University, USA)

Ruday, Sean

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction“Grammar Tools”: Helping Middle School Students Understand the Importance and Uses of Grammar
Section One: Grammatical Concepts Aligned With Grade Six Common Core Language Standards
Chapter 1Understanding the Impact of Intensive Pronouns
Chapter 2Achieving Clarity with Proper Pronoun Case
Chapter 3Using Punctuation to Set Off Nonrestrictive Elements
Chapter 4Maintaining Consistency in Style and Tone
Section Two: Grammatical Concepts Aligned With Grade Seven Common Core Language Standards
Chapter 5Using Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Chapter 6Using Phrases and Clauses while Recognizing and Correcting Dangling Modifiers
Chapter 7Choosing Language that Expresses Ideas Precisely and Eliminates Wordiness and Redundancy
Chapter 8Distinguishing among Connotations of Words with Similar Denotations
Section Three: Grammatical Concepts Aligned With Grade Eight Common Core Language Standards
Chapter 9Explaining the Functions of Verbals
Chapter 10Forming and Using Verbs in the Active and Passive Voices
Chapter 11Forming and Using Verbs in the Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional, and Subjunctive Moods
Chapter 12Using Punctuation to Indicate a Pause or BreakSection Four: Putting It Together
Chapter 13Assessing Students’ Knowledge
ConclusionFinal Thoughts and Tips for Classroom Practice
References
AppendixReproducible Charts and Forms You Can Use in Your Classroom
Annotated BibliographyExamples from Young Adult Literature Used in this Book

Über Autor(innen)

Sean Ruday is an Assistant Professor of English Education at Longwood University and a former classroom teacher. He frequently writes and presents on innovative ways to improve students' literacy learning.