Whether or not to teach formal grammar in the classroom is a hot topic. Teachers need help in making sense of the issues. Grammarama! offers a powerful classroom context and practical strategies for helping students cope with all aspects of grammar and language usage. All student activities are accompanied by detailed teacher guidelines that provide background, outcomes, ways of introducing the activities, and an answer key.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- ©2004
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 372.61
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 1551381710 9781551388755
- LCCN
- LB1576
- LCCN Item number
- P364 2004eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (112 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00234161 (OCoLC)876861012 (CaOOCEL)447433
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 4
- Preface 6
- 1. To grammar or not to grammar? 7
- Grammar “through the looking glass” 7
- What’s your grammar? 9
- Cutting through the confusion 11
- Operator’s manual 11
- 2. ‘Do-it-yourself’ grammar 13
- A Game of “Tag” 14
- Teacher guideline: A Game of “Tag” 15
- Reading Between the Words 16
- Teacher guideline: Reading Between the Words 17
- Scrambled Adjectives 18
- Teacher guideline: Scrambled Adjectives 19
- Word Order Combinations 21
- Teacher guideline: Word Order Combinations 23
- Unsplicing Commas 25
- Teacher guideline: Unsplicing Commas 27
- Matching Parts: Correlative Conjunctions 29
- Teacher guideline: Matching Parts: Correlative Conjunctions 30
- Disjointed Sentences 32
- Teacher guideline: Disjointed Sentences 33
- 3. Sentence-combining challenges 35
- Sentence-Combining Challenge: Warm-Ups 37
- Teacher guideline: Sentence-Combining Challenge: Warm-Ups 38
- Sentence-Combining Challenge: Modifiers 40
- Teacher guideline: Sentence-Combining Challenge: Modifiers 41
- Sentence-Combining Challenge: Conjunctions 42
- Teacher guideline: Sentence-Combining Challenge: Conjunctions 44
- Sentence-Combining Challenge: Parallel Constructions 45
- Teacher guideline: Sentence-Combining Challenge: Parallel Constructions 46
- Sentence-Combining Challenge: Complex Questions 47
- Teacher guideline: Sentence-Combining Challenge: Complex Questions 48
- Sentence-Combining Challenge: Test Yourself 49
- Teacher guideline: Sentence-Combining Challenge: Test Yourself 50
- Sentence-Combining Challenge: Invent Your Own 51
- Teacher guideline: Sentence-Combining Challenge: Invent Your Own 52
- 4. Learning from a pro: Reading and grammar 53
- Clarifying the Rules 54
- Teacher guideline: Clarifying the Rules 55
- Manipulating Sentence Structure 57
- Teacher guideline: Manipulating Sentence Structure 59
- Creating a Character’s Language 62
- Teacher guideline: Creating a Character’s Language 64
- The Power of Simple Language 66
- Teacher guideline: The Power of Simple Language 67
- Investigating Your Own Reading 69
- Teacher guideline: Investigating Your Own Reading 70
- Rubric for Investigating Your Own Reading 71
- 5. Creative grammar 72
- Grammatical Nuggets 73
- Teacher guideline: Grammatical Nuggets 74
- “Tom Swifties” — Adverbial puns 76
- Teacher guideline: “Tom Swifties” — Adverbial puns 77
- Prepositional Poetry 78
- Teacher guideline: Prepositional Poetry 79
- Writing Descriptions: Less Is More 80
- Teacher guideline: Writing Descriptions: Less Is More 82
- Accidental Narratives 84
- Teacher guideline: Accidental Narratives 86
- Dueling “Diamonds” 87
- Teacher guideline: Dueling “Diamonds” 88
- Suitcase Words 89
- Teacher guideline: Suitcase Words 90
- Cooperative “Fractured” Fairy Tales 91
- Teacher guideline: Cooperative “Fractured” Fairy Tales 93
- 6. Changing rules and suitable terms 94
- American English vs. British English 94
- And beginning a sentence 95
- Appropriate terminology 96
- Because beginning a sentence 97
- But beginning a sentence 98
- Can and may 98
- Gotten 99
- He as a gender-neutral pronoun 99
- Hopefully 100
- Indefinite pronouns in a plural sense 100
- Like 101
- Ms 102
- Prepositions ending a sentence 102
- Pronunciation 102
- Shall/will 103
- So as a conjunction 103
- Splitting infinitives 104
- Final Words: Personalizing Grammar 105
- Glossary 107
- A 107
- B 107
- C 107
- D 107
- E 108
- F 108
- G 108
- H 108
- I 108
- L 108
- M 108
- N 108
- P 108
- Q 109
- R 109
- S 109
- T 110
- U 110
- V 110
- W 110
- Selected Bibliography 111
- Index 112
- A 112
- B 112
- C 112
- D 112
- E 112
- F 112
- G 112
- H 112
- I 112
- J 112
- L 112
- M 112
- N 112
- O 112
- P 113
- R 113
- S 113
- T 113
- U 113
- V 113
- W 113
