Bringing Grammar To Life

Bringing Grammar To Life

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How can you bring grammar to life for your students? By using everyday sources and an integrated approach in your classroom.<p> In Bringing Grammar to Life, Deborah Dean offers concrete examples and sample classroom dialogue that shows what it means to integrate grammar into the content of a class. Chapter 1 sets the stage for this approach and explains the five aspects of grammar used in the book:<p>-Traditional grammar <br>_Editing <br>_Usage <br>_Language change <br>_Rhetorical grammar<p> Chapters 2 and 3 focus on how to integrate grammar with reading and writing. Chapter 4 addresses two major issues that complicate the effective teaching of grammar for many teachers: concern for English-language learners and testing. Finally, chapter 5 explores how to plan for and assess an integrated approach to grammar instruction.<p>The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research.<p> Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better. <p> Some of the many areas we publish in include: <p> -Comprehension<br>-Response To Intervention/Struggling Readers<br>-Early Literacy <br>-Adolescent Literacy<br>-Assessment<br>-Literacy Coaching<br>-Research And Policy