KEY BENEFIT: A springboard to teaching grammar in grades four through twelve, this book shows teachers how to teach students to learn to recognize, and then consciously use in their writing, 16 essential grammatical elements critical to developing effective writing skills.
KEY TOPICS: Words, phrases, clauses, editing, process writing, punctuation, poetry patterns, writing in the content areas, writing in response to a prompt.
MARKET: Classroom teachers, grades four through twelve.
Teaching Grammar through Writing is the ideal springboard to teaching grammar to students in grades four through twelve. In a flexible, adaptable approach filled with ready to use activities, author Keith Polette shows teachers how to teach students to learn to recognize, and then consciously use in their writing, 16 essential grammatical elements.
Rather than overwhelming students with too many structures, constructions, and rules, the book’s goal is simplification, showing teachers what the essential elements of grammar are that students need to learn to use to become better writers.
Keith Polette