Grammar alive! : a guide for teachers / Brock Haussamen, with Amy Benjamin, Martha Kolln, and Rebecca Wheeler and members of NCTE's Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar .
Imprint
Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, [2003]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and index .
Contents
Introduction -- Three goals for teaching grammar -- Discovering grammar -- Teaching the language of grammar -- Flexing the students' sentence sense -- Non-native speakers in the English classroom -- Grammar superstitions : the never-never rules -- Diagramming sentences -- An overview of linguistic grammar.
Summary
Offers elementary teachers advice and strategies to help them teach, apply, and understand English grammar while still adhering to state and school standards