Jeff Anderson, Lisa Thibodeaux

Mechanically Inclined (eBook, ePUB)

Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As a middle school teacher, Jeff Anderson discovered that his students were not grasping basic grammar and mechanics, and that it was preventing them from reaching their potential as writers. He began researching and testing the ideas of grammar experts, finding successful ways of integrating grammar instruction into writer's workshop.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040229392
• Artikelnr.: 72284887

Autorenporträt

For over thirty-five years, Jeff Anderson has inspired writers and teachers with the power and joy of writing and grammar. He has written sixteen books for Stenhouse Publishers, including the ground-breaking Patterns of Power series. He lives near downtown San Antonio with his partner and their rescue pup.

Lisa Thibodeaux has spent her career in education working with students and teachers. She's a native of Detroit, Michigan, with more than thirty years in public education systems, including Hillsborough County, Florida, and two school districts in the North Texas area. She's an English teacher at heart, with master's and doctorate degrees that include concentrations in reading and English studies. She earned her National Board Certification in English Language Arts/Early Adolescence in 2006, and had been fully and utterly inspired by everything Jeff Anderson has written, especially the first edition of Mechanically Inclined.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Blueprint: Teaching Grammar and Mechanics in Context 1.
Introduction 2. Moving from Correct-Alls to Mentor Texts 3. Weaving Grammar
and Mechanics into Writer's Workshop 4. The Editor's Checklist 5.
Off-the-Wall Grammar and Mechanics Instruction Part II: Constructing
Lessons: Background, Mentor Text, and Visual Scaffolds Section 1. The
Sentence: A Way of Thinking Section 2. Pause and Effect: Crafting Sentences
with Commas Section 3. Pronouns: The Willing Stand-Ins Section 4. The Verb:
Are We All in Agreement? Section 5. Adjectives and Adverbs: The Modifier
Within Section 6. The Power of Punctuation: The Period Is Mightier Than the
Semicolon