Favorite Sentences: Grammar in Action (Teaching Skills within Meaningful Contexts).

Kane, Sharon

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ERIC Number: EJ555358

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Publication Date: 1997

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Favorite Sentences: Grammar in Action (Teaching Skills within Meaningful Contexts).

Kane, Sharon

Reading Teacher, v51 n1 p70-72 Sep 1997

Voices concerns with isolated exercises in grammar. Offers an alternative, in which teachers collect sentences (mostly from literature) and use them to point out or teach skills for writers. Offers numerous examples. (SR)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Grammar, Instructional Effectiveness, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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