The common core grammar toolkit : using mentor texts to teach the language standards in grades 6-8 /
Ruday, Sean.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "Grammar tools": Helping middle school students understand the importance and uses of grammar -- Understanding the impact of intensive pronouns -- Achieving clarity with proper pronoun case -- Using punctuation to set off nonrestrictive elements -- Maintaining consistency in style and tone -- Using simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences -- Using phrases and clauses while recognizing and correcting dangling modifiers -- Choosing language that expresses ideas precisely and eliminates wordiness and redundancy -- Distinguishing among connotations and words with similar denotations -- Explaining the functions of verbals -- Forming and using verbs in the active and passive voices -- Forming and using verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive moods -- Using punctuation to indicate a pause or break -- Assessing students' knowledge -- Conclusion: Final thoughts and tips for classroom practice -- Appendix: Reproducible charts and forms you can use in your classroom.
English language
Language arts (Middle school)
Language arts (Middle school)