Grammar

Upload documents and links that will help in teaching grammar here. I'm just sorry that we missed it... [|National Punctuation Day!!!]! September 24 LBB

[|Animated Grammar] Web page that hosts little bitty animated videos that explain grammatical concepts. KHJ

[|Madlibs online] Yes, madlibs. You can also paste in a widget of madlibs. KHJ

[|English Exercises Online] Gobs of exercises, lesson plans. A real motherload. KHJ

[|Grammar Bites] A fun site with interactive games. . . love the title. KHJ [|Got quizzes?] Good site for online quizzes about almost every part of grammar instruction. KHJ [|NYT Grammar Quiz] This is tricky. I love the grammarians weighing in on the post quiz discussion! Try it yourself. KHJ

[|Wide World of Verbs] This is a little silly but my 6th graders use it to help them remember their helping verbs (and my7th graders actually remembered it). It also has a couple of easy interactive quizzes. LBB

- A fun, short verb tense activity. JHG

[|Latin-Greek Derivatives] A page full of Latin and Greek morphs - just for fun... ha. Here is another good site for [|Greek root words]. LBB

[|When Should You Correct Someone's Grammar?] - A short little article about whether you should tell someone not to say "between you and I" or not get punched in the face. JHG

National Grammar Day (March 4)

[] This is a webpage with grammar POWERPOINTS and handouts. It's from the page I posted previously (Grammar Bites).

> "Usage and Mechanics" <[]>, Workshop 5 of Developing Writers: A Workshop for High School Teachers, reviews effective strategies for teaching grammar. Web materials include an interactive to help you assess your own methods of assessing student work.

> Read Dave Barry's humorous views on grammar <[]> and Andy Rooney's quibbles on word choice and usage <[]> on our News Writing Interviews site.

> Teaching grammar presents certain challenges. The article "To Grammar or Not to Grammar: That Is Not the Question!" in PDF format <[]> emphasizes the importance of teaching grammar in the context of writing. The article is included in Workshop 8 of Write in the Middle: A Workshop for Middle School Teachers <[]>.

> Explore sentence syntax as it relates to math and patterns in our Teacher's Lab Syntax Store <[]>.

> Is "proper" grammar always best? Poets like John Ashberry <[]> challenge readers' expectations by taking liberties with grammar.

> Scientists have found that grammar and patterns in language are hard-wired in the brain. Learn more about this, and about how language is acquired, in Discovering Psychology: Updated Edition Program 6, "Language Development" <[]

[|50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice] - an article on some of the dubious advice in Strunk & White's __The Elements of Style__. JHG

The Elements of Style Yep, here is the online version. Check out the dubious advice for yourself. Nice searchable feature in this online edition. KHJ

[|Grammar Can Be Fun!] - an odd picture book from a while back. Probably not appropriate for our classes, though. JHG

[|How To Use A Semi-Colon] - A graphically-interesting look at a misunderstood punctuation mark. JHG