Getting It Right: Fresh Approaches to Teaching Grammar, Usage, and Correctness (Theory and Practice)
by Michael W. Smith
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The authors consider what grammatical concepts and correctness issues are most worth teaching and how to teach those concepts and issues deeply. They explain how to understand the causes of students' errors, how to address those causes through authentic and engaging activities, and how teachers can work together to increase their effectiveness. They provide both guiding principles and plenty of examples that readers will be able to employ immediately For use with Grades 4 & Up.Tags
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An award-winning high school and university teacher, Michael W. Smith currently teaches English education in the Literacy Cluster of Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education Jeff Wilhelm, winner of the Regie Routman Award for Reflective Teaching and the Herb Kohl Award for Teaching Excellence, was a teacher of English, reading, and the show more language arts for thirteen years. He is now Associate Professor of Literacy at the University of Maine show less
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- 428.0071 — Language English & Old English languages Standard English usage (Prescriptive linguistics) standard subdivisions and translation standard subdivisions Education, research, related topics Education; Second language teaching
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- LB1631 .S65 — Education Theory and practice of education Theory and practice of education Secondary education. High schools
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