English grammar instruction that works! : developing language skills for all learners /: developing language skills for all learners. ([2009?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Evelyn Rothstein, Andrew S. Rothstein.
• Authors: (Educational consultant), Rothstein, Evelyn; Ph. D, Rothstein, Andrew
• Contents: Preface; Our Point of View; Objectives and Key Points; Publisher's Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1. Introduction; The Premise of This Book; What Do We Mean by Grammar?; The History of Teaching Grammar in the United States of America; Current Standards Related to Teaching Grammar; 2. Language and Metalanguage; Overview of the Terms Language and Metalanguage; A Brief History of the English Language; Internet Sites; 3. Builders of Linguistic Intelligence; Phonology; Morphology; Syntax; Semantics; Etymology; Internet Sites; 4. Parts of Speech and the English Language; Teaching English Through the Structure of the English Language; Morphological and Non-Morphological Words; Expanding Definitions of Parts of Speech; Organizing and Naming the Verb Conjugation Forms; Verbs by Categories; The Adjective in the English Language; The Adverb in the English Language; Internet Sites; 5. Syntax and Semantics; Getting Meaning; Sentences and Semantics; Internet Sites; 6. The Polyglot of English; The Latin "DNA"; Terms for Understanding the Structures of Words and Parts of Words; Getting Meaning by Sorting and Clarifying; Internet Sites; 7. The Polyglot: Beyond Latin and Greek; Ich Spreche Deutsch - The Germanic Connection; The French Connection - The Year 1066; Hablo Espanol - I Speak Spanish; Yiddish or Yinglish; Worlwide Contributions- African Americans, American Indians, East Indians; Contributions From China and Japan; Internet Sites; 8. Return to Parts of Speech; The Small Words; Internet Sites; 9. Sentences, Paragraphs, and Other Structures of the Written Language; Converting Spoken Sentences to Written Sentences; Working With Sentence Units; Finding Sentence Boundaries in Written Sentences; "Deconstructing" Sentences to Find Their Deep Structure Meaning; Subjects and Predicates; Tenses and Agreement; Verb Agreement; The Paragraph; The Grammatical Voice; Internet Sites; 10. Grammar for Word Play; Making Grammar Really Fun; Internet Sites; 11. Reading, Writing, and Grammar; Combining Reading With Grammar; ABC Books for Building Language and Grammar Literacy; Internet Sites; 12. Punctuation, Spelling, Text Messaging, and Other Consequences of Grammar; Learning About Punctuation; Spelling and Grammar; Internet Sites; 13. Additional Learning Activities; Building Sentence Power; Paragraphs and Transitions; Having Fun With Grammar and Words; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 428.2; English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452212630; 1452212635
• Related ISBNs: 9781412959483; 9781412959490
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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