Benjamin, a consultant specializing in improving student performance through language acquisition, grammar, literacy, and classroom conversation, shows teachers how to make grammar instruction interesting for students using the rhythm and patterns of authentic literature, games, and conversation, rather than drills. She explains how to teach grammar by analyzing and modeling well-written sentences created by professionals and novices, rather than finding and correcting errors in exercises. She describes how to view grammatical information as a body of knowledge that students can use to create interesting, accurate language, rather than to avoid or correct mistakes, as well as the elements of linguistic grammar and students' natural expertise about grammar and why it is easy to learn, then classroom practice in relation to usage and mechanics and formal and informal English, grammar in standardized tests, and rhetorical grammar, ending with a scope and sequence for a K-11 grammar curriculum. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
