Don and Jenny Killgallon's sentence-composing approach has
transformed how writing is taught in thousands of language arts
classes, helping students all across America become more
proficient, sophisticated writers. Now the Killgallons use their
highly effective method for a unique, powerful textbook that links
good writing to that perennially difficult-to-teach
subject-grammar.
Grammar for Middle School: A Sentence-Composing Approach gives
your students the chance to absorb and replicate the grammatical
structures used by some of the best writers of our times. Included
among the over 150 authors, 200 titles, and 400 model sentences in
Grammar for Middle School are award-winning young-adult literature
such as Cynthia Voigt's Homecoming, popular favorites like J. K.
Rowling's Harry Potter, and curricular staples such as John
Steinbeck's The Red Pony and The Pearl.
Fourteen grammatical structures are developed in the same
predictable, understandable manner, using the sentence-composing
approach. When students first encounter a tool, it is clearly
defined and characterized. Then it's practiced through five
activities: matching, unscrambling, combining, imitating, and
expanding. Finally, a creative writing activity immerses students
in the composition or revision of a paragraph through independent
use of the sentence-composing tools they have already learned. Best
of all, after each section, review activities-which can be easily
graded as unit or final tests-offer opportunities for students to
bring it all together and build better sentences.
An online teacher's guide accompanies Grammar for Middle School
and includes advice, tips, resources, answer keys, and even
curricular plans for teachers who are either new to the Killgallon
approach or sentence-composing veterans.
No one can forge the link between grammar and writing like Don
and Jenny Killgallon. Discover for yourself or rediscover how
powerful the sentence-composing approach can be, and watch as your
students get grammar like never before-and write better sentences
too.
Download the Teacher's Guide.
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