Ready to tackle parallel structure with high school students? The practice can be difficult. Students might understand the premise, but correcting nonparallel structure in their own writing can be difficult. Here are tips.
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Teaching Punctuation: Semicolon, Dash, Ellipsis, Comma, and More
Teaching punctuation rules? I have a punctuation guide for teachers and students! Teaching punctuation cannot happen in a “unit.” When we present punctuation resources and never tie those ideas to…
Writing Complete Sentences: Helping Students with Incomplete Sentence Structure
Are your students struggling with writing completing sentences? In this post, I share ideas for supporting young writers and my ideas for teaching them how to write a complete sentence. I…
Teaching Grammar in Context
Teaching grammar in context? Teaching grammar in context activities? ELA teachers can accomplish this task. You’re teaching grammar as more than as a bandage to writing, more than circling nouns…
Grammar Errors in Student Essays
Grammar errors in student essays can frustrate students and teachers. I advocate teaching grammar, clearly. I read grammar books and studies because I am passionate about grammar. I write about…
Discover the Best Middle School Grammar Curriculum
Middle School Grammar Curriculum: Key Requirements and Activities for Grades 6-8 A strong middle school grammar curriculum for grades 6-8 combines direct instruction with hands-on, differentiated practice — moving students…
Connecting Grammar and Writing
Connect grammar to writing with conferencing tips, mentor sentences, and modeling strategies for middle and high school English classes — free downloads included. Let’s pretend your students understand or have…