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May 2014 | 192 pages | Learning Matters
Lesson planning in line with the new Primary National Curriculum!

Outstanding grammar lessons are not about teaching children the mechanics of grammar but fostering a curiosity about language, words and clauses when explored within a meaningful context. This book offers practical ideas and lesson plans to help you plan and teach lessons that motivate, engage and inspire pupils to use grammar accurately and creatively to produce writing that is fluid, cohesive and purposeful. It will also help you to teach grammar confidently and effectively by addressing your own grammar questions and providing essential subject knowledge. The lesson ideas have all been tried and tested in the classroom, and you can adapt the lessons to teach other aspects of grammar or change the focus of the learning objective to reflect the needs of your classroom.  Did you know that this book is part of the Lessons in Teaching series? 
  Table of Contents  What is Grammar? / Grammar in context / Year 1: Teaching Sentence Demarcation / Year 2: Teaching Conjunctions / Year 3: Teaching Direct Speech / Year 3: Using the Perfect Tense / Year 4: Teaching adverbial phrases / Year 4: Teaching the Difference between the Plural and Possessive -s / Year 5: Teaching Modal Verbs / Year 5: Teaching Expanded Noun Phrases / Year 6: Using the Subjunctive Form in Speech / Year 6: Using the Passive Voice / Moving On / Glossary of Terms

WHAT IS THE LESSONS IN TEACHING SERIES?
Suitable for any teacher at any stage of their career, the books in this series are packed with great ideas for teaching engaging, outstanding lessons in your primary classroom. The Companion Website accompanying the series includes extra resources including tips, lesson starters, videos and Pinterest boards. Books in this series: Lessons in Teaching Grammar in Primary Schools, Lessons in Teaching Computing in Primary Schools, Lessons in Teaching Number and Place Value in Primary Schools, Lessons in Teaching Reading Comprehension in Primary Schools, Lesson in Teaching Phonics in Primary Schools

 
What is Grammar?
 
Grammar in Context
 
Year 1: Teaching Sentence Demarcation
 
Year 2: Teaching Conjunctions
 
Year 3: Teaching Direct Speech
 
Year 3: Using the Perfect Tense
 
Year 4: Teaching Adverbial Phrases
 
Year 4: Teaching the Difference Between the Plural and Possessive -s
 
Year 5: Teaching Modal Verbs
 
Year 5: Teaching Expanded Noun Phrases
 
Year 6: Using the Subjunctive Form in Speech
 
Year 6: Using the Passive Voice
 
Moving On
 
Glossary of Terms

Supplements

Companion website
Includes extra resources to support classroom teaching including, tips, lesson starters, videos and handy Pinterest boards.

Another useful book for students to look at when considering teaching grammar.

Ms susan lane
Department of Education, University of Bedfordshire
April 15, 2016

This book is good for aspiring teachers, it also served as a good refresher for new undergraduate students on the courses whose first language is not English.

Mr Ian Tindal
Faculty of Education Chelmsford, Anglia Ruskin University
November 13, 2015

This book takes an in depth look at the historical perspective influencing the development of grammar in the English language.The 'commentary' sections of the book are a great asset to busy teachers in the classroom but have not adopted it for this course as I was looking for a simpler guide for students on this professional studies course. However this is a great resource for the less confident teacher of grammar in the primary school.

Roger Tapley
Faculty of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University
September 10, 2015

This book will support student teachers both in clarifying key areas of grammar subject knowledge from the National Curriculum for English and support them as they seek to identify engaging and contextualised teaching approaches to support children's writing.

Ms Penny Amott
IOE, Institute of Education
October 29, 2015

This is a great book, very easy to read with great ideas for teaching.

Mr Oliver Johnstone
B21 Foundation Learning, Calderdale College
May 7, 2015

Teaching grammar in an effective and meaningful way is a challenge for many primary teachers, and this book provides an accessible and practical guide to grammar teaching. It will be an invaluable resource for students.

Ms Kate Allott
Initial Teacher Education, York St John University
May 6, 2015

Purposeful and effective teaching of grammar is a significant challenge for many primary teachers. This book provides an accessible and practical guide to grammar teaching, and will be an invaluable resource for students.

Ms Kate Allott
Faculty of Education & Theology, York St John University
May 6, 2015

The teaching of grammar becomes meaningful and effective when contextualised in purposeful activity that empowers children, providing comprehension, choice and control as readers and writers. Horton and Bingle make a clear case for this approach, providing accessible subject knowledge support and imaginative exemplar lessons.

Mrs Joy Mower
Department of Primary Education, Canterbury Christ Church University
July 28, 2015

This is a useful guide for teaching grammar that also underpins subject knowledge for trainee teachers.

Mrs Claire Buck
Faculty of Education, Edge Hill University
April 14, 2015

Good structure. Very practical but with some theoretical underpinnings.

Dr David Waugh
School of Education, Durham University
November 5, 2014

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