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Teaching Rhetorical Grammar

Guidelines and activities for teaching grammar systematically in the classroom, including pretest and post-test alignment.

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Teaching Rhetorical Grammar

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  1. Teaching Rhetorical Grammar Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops You will need: 1) Semester 1 Binder 2) Rhetorical Grammar Pretest in folder 3) Post-it notes to tab grammar sections

  2. With your group, discuss: • How do you teach grammar in your classroom? • Do you teach grammar formally, systematically, and on a regular basis, or do you approach grammar organically, teaching elements of grammar when problems arise or opportunities come up? Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

  3. Guidelines for Teaching Rhetorical Grammar • Flip to Guidelines for Teaching Rhetorical Grammar tab in the front of your semester 1 binder. • Pages 3-4 have some good hints for providing editing feedback. Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

  4. Editing Pretest • Pages 7-12= Key • Pages 13-16= Blank test • We also made a copy of the pre-test and put it in your binder so that you can write on it. • The pretest can also be found on the online community under MODULES. It is a PDF called Guidelines Teaching Rhetorical Grammar. • How to use the pretest. How it is aligned to the units. Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

  5. Pretest/unit alignment • Sentence Fundamentals– Complete and Incomplete Sentences • What’s Next? • Run-on Sentences • Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page • Misplaced Modifiers, Parallel Structure, Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participial Phrases • ????? • Subject Verb Agreement • Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page • Verb Problems • Racial Profiling & Value of Life • Punctuation • Good Food/Bad Food • Noun/Pronoun Problems ???? • Problems with Incorporating Texts • Into the Wild • Editing in Context • Review of all modules Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

  6. Post Test for Semester 2 is on the on-line community as well under Modules, Semester 2 pdfs files. • http://writing.csusuccess.org/wcop_modules?noCache=872:1382550060 • http://writing.csusuccess.org/uploads/uP/je/uPjekAKQaJekywQW-YR3lQ/Rhet_Grammar_Editing_Posttest_Student.pdf Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

  7. Looking at the layout of a grammar unit • Flip to the first unit, “What’s Next?” • Grammar is integrated into the unit itself. • Page 6= RG= Activity 1- Guided Composition Page 106 RG: Teacher Version • Page 22= Activities 2-6- Teaching & Activities Pages 107-116 RG: Teacher Version • Page 54= Activities 7-9- Editing Activities Pages 116-118 • Student Version pages 119-127 Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

  8. Putting a unit into action: • Flip to “Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page” • Some people (Like Kathy) do an activity daily. • Here’s how I did it: DAY 1 (10 minutes) • Page 5 Activity 1: Guided Composition page 94 DAY 2 (Preview on my weekly Discussion Board/website) http://jonesventura.wordpress.com/ DAY 3 (Whole period) • Page 11 Teaching + Activities 2-4 pages 96-104 (Copies of mini-packet) Day 4 (Short period) • Group vocabulary + grammar review: Write an original story using 10 vocabulary words plus the 4 ways to combine sentences. Label these sentences. Day 5 (30 minutes) • Vocabulary + grammar test Day 6 (TBD– 30 minutes?) • Pass back quiz & Page 47 Editing activities 5-7 pages 105-107 Optional Day 7 Extension Activity • Related SAT sentence corrections with punctuation errors or subject/verb agreement errors Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

  9. Go through the remaining units • Tab corresponding pages Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

  10. Questions? Concerns? Comments? Erin Jones October 2013 for ERWC workshops

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