Infusing Grammar Into the Writer's Workshop - 9781138832114

Taylor & Francis

Infusing Grammar Into the Writer's WorkshopA Guide for K-6 Teachers\nAuthor(s): Amy Benjamin, Barbara Golub\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138832114, 978-1138832114\nSynopsis\nHelp your students improve their language skills and become stronger readers and writers. In this timely book, literacy experts Amy Benjamin and Barbara Golub offer best practices for fortifying the writers workshop model with meaningful, relevant instruction in grammar.\n\nThe book answers questions such as\n\nWhat does a writers workshop look like and how does it fit into balanced literacy models? How does grammar fit into a writers workshop?\nHow can you use natural language acquisition to transition children from non-Standard to Standard English patterns?\nHow can you teach students to identify a complete sentence?\nWhat are effective ways to teach parts of speech?\nHow can you build on nouns and verbs to teach adjectives, adverbs, pr.