Read Anderson's books on grammar and editing. Focus on the top twenty. And if it is not specifically tested on, and you don't think it matters, LET IT GO. Our state standards give no guidance to teachers for support in terms of teaching grammar, spelling, vocabulary, etc. We wrote our own. Our teachers have only 55 minutes to do it all, so we concentrated on what we think matters. I will forward this to my school email and send you what we have drafted and will be using this year.
Lori On 7/17/08 7:33 AM, "Stephanie Griffis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, everyone! I lurk more than I post, but I need some advice. My department > is working on our Language Arts curriculum. It was written ten years ago to > our state standards, but it needs updating. Yesterday we got into a > discussion about the teaching of grammar, which is always a hot button topic. > One major issue another teacher and I have is that the way our curriculum is > written now we are supposed to teach sentence patterns--transitive, > intransitive, and linking verb constructions. She and I want this gone; we > don't see how it helps students with anything (no one is ever going to say, > "This paragraph would be much more interesting if you used more transitive > verb sentences!") The curriculum coordinator thinks it should stay in. What > are your thoughts? If there are valid reasons for it to stay, I'd love to > know what they are. > > Thanks! > Stef > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
