The Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar

The Assembly for
the Teaching of English Grammar

Tips for Teaching Grammar

Tips for Teaching Grammar is a selection of practical and effective strategies for teaching various aspects of grammar to students at different grade levels. It is edited by Brock Haussamen and Pam Dykstra, and it draws on the writings, listserv discussions, and workshop presentations of many members of ATEG.

We welcome your comments and also your own suggestions for new grammar Tips. Send them to either Brock Haussaman or to Pam Dykstra.

Sentences

Using a Bike to Teach Sentence Structure [PowerPoint]
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Two Methods for Identifying a Sentence’s Complete Subject and Predicate

Introducing Students to Sentence Patterns

Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences: Identifying Them by Changing Them to Questions

Sentence Fragments: Testing for Sentence Completeness Using a Frame

Known and New Information: How Subjects and Predicates Keep the Information Flowing

THE PENCIL TEST: teaching coordinating conjunctions

Diagramming Phrases and Clauses

Appositives

Diagramming Sentences [PDF]
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