Introduction xi
I. Grammar in the Classroom
1. Three Goals for Teaching Grammar 3
2. Discovering Grammar 10 Vignette: Flossie and the Fox: Code-Switching between the Languages of Home and School 14 Vignette: Helping High School Juniors Get Comfortable with Shakespeare's English 20
3. Teaching the Language of Grammar 23 Vignette: Teaching the Passive Voice 29 Vignette: Teaching Pronouns with LEGOs 31 Vignette: Teaching the Absolute Phrase 33 Vignette: Subject-Verb Agreement: Slicing the Apple 34
4. Flexing the Students' Sentence Sense 37 Vignette: Grammatical Choices, Sentence Boundaries, and Rhetorical Effects 38 Vignette: Sentence Imitation 42 Vignette: Teaching English Language Learners the Known-New Pattern 47
5. Non-Native Speakers in the English Classroom 50Vignette: Teaching English Language Learners inElementary Grades 61Vignette: Helping a Ninth-Grade Student Use the 64
