Sentence Composing for Middle School: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity
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Book Overview
With the first edition of his book, Don Killgallon changed the way thousands of high school English teachers and their students look at language, literature, and writing by focusing on the sentence. In this revised edition, Killgallon presents the same proven methodology but offers all-new writing exercises designed specifically for the middle school student. Unlike traditional grammar books that emphasize the parsing of sentences, this worktext asks...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0867094192
ISBN13:9780867094190
Release Date:October 1997
Publisher:Heinemann Educational Books
Length:136 Pages
Weight:0.49 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:11 to 13 years
Grade Range:Grades 6 to 8
Customer Reviews
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Excellent Resource for teaching Grammar
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I first learned about this author at a CATE Conference in 2001. I hestitated at first, but after boring my students with other methods I tried the sentence composing approach Killgallon uses and the results were excellent. The kids not only enjoyed learning the grammar but they actually asked to do the sentence composing. The students saw the sentence composing as a puzzle to be solved instead of another boring lesson on the parts of speech and the usage of punctuation.
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