
The Grammar Book
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Everything you need to teach grammar in the primary classroom.
What is the subjunctive mood? And when do you use a semi-colon? Are these questions that you, as a teacher, are afraid to ask? Cue this book! Written by two experienced teachers, The Grammar Book provides everything you need to teach grammar at primary level. Covering what you need to know as well as practical ideas to enliven your teaching, this book will make grammar fun and engaging - for both the pupils and for you too!
Written in Zoe and Timothy Paramour's funny, frank and reassuring style, this definitive guide is all about the importance of teaching grammar as a tool for writing, not as an 'extra' and certainly not as a boring lesson. Instead, the ideas presented are linked to a range of National Curriculum units, with original short texts through which the teaching of grammar is used to support the delivery of the wider English curriculum and prepare children for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) assessments. All teaching resources can also be downloaded from the companion website.
Each chapter covers a different element of grammar and provides you with everything you need to know as well as teaching ideas, cross-curricular links and resources, making The Grammar Book a must-have resource for teaching primary grammar effectively in the classroom or as part of homeschooling.
Reviews / Votes
Where was this book when I changed year groups? The Paramours have written a superb book, complete with examples, explanations and activities to cover grammar for both Key Stage 1 and 2. It has helpful justifications on certain rules and handily highlights the grey areas of grammar (which that one child in your class will always point out). Certain sections refamiliarised me with the areas I teach, while others gave me ideas for tasks I can do to teach this essential, yet often stealth, aspect of our reading and writing. * Primary Teacher, @mrlockyer * The Grammar Book is a must-read for every teacher. It clearly outlines the essential understanding relating to each aspect of grammar progression across Key Stages 1 and 2, then gives amazing ideas and activities to teach each aspect in the classroom. An in-depth knowledge of grammar and its applications across the curriculum is crucial for any teacher to support the challenges of the modern curriculum effectively. * Assistant headteacher and founder of Vocabulary Ninja, @VocabularyNinja * This is a fantastic book for primary teachers, or student teachers, who want to develop their own understanding of grammar, as well as providing fantastic and fun exercises for young people to develop their skills. * UKEdChat * It is a very user-friendly book and one I suspect I will regularly be dipping into. As teachers, you want reliable resources, easily available, which this certainly delivers. It is clear the book was written by teachers for teachers and is all the better for it.More details
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Persons
Timothy Paramour is Director of Studies at a school in Redbridge. He has worked in various primary schools in and around London during his 16 years of teaching. In 2017, he wrote and performed a play about primary education that was staged in theatres in and around London, including the Lyric Hammersmith and the Oxford Playhouse. He blogs about education at www.timparamour.com and has written for a number of national publications, including the Independent and the TES. He tweets @timparamour.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- How to use this book
- What you need to cover
- Part One: Making sense
- 1 Writing words
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 2 Types of noun
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 3 Pronouns and determiners
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 4 Types of verb
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 5 Subject, verb and object
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 6 Adjectives and adverbs
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 7 Plurals, contractions and apostrophes
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 8 Punctuation at the end of a sentence
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- Part Two: Extending sentences
- 9 Main and subordinate clauses
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 10 Types of subordinate clause
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 11 Prepositions and conjunctions
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 12 Types of phrase
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 13 Commas
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 14 Semi-colons, colons, brackets, dashes and forward slashes
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 15 Inverted commas
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- Part Three: Writing with flair
- 16 Moods and voices
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 17 Structuring whole texts
- What you need to know
- Teaching ideas
- 18 Breaking the 'rules'
- Etymology and made-up words
- Changing word classes
- Non-sentences
- Teaching ideas
- Appendices
- Appendix 1: Word classes and word families
- Appendix 2: Phrasal verbs
- Appendix 3: Transitive and intransitive verbs
- Appendix 4: Finite verbs, infinitives and participles
- Appendix 5: Complements and adjuncts
- Appendix 6: Dummy subjects and implied subjects
- Appendix 7: Discourse markers
- Glossary
- FAQs
- References
- Index
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