5b) Grammar Instruction for Secondary ELA Classrooms
Secondary
Teaching
Grammar
Curriculum
Education
Strategies
Instruction
(Heyden, 2003)
(Curnow, 2013) (Gribbin, 2005)
(Roberts, et all., (Tuan & Doan,
2014)
2010)
(Gugin, 2005)
(Reising, 1976)
(Hamilton,
2011)
(Tałasiewicz,
2012)
(Lindblom &
Dunn 2006)
(Connelly &
Clandinin
1988)
(Beal and
Ballard 1962)
(Richards and
Reppin, 2014)
(Carolina,
2013)
ELL/ELD
Instructional
Strategies
(AguirreMuñoz,
Amabisca, Park
& Boscardin,
2009)
(Olson & Land
2007)
Synthesis:
I am not sure that all of my sources will be used in my final product, but as I was
researching I found quite a bit of information that seemed to be relevant to my topic.
Each of the articles above related to my curriculum so I wanted to include them all in this
portion of the project because they are all shaping the curriculum that I am creating.
Each of the above categories has given more depth to my understanding of
developing a grammar curriculum for secondary English classrooms. I wanted this
curriculum to be applicable to my students so I added in the ELL/ELD section in order to
better fit the needs of some of my students. Many ELL/ELD students struggle with
grammar and semantics because the structure of sentences in English differs from the
sentence structure in many other languages.
Along with ELL/ELD I also looked at a lot of grammar instruction. There were a
variety of instructional practices and grammar techniques between the different sources
that I found. Some of the sources seemed to be outdated, but even some of the older
articles had interesting ideas of modifying grammar instruction to make it fit in today’s
classroom. Not all of the grammar sources advocated for a very structured approach at
teaching grammar, which gave a different feel to developing a curriculum. I think that
students may not need sentence diagramming, but they do need some sort of grammar
instruction and application in the English/Language Arts class. By combining all of the
sources (or at least key pieces of them) I will be able to create a well structured, engaging
grammar curriculum.
References
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Teacher Capacity For Serving ELLs' Writing Instructional Needs: A Case For
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Carolina, C. C. (2013). Formal Grammar Instruction: Theoretical Aspects to Contemplate
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Gugin, D. L. (2005). Audre lorde: Contextualizing Strategies.(English Education).
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Lindblom, K., & Dunn, P. A. (2006). Analyzing Grammar Rants: An Alternative to
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