3rd Edition
Grammar Survival for Secondary Teachers A Practical Toolkit
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Vocabulary: words and their meanings
What you need to know about vocabulary
What you need to know about more formal vocabulary
What you need to know about subject-specific vocabulary
What you need to know about troublesome words
Chapter 2 - Extending knowledge about grammar
What you need to know about extending knowledge about grammar
What you need to know about verb forms and tense
What you need to know about nouns and noun phrases
What you need to know about relative clauses
What you need to know about non-finite clauses
What you need to know about conditionals
What you need to know about the passive voice
What you need to know about multi-clause sentences
What you need to know about sentence variety
What you need to know about narrative voice and viewpoint
What you need to know about style
What you need to know about structure and cohesion
Chapter 3 - Punctuation for meaning and effect
What you need to know about punctuation for meaning and effect
Teaching about punctuation: recapping the basics
What you need to know about commas to separate grammatical units in a sentence
What you need to know about punctuation to indicate parenthetical information
What you need to know about punctuation to convey shades of subtlety in writing
What you need to know about punctuation to avoid ambiguity
Chapter 4 - Levels of formality
What you need to know about levels of formality
What you need to know about Standard and non-Standard English
What you need to know about the differences between spoken and written language
What you need to know about writing in an informal register
What you need to know about writing in a formal register
Chapter 5 - Grammar for reading and writing
What you need to know about grammar for reading and writing
What you need to know about writing that provides advice, instruction and explanation
What you need to know about writing that recounts events, providing commentary and personal reflection
What you need to know about writing that motivates, inspires and persuades
What you need to know about writing that gives an opinion, argues a case or debates a point of view
What you need to know about writing that tells a story, evokes setting and atmosphere, and conveys character
Chapter 6 - Writing about language use
What you need to know about writing about language use
Teaching pupils to write about language use: a toolkit
Teaching pupils to write about language use
Glossary
Further reading
Biography
Geoff Barton is the General Secretary for the Association of School & College Leaders (ASCL). A former headteacher, he has also written and edited more than 100 books on English and school leadership. He is a Founding Fellow of the English Association and a regular writer and speaker on education.
Jo Shackleton
has been a secondary English teacher and subject leader, consultant and inspector. She has been a curriculum adviser on the grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) test and is the author of Grammar Survival for Primary Teachers. She has provided training to teachers throughout the country on grammar and punctuation.