3rd Edition

Grammar Survival for Secondary Teachers A Practical Toolkit

By Geoff Barton, Jo Shackleton Copyright 2019
    106 Pages
    by Routledge

    106 Pages
    by Routledge

    This third edition of Grammar Survival brings the content fully up-to-date with the new National Curriculum and GCSEs, making it current and relevant for all secondary school English teachers.

    Grammar Survival for Secondary Teachers combines knowledge about grammar with pedagogical approaches. Each left-hand page sets out the knowledge teachers need about different aspects of grammar, incorporating research evidence where appropriate, and each right-hand page offers practical ideas and methods for teaching it, often in the context of authentic texts to show grammar in action.

    This book aims to help pupils become more confident readers and writers, able to make conscious and informed choices about the use of grammar, vocabulary and punctuation in their own work. Chapters cover the following:

    • Vocabulary
    • Extending knowledge about grammar
    • Punctuation
    • Levels of formality
    • Grammar for reading and writing
    • Writing about language use
    • Full glossary and further reading recommendations

    Completely underpinned by the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Key Stages 3 and 4, this book supports all secondary school English teachers, regardless of their chosen GCSE specification, and is essential reading for trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers alike.

    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.