1st Edition
Teaching Elementary Grammar with Mentor Texts Ready to Use Lesson Plans for Grades 3–5
Contents
Introduction: Reimagining Elementary School Grammar Instruction with Mentor Texts
Section One: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Third-Grade Classroom
Lesson 3.1: Let’s Agree: Subject-Verb Agreement
Lesson 3.2: Descriptive Information: Adjectives
Lesson 3:3: The Power of Explanation: Adverbs
Lesson 3.4: Building Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Lesson 3.5: In Dialogue: Using Commas and Quotation Marks When Writing Dialogue
Section Two: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Fourth-Grade Classroom
Lesson 4.1: A Big Deal: Capitalization
Lesson 4.2: Showing Conditions: Modal Auxiliaries
Lesson 4.3: Elaborating on Information: Prepositional Phrases
Lesson 4.4: Providing Detail: Relative Clauses
Lesson 4.5: Clear and Powerful Language: Strong Verbs and Specific Nouns
Section Three: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Fifth-Grade Classroom
Lesson 5.1: Linking and Connecting: Conjunctions
Lesson 5.2: Showing Emotion: Interjections
Lesson 5.3: Pronouns and Clarity: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Lesson 5.4: Beyond the Literal: Figurative Language
Lesson 5.5: Toward Clarity: Using Commas for Clarity
Section Four: Final Thoughts and Resources
Conclusion: Putting Mentor Text-Based Grammar Instruction Into Action in Grades Three to Five
Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Mentor Texts
Appendix B: Reproducible Graphic Organizers
Appendix C: Lesson Plan Template
Biography
Sean Ruday (he/him/his) is a professor and program coordinator of English education at Longwood University.
