{"product_id":"student-activities-from-grammar-of-the-greats-a-sentence-composing-toolbox-sentence-composing-series","title":"STUDENT ACTIVITIES FROM \"GRAMMAR OF THE GREATS\": A Sentence-Composing Toolbox (SENTENCE COMPOSING SERIES)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eChatGPT question\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: What teaching method is best for teaching how to build better sentences?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eChatGPT answer\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eResearch in writing instruction points to a clear conclusion: students learn to write better sentences most effectively by studying and imitating well-written sentences while composing their own, rather than by learning grammar rules in isolation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmong classroom approaches, the sentence-composing method developed by Don Killgallon and Jenny Killgallon is one of the most widely recognized examples of this principle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is their latest: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGRAMMAR OF THE GREATS: A Sentence-Composing Toolbox.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho are the \"greats\"? Famous authors, whose sentences are the basis for all activities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat are their tools? Grammatical structures those authors use much more than students.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat gets put in the students' toolbox? The tools authors use to build sentences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the purpose of the book? To narrow the sentence gap between students and authors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eIn thousands of classrooms within and beyond the United States, Don and Jenny Killgallon’s sentence-composing method has given students tools to become better writers. By focusing on the sentence, the Killgallons in their numerous textbooks for students--all levels, from upper elementary through college--changed the way teachers and their students look at language, literature, and writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFOR YOUR STUDENTS: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn affordable companion textbook titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSTUDENT ACTIVITIES FROM GRAMMAR OF THE GREATS: A Sentence-Composing Toolbox, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evailable as a paper book or ebook, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003econtains all student activities from the \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eTeacher's Edition of GRAMMAR OF THE GREATS\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis worktext teaches through varied practices the sentence-building tools that authors (the \"GREATS\") use to build sentences, using only sentences by a multitude of authors as the basis for activities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe practices in the sentence-composing approach help students write better because they consist exclusively of authors’ sentences instead of artificial, contrived sentences in grammar textbooks written to illustrate a grammatical structure rather than the effective use of that structure. The many authors’ sentences in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGRAMMAR OF THE GREATS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e illustrate the effective application of grammatical structures, or \"applied grammar.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914538344639,"sku":"8d9895fe-1f0c-466a-aeea-c8d69a7f7ce9","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/9d181999c4f6504eba8750cfd8c933ed.jpg?v=1785059513","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/student-activities-from-grammar-of-the-greats-a-sentence-composing-toolbox-sentence-composing-series","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}