Dear Greer White:
I'd be happy to get a sample copy sent to you in July when they come out.
Thanks for your interest. I will need your mailing address, or you can send
it directly to
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You'd refer to our book as Kischner and Wollin, Writers' Choices: Grammar to
Improve Style.
Thanks again.
> ----------
> From: Greer White
> Reply To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 6:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Request for assistance with course development
>
> Read your message mainly intended for Liz. If it is possible I would love
> a
> sample copy of your book. I'm putting together a research paper for
> Waldorf High
> School Teachers across North America on teaching grammar and your approach
> sounds
> just the sort of thing that we would be interested in - any chance? Anne
> Greer
>
> "Kischner, Michael" wrote:
>
> > This is mainly for Liz Spalding, who put out this request a couple of
> weeks
> > ago.
> >
> > Edith Wollin and I have written a book titled "Writers' Choices: Grammar
> to
> > Improve Style." It is being published this year by Harcourt College
> > Publishers. The following excerpt from its introduction to the teacher
> > describes our aims in the book, which I think may fit with your aims:
> >
> > We wrote this book partly for our fellow college writing
> > teachers who have wished there were an effective and efficient way to
> teach
> > sentence structure and style while still giving adequate time to the
> writing
> > process, critical reading, and the other important concerns of college
> > composition. Such teachers typically find that it is impossible to
> teach
> > grammar fast. There are so many building blocks to put in place that we
> > often give up in favor of an ad hoc approach -- a lesson on clauses to
> curb
> > the spread of fragments, a drill on restrictive and nonrestrictive
> elements
> > to arrest comma delinquency, and so forth. Associated in the students'
> > minds with the errors that prompted them and fitting into no whole,
> these
> > units are seldom the memorable part of the course.
> >
> > We believe this book can help change that. It
> approaches
> > English syntax as something to delight in and experiment with. Focusing
> not
> > on what students can't do but rather on the many things they can do with
> > sentence structures, it helps turn unconscious practice into conscious
> > knowledge and then solidifies the knowledge by having the students put
> it
> > into immediate conscious practice. It does not say, "Avoid this -- it
> > makes your writing bad." It says, "Try this -- it can make your
> writing
> > strong."
> >
> > We do not pretend that it is possible to teach grammar fast. We
> do
> > believe that with brief, focused explanations supported by many
> examples
> > and followed by direct application of what they learn, students can
> grasp a
> > thorough overview of the phrases and clauses from which English
> > sentences are built. This overview includes the construction and
> > punctuation of phrases and clauses, their proper integration into
> sentences,
> > and, above all, their rhetorical and stylistic effects.
> >
> > I am trying to get ordering information for sample copies from Harcourt.
> > Let me know if you'd like the information, and I'll pass it on when I
> get
> > it.
> > > ----------
> > > From: Sophie Johnson
> > > Reply To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2001 6:33 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Request for assistance with course development
> > >
> > > Liz, please have a look at my approach
> > > to teaching grammar:
> > >
> > > http://www.englishgrammartutor.com
> > >
> > > I should love to hear your assessment.
> > > (I can take it on the chin!)
> > > Sophie
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Liz Spalding <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:36 AM
> > > Subject: Request for assistance with course development
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello! I am a new subscriber to this listserv. I am an assistant
> > > > professor at the University of Kentucky and director of the
> Bluegrass
> > > > Writing Project there. By popular demand, I have decided to offer a
> > > course
> > > > this coming fall entitled "Teaching Grammar in Context." I am not a
> > > > linguist, but I am offering the course because this is a topic of
> great
> > > > interest to teachers here in KY. I have advertised the course as
> geared
> > > > toward K-12 teachers. I visited the ATEG website but found no
> current
> > > > syllabi on line. I would very much appreciate any suggestions any
> of
> > > you
> > > > have regarding appropriate texts, course design, etc. I would also
> be
> > > > deeply grateful if anyone shared a syllabus with me. I look forward
> to
> > > > hearing your suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > > Liz Spalding
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dr. Elizabeth Spalding
> > > > Assistant Professor
> > > > Department of Curriculum and Instruction
> > > > 309 Dickey Hall
> > > > University of Kentucky
> > > > Lexington, KY 40506-0017
> > > > Phone:(606)257-4127
> > > > Fax: (606)257-1602
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