There is an old book that I'd like to recommend to everyone if you can find it - I
haven't checked whether it's still in print - I found it terrifically helpful as
an approach to High School kids ( I taught Grammar positively ecstatically for
about 35 years) - Linguistics by Postman and Weingartner - (Delta/Dell 1966)- not
a text but great suggestions for actual lessons -

Anne Greer/ West Dublin/Nova Scotia

Robert Einarsson wrote:

> Well now that you mention it, there's nothing wrong with having a
> little fun once in a while!
>
> > There is, however, a big difference between teaching in college and
> > teaching in secondary or elementary school. A college course has a short
> > class time (2-3 hours per week) and a clear through line to the end --
> > 15-16 weeks and the semester is over -- whereas a high school English
> > class meets, typically 40-50 minutes a day, 5 times a week, for forty
> > weeks (unless on "Block Scheduling"). Add to these schedule differences
> > the notion that pre-college students are "captives" who are not paying (or
> > borrowing) money to attend classes, most of whom would rather be somewhere
> > -- anywhere -- else, and you have a very different situation.
> >
> > Entertainment in these classes almost seems necessary sometimes. If we can
> > add humor, games, etc. to our enthusiasm and secure grasps, we're
> > virtually required to do so. In our methods classes, we are often told
> > that we need to use a variety of techniques to teach. Games and humor add
> > very useful tools to the teacher's toolbox.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Sincerely, Robert Einarsson
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> http://www.artsci.gmcc.ab.ca/people/einarssonb
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