Elizibeth -

Last year, I gave a presentation to the IATE (Illinois Association if 
Teachers of English - the state portion of NCTE) titled "Grammar for the 
Right Brain."  If you're interested, I'll snail mail the power point 
version.

Geoff Layton


>From: Elizabeth Clark <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar              
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>Subject: Right vs. Left Brain in Teaching Grammar
>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:21:22 -0700
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>I'm a new member (so new that my check hasn't even come back).  I learned 
>about ATEG when I read The War Against Grammar by David Mulroy.
>
>As an adjunct teaching mostly developmental English and first-year writing 
>courses at college in the Denver metro area, I've seen how little students 
>know about grammar--and writing.  The developmental coordinator at one 
>college said that the students had been taught grammar in public schools 
>but "it didn't take."  From what I've read and observed, that doesn't seem 
>to be the case; students generally aren't being taught grammar--at least 
>not methodically.
>
>I have a hypothesis, and I'm wondering if anyone has read or heard anything 
>related to it.  (You may have discussed this before.)
>
>Here's my idea:  From what I've observed, most K-12 language arts teachers 
>and English faculty seem to be right brained but the traditional method of 
>teaching grammar is left brained.  I happen to be left brained (I was a 
>math major until I was a senior), and I enjoy teaching grammar and 
>diagramming sentences.  I think the "traditional" step-by-step approach 
>should work well with left-brained students, but right-brained teachers 
>find it boring and don't want to learn or teach grammar that way.  Maybe we 
>need two methods of teaching grammar--or more--to suit different learning 
>styles.
>
>Elizabeth Clark
>
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