Johanna, Well, "book" was an overstatement. This is freshman composition, where the grammar I integrate into the writing assignments revolves around subject and verb--finding them, known and new information, avoiding fragments, using active verbs, etc. I ask the students to take notes on the grammar discussions as part of a journal. In the past these notes have been minimal. I get more later this week and will pass along any interesting clips if I get them. It's an approach I would like to do more with in the future. But the course always seems so crowded. Thanks for asking. Brock -----Original Message----- From: Johanna Rubba [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:40 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Query for Brock Brock, I was intrigued by a tidbit in a recent posting of yours: your students write their own grammar book. I'd be very interested in knowing more about this, and whether you could quote a short passage from such a book. It sounds like a terrific approach, especially if one is preparing people to teach grammar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johanna Rubba Assistant Professor, Linguistics English Department, California Polytechnic State University One Grand Avenue * San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Tel. (805)-756-2184 * Fax: (805)-756-6374 * Dept. Phone. 756-259 * E-mail: [log in to unmask] * Home page: http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/