I'm no expert, but I think Harry Noden provides a nice way to teach this construction in Image Grammar. At 05:14 PM 11/12/01 -0800, you wrote: >I know that this email doesn't have anything to do >with what you guys are discussing, but I need some >help. I would like to know if any of you have any >suggestions on how to teach appositives to seventh >graders so that they can understand them. Please help >if you can. >--- "William J. McCleary" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Craig, > > > > I was truly startled by your latest message. Your > > view of the world of > > discourse, the thesis, and the connection between > > text and grammar is one > > that many of us have been working with since the > > late sixties. The basis of > > this work is James Kinneavy's book, A Theory of > > Discourse. > > > > Of course, our view of the connection between text > > and grammar is likely > > not as sophisticated as yours, for we are attempting > > to teach this material > > to students, who are not able to do much with > > grammar. > > > > For a textbook that makes the connection and uses > > approximately the same > > categories of text types as yours, see Writing in > > the Liberal Arts > > Tradition, by Kinneavy, McCleary, and Nakadate, 2nd > > edition, Harper & Row, > > 1990. It's old but still in print. > > > > Bill > > > > > > Certainly that there is no decent text making the > > >connections between grammar and whole text > > discourse is a position worth > > >taking seriously. My own approach borrows and > > steals from SFG, but draws > > >from many other sources as well. I am trying to > > fill a need. > > > > >Craig > > > > > > > > > William J. McCleary > > Livonia, NY > > > > 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/ > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Find a job, post your resume. >http://careers.yahoo.com > >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/ 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 [log in to unmask] 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/