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 ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Right vs. Left Brain in Teaching Grammar >Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:21:22 -0700 > >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 > >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/ _________________________________________________________________ Get FREE company branded e-mail accounts and business Web site from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ 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/