Hello, listers,
I am no longer teaching grammar but I have used the KISS materials  
for sixth graders with great success and recommend them!
Marcia  Alessi
Los Angeles

On Jan 15, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Edward Vavra wrote:

> Dee,
>
>      You might want to consider the KISS sequence. The materials  
> are all free, and the sequence is adaptable. The following link  
> takes you to the “strategic position” for grade six. The left and  
> right arrows will move you through the grade levels.http:// 
> home.pct.edu/~evavra/kiss/wb/LPlans/G06_Intro.htm
>
>
>
> Ed V.
>
>
>
> From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar  
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dee Bauman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:17 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: scope and sequence for grammar
>
>
>
> Hi to all,
>
> I'm a new participant in this group so hope that it is appropriate   
> to introduce a new topic.
>
> Our district is looking for a scope and sequence of grammar  
> concepts that we can review/adapt for our teachers.   Our 6-12  
> English teachers are involved in an AP vertical team structure  
> which is currently focused on "best practice" in teaching grammar.   
> One of our stumbling blocks has been a lack of a clear set of grade  
> level expectations for grammar concepts.
>
> If your district has a scope and sequence, would you be willing to  
> share it?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that you can send my way.
>
> Dee Bauman
>
>
>
> Dee Bauman, Ph.D.
> Instructional Services Supervisor
> W220 N6151 Town Line Road
> Sussex  WI 53089-3999
> Telephone:  262.246.1973  x1180
> Facsimile:  262.246.6552
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> >>> Patricia Lafayllve <[log in to unmask]> 1/14/2008 10:02 PM >>>
>
> Peter asks excellent questions!
>
>
>
> As an example of how muddled things can get, I would probably think  
> that “red” in the examples below is an adjective functioning  
> nomially (noun-ial?  How does one specify that again?), and that  
> the final sentence shows the word “red” as an adjective.  I admit  
> my bias: I was “taught” that colors were adjectives, back in the  
> Old Days of my grammar school, and only learned later that “some  
> adjectives can be nouns, too” (how I remember it being explained at  
> the time – again, back in the Old Days).  Hence now I still think  
> of colors as adjectives which can behave as nouns.
>
>
>
> I’m fascinated by distinctions like this, which makes my students  
> think I am a Nerd.  I have embraced this, and laugh about it with  
> them, although I prefer “language geek,” really.
>
>
>
> -patty
>
>
>
> From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar  
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Adams
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 5:32 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: tion & nouns
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>
>
> Martha,
>
>
>
> Could help me a little further with the form/function distinction.
>
>
>
> I'm wondering about a word like "red," which seems to be an  
> adjective but also seems to satisfy the tests for a noun:
>
>
>
> Many of the reds in Carpaccio's paintings have faded over the  
> years. (has a plural form)
>
>
>
> The red's intensity drew my eye to the corner of the painting.  
> (takes possessive; takes determiner)
>
>
>
> But would that mean that "red" in the following sentence is a noun  
> in form but functioning as an adjectival?
>
>
>
> The red bathrobe was draped over the back of the chair.
>
>
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