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 > [log in to unmask] > > > > >>> 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 > > > > 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. > > > > 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/ > > 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/