You are in luck.  Right here in Seattle at North Seattle Community College
there are two of us who use Sentence Combining with the teaching of grammar
and we have written a book that we use.  You can call Edith at 528-4547 or
Michael at 528.4540 to talk with us about getting the book.  McCleary is
right about their being a heavy focus on how the grammar relates to style in
this approach--rhetorical grammar. We have found that it helps students
become better writers and readers--at least they say it helps their reading.
The Writer's Options is another text that you could look at for a related
approach.


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> From:         H. Krug[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
> Sent:         Sunday, August 01, 1999 2:16 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      SENTENCE COMBINING
>
> I am a student teacher from the Universtiy of Washington and am teaching a
> 9th grade English class in the fall.  I have recently begun compiling
> ideas for lesson planning and was wondering if anyone out there has had
> any experience teaching grammar using sentence combining.  If so, was
> there anything that helped make this endeavor successful/unsuccessful?
> Do you have any alternative ideas that could help me to make grammar
> interesting for students?
>
> Thank You!  Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Hilliary
>