Janet,
I was most interested to read of the work you're pursuing in Washington with the
Yakama, correlating the State mandated grammar essentials (for which they will
test students) with the grammar concepts you teach.

This is just the kind of work we'd love to see in our ATEG newsletter, Syntax in
the Schools. I hope you'll consider submitting it to me, so we can publish it in
that forum.

In the meantime, would you be interested in writing up a description of some of
your own particularly successful practices with grammar and language in the
classroom?

The time for a Syntax in the Schools newsletter is upon us, and I'm looking for
articles.

Thanks!

Rebecca Wheeler
(new editor of Syntax in the Schools)

Janet Castilleja wrote:

However, Washington State has recently developed and mandated a set of

> Essential Learnings.  Public school students will be tested on their mastery
> of these (this has already started), and teachers must be able help students
> achieve this mastery.
>
> This semester, I am not teaching the grammar class.  I have decided to
> attempt to correlate the mandated English language skills and concepts (most
> of which revolve around writing and which require standard usage and
> conventions) to the grammar concepts that I teach.  I hope that this will
> help my students make a practical connection between what they learn in my
> class and what they are required to do in their classrooms. I don't actually
> know how this will work out.
>
> Would anyone be interested in seeing what I come up with?  I would be glad to
> post it as I progress.  If nothing else, you could tear it to shreds!
>
> Let me know
>
> Janet Castilleja
> Heritage college
> Toppenish Washington
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