Hi Ed,
You can order Daily Grammar Practice through www.dgppublishing.com.  The website
also provides more information about the structure of the program.
:) Dawn

Edward Vavra wrote:

> Dawn,
>     Where can I get a copy of your Daily Grammar Practice? Depending on
> how you define terms, I might want to recommend it as either a companion
> or a preparation for the KISS Approach.
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 01/21/04 02:37PM >>>
> Diane,
> I teach high school English.  Years ago I developed a no-frills method
> for teaching grammar concepts without meaningless and repetitious
> exercises.  It proved to be very effective for helping my students
> truly
> understand the concepts, see how they fit together, apply them to
> their
> writing, and remember them.  (High school teachers will tell you that
> they "teach" grammar but students don't remember it!)  Last year I
> published this method (Daily Grammar Practice), and teachers are
> currently using it in 19 different states.  When I teach workshops and
> speak at conferences, teachers tell me again and again that their
> education professors never taught them HOW to teach grammar, and many
> aren't even comfortable with their own understanding of grammar
> concepts.  I really believe this problem needs to be addressed at the
> teacher-preparatory level (although certainly not only at that level).
> Future teachers need to know that you can teach grammar without
> teaching
> it in isolation.  Many think that teaching it in context somehow means
> not teaching it at all.  Understanding grammar and sentence structure
> WILL help your students with their writing, and it will give them a
> common language for discussing the writing process.
> Dawn
>
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