Bill,


I think many of us are working on a replacement curriculum. Needless to 
say, it takes time to develop. I'm working on it at the college level, 
but it's an introductory college level designed for the type of student 
who enters teaching credential programs. But a lot of the material is 
adaptable for 'lower' grades (in fact, I think my text would work in a 
lot of 'better' high schools and certainly in AP English classes).

I've just gotten reviews of my book proposal, and I'm hopeful of being 
offered a book contract soon. So this thing may actually see the light 
of day within the next year or two. I hope someday to work on it with 
one or more schoolteachers to develop K-12 materials. I'm trying to 
weave together functional and meaning-based grammar with the useful 
parts of formal grammar and traditional grammar.

I hope the list won't take this as commercial promotion of my book. It's 
evidence for Bill that there is work going on. Things like KISS and 
Image Grammar are already out there.

Keep hope alive!!

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Johanna Rubba   Associate Professor, Linguistics
English Department, California Polytechnic State University
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