Resources


Best Practices in Teaching Grammar


Questions and Answers about Grammar


Image Grammar Lessons and Resources



"Grammar RX": Resources for Diagnosing Student Issues in Student Writing


Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: Teacherly Reviews


Resources for Other Grammar-Freaks (besides us...)


English 574 Course
Materials


This page lists some key resources you can use to build your arguments for  your final academic article.

Final Article Resources
You will find a rich resource in the ERIC database -- available through WMU Libraries.  [http://www.wmich.edu/library/subject/rt.php?sid=19&rtid=112&B=Go%21]

Sample keyword queries include grammar, teaching grammar, and English grammar among others.

You can also search by author. Some prominent grammar and language writers we have read or whose work we've built off of include

  • Constance Weaver
  • Harry Noden
  • Brock Hausseman
  • Jeff Anderson
  • Francis Christensen
  • Martha Kolln
You should also look at the bibliographies of some of the course articles you are building from and search for work from authors you see cited.

Groups


The Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar  (ATEG
ATEG is affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE); they offer resources, support, and community for teachers of writing and grammar.

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
NCTE is the professional organization that serves teachers of English language arts in Kindergarten through college.

American Dialect Society
The organization dedicated to the study of North American languages.


Discussions of Grammar and Teaching Grammar
 
   
English Journal Volume 92, Number 3, January 2003 (Issue theme: Revitalizing Grammar) [available from NCTE]


Grammar Sites (Grammar Resources & Handouts)

The following sites contain resources and handouts for a variety of grammar and style issues.  Any internet search of 'grammar help' will also provide numerous sites with similar content.
 
 
   
   



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Grammar Central is the class project of English 574: Grammar in Teaching Writing (Fall Semester, 2004),
a combined undergraduate/graduate course at Western Michigan University.


Jonathan Bush, jbush@wmich.edu