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OverviewFor too long, sentence instruction has been heavy on correctness and terminology (as in “mind your grammar”) and light on play and experimentation. Or it has been abandoned altogether. In this lively book, Marty Brandt sets out to change all that. It is partly the story of a teacher hitting a plateau in mid-career, deeply frustrated by the flatness of his students’ writing, particularly as they struggled with more academic tasks. But it also tells the story of important but neglected research in sentence instruction, which Brandt revives, reinventing his instruction by explicitly teaching the possibilities of sentences. In Between the Commas, he identifies three “pillars” of sentence instruction: Sentence Focus: Identifying the true subject of the sentence Sentence Development: Finding ways to expand and modify, “between the commas” Sentence Coherence: Connecting sentences to show the flow of thought. To help his students understand these concepts, Brandt invents his own terms—the Dime- Dropper, Smack-Talker, ingBomb, Sentence Wannabe, and the Not/But—to describe key moves a writer can make, illustrating them with both student and professional examples. The book is also filled with practical exercises in sentence manipulation that can be used directly in your classroom or modified for your students. At long last, sentence instruction that can really help young writers—and their teachers. Samples Preview sample pages from Between the Commas Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marty BrandtPublisher: Pearson Education (US) Imprint: Pearson Dimensions: Width: 18.70cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9780325108209ISBN 10: 032510820 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 07 October 2019 Recommended Age: From 11 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsForeword by Thomas Newkirk Introduction: Three Questions I Could Not Answer Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Sentence “Just a Guy”: Independence High School to San Francisco State The Three Pillars of Sentence Instruction Part One: Sentence Focus (Get the “Awk” Outta Here) Positioning Our Students for Growth Alexis de Tocqueville and the Subject A Test Sources of Sentence Focus Errors The Beauty of Understanding Sentence Focus Part Two: Sentence Development (Writing Between the Commas) Riding Bicycles into Rosebushes Understanding Sentence Development Structures for Leveraging Information: The Adjective Clause and the Noun Phrase Appositive Structures for Adding Detail and Imagery: The Verbal Phrase and the Absolute The Correlative Not-But Toward a Theory of Latency Some Final Thoughts About These Exercises Part Three: Sentence Coherence (Making Sentences Work Together) Writing to Think What Is Sentence Coherence? Inward to the Text, Outward to the World What Is Development in Writing? Part Four: Sentence Instruction At Work (“Voices They Had Not Heard Before”) The Three Pillars at Work in the Classroom Seven Days in May A Stack of EssaysReviewsAuthor InformationMartin Brandt teaches English at San Jose's Independence High School, a large urban school with a diverse student population. He is a teacher consultant with the San Jose Area Writing Project and former winner of the California Teachers of English Award for Classroom Excellence. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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