Getting it right : fresh approaches to teaching grammar, usage, and correctness /
Michael W. Smith, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm.
- New York : Scholastic, 2007.
- x, 181 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-176) and index.
The elephant at the party -- What we know and what it means -- Thinking about error -- Cherchez le cause -- Will it work in the real world?
In getting It right, literacy experts and longtime classroom teachers Michael Smith and Jeffrey Wilhelm provide important principles, fresh perspectives, and engaging methods for teaching grammar and usage in the context of students' own writing. The book addresses how an individual teacher might teach correctness more successfully as well as how an entire school or deparment can work together.