Grammar for High School: A Sentence-Composing Approach---A Student Worktext

by Don Killgallon, Jenny Killgallon

Across America, in thousands of classrooms, Don and Jenny Killgallon's sentence-composing approach has given students tools to become more proficient, sophisticated writers. Now the Killgallons present the first-ever high school grammar book that teaches grammar through sentence composing. Grammar for High A Sentence-Composing Approach gives students the chance to absorb and replicate the grammar used in some of the finest novels, including student favorites and curricular standbys such as John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men , Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird , Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea , and William Golding's Lord of the Flies . Fourteen grammatical structures are developed as writing tools in an accessible, understandable, and similar manner through the sentence-composing approach. For each structure students Students and teachers will quickly discover how powerful the sentence-composing approach can be for learning grammar-and for raising students' writing abilities to new, exciting levels. An accompanies Grammar for High School and includes advice, tips, resources, answer keys, and even curricular plans for teachers who are either new to the Killgallon approach or sentence-composing veterans. Teacher's Booklet -- guidance for teaching with this particular student worktext, including pacing suggestions and answer key

Genres: School, Teaching, Education

176 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 2007

Reviews

[J. Boo]

Capstone of elementary through high school grammar series.

[Bill Littell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the model sentences used in this text are often too sophisticated for the average high school student, Killgallon's technique is right on the money. Students are guaranteed to write subordinated, information-rich sentences after working with Killgallon's method.

[Emily Ridgley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This would be good for a creative writing class. The structure does not lend itself to direct instruction. I do like the section on punctuation.