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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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Grammar Survival for Secondary Teachers- Front Cover; Grammar Survival for Secondary Teachers; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Vocabulary: words and their meanings; What you need to know about vocabulary; What you need to know about more formal vocabulary; What you need to know about subject-specific vocabulary; What you need to know about troublesome words; Chapter 2: Extending knowledge about grammar; What you need to know about extending knowledge about grammar; What you need to know about verb forms and tense |
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What you need to know about nouns and noun phrasesWhat you need to know about relative clauses; What you need to know about non-finite clauses; What you need to know about conditionals; What you need to know about the passive voice; What you need to know about multi-clause sentences; What you need to know about sentence variety; What you need to know about narrative voice and viewpoint; What you need to know about style; What you need to know about structure and cohesion; Chapter 3: Punctuation for meaning and effect; What you need to know about punctuation for meaning and effect |
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What you need to know about commas to separate grammatical units in a sentenceWhat you need to know about punctuation to indicate parenthetical information; What you need to know about punctuation to convey shades of subtlety in writing; What you need to know about punctuation to avoid ambiguity; Chapter 4: Levels of formality; What you need to know about levels of formality; What you need to know about Standard and non-Standard English; What you need to know about the differences between spoken and written language; What you need to know about writing in an informal register |
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What you need to know about writing in a formal registerChapter 5: Grammar for reading and writing; What you need to know about grammar for reading and writing; What you need to know about writing that provides advice, instruction and explanation; What you need to know about writing that recounts events, providing commentary and personal reflection; What you need to know about writing that motivates, inspires and persuades; What you need to know about writing that gives an opinion, argues a case or debates a point of view |
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What you need to know about writing that tells a story, evokes setting and atmosphere, and conveys characterChapter 6: Writing about language use; What you need to know about writing about language use; Teaching pupils to write about language use: a toolkit; Teaching pupils to write about language use; Glossary; Further reading |
| Summary |
This third edition of Grammar Survival brings the content fully up-to-date with the new National Curriculum and GCSEs, making it current and relevant for all secondary school English teachers. Grammar Survival for Secondary Teachers combines knowledge about grammar with pedagogical approaches. Each left-hand page sets out the knowledge teachers need about different aspects of grammar, incorporating research evidence where appropriate, and each right-hand page offers practical ideas and methods for teaching it, often in the context of authentic texts to show grammar in action. This book aims to help pupils become more confident readers and writers, able to make conscious and informed choices about the use of grammar, vocabulary and punctuation in their own work. Chapters cover the following: Vocabulary Extending knowledge about grammar Punctuation Levels of formality Grammar for reading and writing Writing about language use Full glossary and further reading recommendations Completely underpinned by the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Key Stages 3 and 4, this book supports all secondary school English teachers, regardless of their chosen GCSE specification, and is essential reading for trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers alike |
| Notes |
Previous edition: published as Grammar survival. 2010 |
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GCSE |
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Key Stage 3 |
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Key Stage 4 |
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English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Great Britain
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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EDUCATION -- Secondary.
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Classroom.
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English.
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Geoff Barton.
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Grammar.
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Grammar Survival.
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Jo Shackleton.
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KS3.
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KS4.
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Secondary.
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Vocabulary.
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English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Great Britain
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Electronic book
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Shackleton, Jo, author
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Barton, Geoff.
Grammar survival.
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| ISBN |
9781317289500 |
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1317289501 |
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9781317289517 |
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131728951X |
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9781317289494 |
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1317289498 |
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