Grammar for High School - Heinemann

HEINEMANNP ortsmouth, NHDON and JENNY KILLGALLONG rammar for High SchoolA Sentence-Composing Approach The Teacher s Booklet2If the new Grammar is to be brought to bear on composition, it mustbe brought to bear on the rhetoric of the sentence.. With hundredsof handbooks and rhetorics to draw from I have never been able towork out a program for teaching the sentence as I find it in the workof contemporary writers. Francis Christensen, A Generative rhetoric of the Sentence * * * *To the memory of Francis Christensen, the first to see the light:Christensen s life s work made possible this program for teaching thesentence as [it is found] in the work of contemporary writers. We aredeeply grateful to him, our silent partner, for helping us work out theprogram found in the sentence-composing approach. Don and Jenny Killgallon3 Background Information4 The purpose and method of the worktextGrammar of the Greats8A list of the sources of the model sentences in the worktextImitation: The Foundation of Sentence Composing17 The rationale for frequent imitation of professional sentencesCreation: The Goal of Sentence Composing18 The connection between sentence imitation and sentence creationSuggestions for Sequencing and Assessing the Worktext19 The scope for one, two, or three grade levels, with suggestions for gradingstudents workTips for Teaching the Sentence-Composing Tools23 General strategies for success in motivating, instructing, and assessingReferences: The

Sentence composing, an approach developed over thirty years by co-author Don Killgallon, is a unique, eminently teachable rhetoric of the sentence. Its distinguish-ing feature is the linking of the three strands of the English curriculum—grammar, writing, and literature—through exclusive use of literary model sentences for students

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