From Texting to Teaching : Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age (Paperback)

Notes on the Book Dedication Acknowledgements Meet the Authors Foreword by Liz Kolb Chapter 1 - What’s the Matter with the Teaching of Grammar? The Great Grammar Debate, Part 1: 1890s to 1990s The Great Grammar Debate, Part 2: 100 Years and Counting The Great Grammar Debate, Part 3: Here Comes the Common Core Rethinking Grammar Instruction in a Single Year: A Guide to the Rest of the Book Chapter 2: An Approach to Teaching Grammar with Digital Tools What the Research Says: The (Non) Effects of Text Speak Redefining Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age Triple E Framework: Engage, Enhance, Extend Tools of the Trade: Technologies for Digital Grammar Instruction Beginner: Getting Started with Screen Capture, Screencasting, and Annotation Intermediate: Sharing Media and Assessing Students’ Understanding Expert: Producing and Publishing More Enriched Media And...We’re Off... Ready, Tech, Go! Chapter 3: Learning the Parts of Speech with Flipped Lessons What is Flipping the Classroom, Exactly? Critiques of the Flipped Model Digital Tools for Flipping Grammar Building a Flipped Video Lesson Working Through the Video: Steps for Student Using Flipped Videos from Other Sources Breaking it Down: Pronouns of the Personal Type Before the Flipped Lesson During the Flipped Lesson After the Flipped Lesson Building a Personal Grammar Guide Adverbs and Adjectives Final Thoughts and What’s Next Chapter 4: Learning Sentence Style with Formal and Informal Writing Code Switching Compound, Complex, and Complete: Making Sentences Matter Sentence Combining with Lino I Tawt I Taw a Tweet Sentence Sentence Hacking Putting Lexile Leveling to Use for Writers What’s Next Chapter 5: Enlivening Vocabulary The Struggle is Real Building Vocabulary with Quizlet Building "Study Sets" in Quizlet Building Toward Assessment with Quizlet Extensions for Quizlet Breathing Life into Vocabulary with Video The Vocabulary Video Assignment Extensions and Adaptations Student Vocabulary Growth Over Time Final Thoughts Chapter 6 ? Mastering Mechanics: Capitalization and Punctuation Capitalization The Dreaded Pronoun: "i" Capitalization Extensions The Paradox of Punctuation Taking Time to Pause with a Comma Is it a Period? Is it a Comma? No, it’s a Semicolon! Extensions and Adaptations Final Thoughts Chapter 7 - Assessing Grammar in a Digital Age From Texting to Teaching: Four Tips Dealing with Assessments Summative Assessment through Portfolios Student Reflections Students Raise Their Voices: Asking For and Implementing Their Feedback Afterword: Navigating Your Own Grammatical Journey References