The Writer’s Guide to Grammar - Teaching Guide With Answer Key

Teachers, prepare to be spoiled: once you've taught grammar using this material, you'll never want to teach it any other way.WHAT MAKES THIS A GREAT COURSEThe Writer's Guide to Grammar covers all the most important topics in English grammar, usage, and punctuation, but with a twist: it emphasizes the topics vital to everyday writing and gives guidance users can put to immediate use. It's practical, easy to understand, and - unlike most grammar texts - attractive in appearance. Also, the entire course is laid out to maximize both 1. efficient learning and 2. ease of reference - in other words, with a glance back at any section, a student immediately sees and recalls the main point of that section. WHAT MAKES THIS A GREAT TEACHING GUIDEUnlike most teaching guides, this one has a brilliant design. It makes the teacher's preparation easy and enhances the teacher's delivery of lessons. Key elements of the design:-It precisely mirrors the "Student Workbook" (sold separately): all answers to exercises are overlaid directly on the student exercises - so no more flipping to the back of the book to find the answers! -The student material is in black & white, while the teaching instructions and exercise answers are overlaid in color. -The "Introduction for Teachers" offers lessons from the author's own experience with teaching this material in the classroom. It includes the strategies for engaging students and maximizing the value of the classroom experience.-For each topic, this guide tips for enhancing the student's understanding of the concept, always featured with bold headlines like WHY IT MATTERS and WHAT TO EMPHASIZE.The Writer's Guide to Grammar helps with all of the following challenges:-Moving the learning into long-term memory. To drive home the critical concepts, the program is stealthy: it may not feel like it, but it incorporates drill, repetition, and review sufficient to master the critical guidelines for usage and punctuation.-Keeping the learner engaged. Among the standout features of the program are its attractive appearance, variety, and humor - all of which can be critical aids to learning. Put another way, in this program, drill and repetition never feel like drill and repetition.-Applying the knowledge to real-world situations. The program is filled with activities that look not like grammar exercises, but real-life writing challenges - memos, letters, articles, and essays.This comprehensive text serves either as a self-paced home-study course or for classroom coursework. This material has been taught to thousands of people in a variety of settings, from students to professionals in the workplace.