Teaching Grammar With Perfect Poems For Middle School

By Nancy Mack

Reproducible poems that have middle-school appeal are paired with complete lessons to target key grammar concepts-from direct objects to clauses-and motivate students to use them in their own writing with simple publishing activities.Ten reproducible poems that have middle-school appeal are paired with complete lessons to target key grammar concepts-predicate adjectives, direct objects, gerunds, clauses, compound sentences, and more. Nancy Mack's lessons provide a scaffold for students to grasp each concept and then use it skillfully in their own writing. Includes lively student models, literature links, and step-by-step publishing activities that help embed grammar instruction within the context of real writing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439923328
• ISBN13: 9780439923323
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8