Introduction. Why do my students hate grammar and editing?
pt. I. What is everyday editing?
Ch. 1. What is editing instruction?
Ch. 2. Why invite students into an editing process?
Ch. 3. What do editing invitations look like in the classroom?
pt. II. Everyday editing invitations : 10 lesson sets
1. Did you make the list? : teaching the serial comma
2. Here it comes : teaching colons
3. Capitalize on this : teaching capitalization
4. Possession or contraction
you be the judge : teaching apostrophes
5. Is it or isn't it? : teaching simple sentences
6. To be or not to be : teaching verb choice
7. Let's make it an appositive experience : teaching appositives
8. Give me a break : teaching paragraphs
9. Do we have chemistry? Teaching compound sentences
10. What's up? Teaching dialogue
An invitation for you: keep the conversation flowing.