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Everyday Editing: Inviting Students to Develop Skill and Craft in Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson
wordyanchorite's review
4.0
The premise of this book turns older methods of grammar instruction on their heads. Rather than beginning by teaching students to hunt for mechanical errors, Jeff Anderson invites students to observe and imitate good usage in order to understand it. This is a valuable concept, and the explanation of it takes up the first third of the book.
The remainder of the book walks through the application of this method to various aspects of grammar, which quickly becomes repetitive. I'll keep this as a resource for when these topics come up, but reading them all at once isn't productive for me, so I abandoned this one about two-thirds of the way through.
Kindle edition note: The ebook formatting is unforgivably bad. If you want to read this book, get a hard copy.
The remainder of the book walks through the application of this method to various aspects of grammar, which quickly becomes repetitive. I'll keep this as a resource for when these topics come up, but reading them all at once isn't productive for me, so I abandoned this one about two-thirds of the way through.
Kindle edition note: The ebook formatting is unforgivably bad. If you want to read this book, get a hard copy.
beths0103's review against another edition
4.0
Jeff Anderson knows how to make teaching grammar practical, succinct, and, dare I say, fun. Instead of mind-numbing exercises, he makes it all about invitations to notice, imitate, celebrate, collect, write, combine, revise, edit, and extend.
kellkie's review against another edition
5.0
Anderson's books are fun to read and packed with ideas that are easily adapted into any classroom. A must-read for anyone teaching writing.
sobertyger's review against another edition
5.0
This is a book about looking at mentor texts to recognize correct grammar and punctuation in model sentences. It is *not* about finding and fixing errors. Jeff Anderson demonstrates how to teach students to recognize and imitate patterns, using popular Y.A. books as mentor texts. He focuses on celebrating successes instead of pointing out student mistakes. Although this book is geared towards middle school students and teachers, I know my high school students will benefit from Anderson's approach/philosophy, which he incorporates into ten grammar lessons. Grammar and punctuation should *not* be taught in isolation. This book offers a way to connect the mechanics of writing instruction with the real-world tasks of reading and writing.
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