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Re: Actively teach grammar or acquire by osmosis? Quantum2003 #134280 07/19/12 07:07 AM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 530 The bottom of my cup Michaela Member
Michaela Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 530 The bottom of my cup	Oh, no, I'm a descriptavist!!!!!!!!!! AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.......... ! -Mich DS1: Hon, you already finished your homework DS2: Quit it with the protesting already!

Re: Actively teach grammar or acquire by osmosis? Quantum2003 #134291 07/19/12 08:21 AM
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momtofour Member M Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 228	I am debating whether to provide some grammar resources that are semi fun or at least not deadly dull and encourage DS & DD (rising 4th graders) to polish their grammar skills. They are not bad and likely above average but decidedly lagging other abilities. I guess their grammatical errors bother me a bit. One thing we all enjoy is the Grammar Girl podcast. My boys are 10 and 12 and it's a good fit. I find it interesting as well, and even though most of it isn't new, I enjoy it.

Re: Actively teach grammar or acquire by osmosis? Bostonian #134365 07/20/12 08:22 PM
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eldertree Member E Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 224 Gulf coast	Originally Posted by Bostonian You may like the book "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" (2004), a humorous best-seller (!) on grammar. I'm also rather fond of "The Elephants of Style", by Bill Walsh. "I love it when you two impersonate earthlings."

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