{"product_id":"descriptosaurus-grammar-companion-ages-9-to-12-9781032662831","title":"Descriptosaurus Grammar Companion Ages 9 to 12","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescriptosaurus Grammar Companion Ages 9 to 12\u003c\/em\u003e is a flexible grammar toolkit based on current research about effective strategies for teaching grammar tools and sentence construction (investigation, imitation, combining and expansion). It includes guidelines, exercises, scaffolds and models, and by showing a clear progression route to the acquisition and consolidation of increasingly more complex grammar tools it provides teachers and students with a road map that makes learning about sentence construction and revision visible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a collection of connected resources that can be used as and when required and it provides an easily accessible differentiation resource for each student based on their current stage of development, not the age-related targets and expectations. It enables the learning process for grammar tools to be recursive rather than linear; to be regularly revisited in short bursts to consolidate students' knowledge and usage, or to correct an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART A – INVESTIGATIONS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1 Chunking into Sentence Parts \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2 Subject and Predicate \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3 Writing Craft Tools \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4 Investigative Approach \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5 Prepositional Phrases \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6 Adverb Clauses \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7 Relative Clauses \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8 Participial Phrases \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART B – IMITATING \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 9 Sentence Imitation Method \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 10 Expanded Noun Phrases \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 11 Opening and Delayed Adjectives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 12 Opening and Delayed Adverbs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 13 Compound Verbs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 14 Examples from Literature \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART C – SENTENCE COMBINING \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 15 Sentence Combining Method \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 16 Expanded Noun Phrases \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 17 Adverb Clauses \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 18 Relative Clauses \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 19 Participial Phrases \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 20 Creating a Sentence Combining exercise from a text \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 21 Sentence Combining – Poetry \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 22 Sentence Combining – Non-fiction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 23 Sentence Combining – History: The Blitz WWII \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 24 Sentence Combining – Settings \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 25 De-Combining Sentences and Paragraphs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART D – SENTENCE EXPANSION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 26 Sentence Expansion Method \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 27 A Writer’s Lens – Sentence Expansion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 28 Show not Tell: Warm-up Exercises \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406671421783,"sku":"9781032662831","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032662831.jpg?v=1730496720","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/descriptosaurus-grammar-companion-ages-9-to-12-9781032662831","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}