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Blue and White English: Lessons, Practice, and Resources in Grammar, Composition, and Literature
Blue and White English Lessons Practice and Resources in Grammar Composition and Literature Author:Giles, Powell We wrote this book for our eighth-grade English students at Episcopal Academy because we were frustrated. There was no book that did it all, no one book that covered everything we wanted our students to understand at the end of the year. Rather than using selected chapters or pages from many excellent resources, we wanted to be able to hand ou... more »r students a book in the early days of September and say, "Here. This is what we will learn this year. All of it -- front to back." So, we wrote one. It includes sections on Parts of Speech, Sentences, Phrases, Clauses, Classifying Sentences, Mechanics, Composition, Literature, and glossaries of usage and poetic terms. Though it was written to be the core of the final year of middle school English, colleagues and associates have had great success using it with older students. There has long been debate about whether studying grammar improves proficiency in or increases enjoyment of reading, writing, and speaking -- our primary goals in middle-school English. We believe that showing the connection between grammar and good writing helps students say what they mean. Chris Giles & John Powell Episcopal Academy« less