Do+the+Preposition+Boogie!

My CT actually uses Killgallon's //Sentence Composing for High School//, in which Mrs. C breaks down the grammar program for the school year into "grammar months". She has a schedule that specifies what aspect of language will be taught for that particular month. It is so interesting to see the study of grammar being used in context through student writing and literature, which we have read in a number of our readings for both ECI 430 and 405. While the class that I will be student-teaching will be reviewing predicates, comma splices, and dependent/independent clauses for the month of October, I would like to focus on PREPOSITIONS for my mini-lesson (which will be covered in February in my 7th grade class). I would like to cover types of prepositions/prepositional phrases/compound prepositions, and their role as a part of speech.

// Hi, Kay, Please see my e-mail response to your language focus idea. Again, I think it is great that you're getting to see how a teacher might use the sentence composing strategy in the classroom. I look forward reading more -- I hope the initial feedback is helpful as you revise. Best, Dr. Y //

October 14, 2010