Elementary, Explained · Season 2, Episode 3
Grammar Drills Are Not Writing Instruction
Grammar taught on its own produces almost no improvement in the writing children actually do, and what carries over is practice that happens while composing.
- Runtime
- 6:57
- Deep dive
- 10 pages
- Reading and doing
- 21 min
- Tested on
- 6 exams
The written deep dive
10 pages that go further than the video
The video gives you the distinction. This gives you the practice, the worked reasoning, and a version you can print and mark up.
- 6 minCombine three sets of short sentences, then compare versions
- 10 minSix practice questions with worked reasoning
- 5 minFind the most common error in your own stack of drafts
About 21 minutes end to end
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10 pages, about 21 minutes of reading and doing. Free, and yours to print.
Where this shows up
Exams that test what this lesson covers
- ILTS 702 Elementary Education (K-6)
- Praxis 7002
- Praxis 8002
- MTTC Language Arts (Elementary)
- NES Elementary Education
- WEST-E Elementary Education
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- The video lessons, in order, with no guessing what is next
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