Teaching grammar in isolation is B-O-R-I-N-G
Even if your students need to master a grammar skill each week in your short class periods, you know you want to do it without the same old kill-and-drill worksheets and websites.
Yes, I need The FREE Grammar Toolkit!
This Grammar Toolkit is for YOU if…
- You don't feel super passionate about grammar itself... but you do feel passionate about teaching.
- You want your students to apply their grammar to their writing.
- You want grammar instruction that is engaging for you and your students.
- You know grammar instruction is a marathon and not a sprint.
- You know students need time throughout the year to apply what you've taught them.
- You don't want to teach grammar in isolation because it's B-O-R-I-N-G
The FREE Grammar Toolkit Resources
Teach grammar by creating an authentic learning experience with this sample of middle school mentor sentences and grammar activities.
NEW AND IMPROVED MENTOR SENTENCES
You've asked. I listened. My mentor sentence resources are getting a complete overhaul.
I am adding step-by-step daily teacher lesson plans, grammar lesson slides, and a new sequence and organizational structures teachers have been asking for.
You're getting first access to six weeks of these updated resources.
Daily lesson plans, teaching slides, students quick notes or interactive notes, assessments, and mentor sentence lessons and keys.
All six weeks are 100% digital in Google Slides.
GRAMMAR STANDARDS CHECKLISTS
Sometimes the hardest part of grammar instruction is figuring out what exactly the standards are asking of you.
You'll get access to my brand-new grammar checklists that break down each 6th-8th grade language standard.
You'll also get my grammar scope and sequences for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA.
Texas Teacher? You'll get my brand-new, exclusive TEKS to CCSS crosswalks.
GRAMMAR EXIT TICKETS + STUDENT TOOLS
Sometimes we just want to know what our students know... or don't know + support them with the tools they need.
You're getting access to some of my newly updated grammar exit tickets, so you can quickly check your student's background knowledge of any grammar skill before you dive into teaching it.
You're also getting access to my most popular grammar reference materials that students can use in middle school ELA and BEYOND.
Why Listen To Me?
MEET MARTINA
A.K.A. The Hungry Teacher
During my first year of teaching middle school ELA, I was so overwhelmed with all that I needed to teach, that I just stopped teaching grammar altogether. I tried using the worksheets and practice provided in my district's scripted curriculum, and my students became so bored that I had a classroom management nightmare.
I learned about using mentor sentences to teach grammar and knew it was the answer to all my problems but...
I couldn't find complete resources for middle school ELA teachers.
I started utilizing the texts I was already using in my classroom and began creating a grammar framework that had my students and me engaged and excited about grammar.
Even better? I started seeing my students applying what I was teaching them to their writing.
Now I've taken everything I've learned and packaged it up into an easy-to-follow grammar toolkit that allows you to accomplish the same thing.
Yes, I need The FREE Grammar Toolkit!