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ERIC Number: EJ624573
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1074-4762
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Developing Students' Textual Intelligence through Grammar.
Burke, Jim
Voices from the Middle, v8 n3 p56-61 Mar 2001
Discusses "textual intelligence": knowledge of how texts of all kinds work. Describes how the author uses grammar in his classroom to help students understand how to read and write better and how to think with greater clarity. Describes activities used before and after students read or write. Argues that grammar is a process that helps students develop and convey ideas. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Grammar, Language Arts, Middle Schools, Reading Strategies, Reading Writing Relationship, Secondary Education, Text Structure, Thinking Skills, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: Contextualizing Grammar.