Yes! Grammar can be Fun to Teach with Patty McGee

About this episode

In this episode, Patty McGee discusses how teaching grammar can be enjoyable and shares insights from her book Not Your Granny's Grammar.

Send us Fan Mail It's happened to all of us we have to teach grammar and our teeth clench because we hate it. Almost all teachers have some writing instruction, but the grammar lessons remind us of all the red ink on our own papers when we were in school-so we find work arounds and avoid. In this episode Patty McGee, co-author of the new book Not Your Granny's Grammar, shares that it doesn't have to be like that. Links Patty’s website Not Your Granny’s Grammar book from Corwin Press

People in this episode

Guest: Patty McGee

Topics covered

• grammar
• teaching
• writing instruction

Keywords

• education
• fun teaching
• Not Your Granny's Grammar

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Not Your Granny's Grammar

Books & works: Not Your Granny's Grammar, Not Your Granny’s Grammar

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