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[quote=Anonymous]22:19 here (I listed some grammar resources above) @8:15:

Could you share how your progressive school integrated grammar instruction into the writing or humanities curriculum?

During lower school of our PK-8 private, teachers pays lip service to addressing grammar in the context of the kids' writing during Lucy Calkin's Writers Workshop.  None of the teachers explicitly taught grammar as there was no "language arts" text or curriculum that they used.  It's as if grammar is a dirty word, similar to math drills.  The limitation of "teaching" grammar in the context of one's own writing is that there isn't a lot of grammar to edit if one has a reluctant or struggling writer.  My DC used to write very little, and exclusively in simple sentences without any variation in sentence structure.   A kid is not going to think, oh, I can make my sentences more complex by using prepositional phrase or inserting an appositive!  The kid needs to be shown these tools.  That is why I'm intrigued by the Killgallon workbooks.

My DC is now in middle school and I am hoping there will be more specific grammar, at least in foreign language classes.  If not, I will plan on outsourcing grammar and writing support to an outside tutor.  Or hopefully, DC will take Latin in high school![/quote]

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