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Grammar first. 1 : grammar skills in context across the curriculum/Ray Barker (Teacher Reference)

Ray Barker
Developed to encourage writers in secondary schools, meeting the need of effective literacy. This supplementary series of textbooks and teacher files places reading and writing tasks in the context of real texts, providing a springboard for original writing. It provides National Literacy Strategy recommended lesson plans for every unit.
Print Book, English, 2002
Nelson Thornes, Cheltenham, 2002
Problems and exercises
64 pages : color illustrations.
9780748765355, 0748765352
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Part 1 Words: nouns; verbs; adjectives; adverbs; prepositions; pronouns. Part 2 Words to sentences: making your meaning clear; commas; semi-colons; apostrophes; dashes and brackets; sentences and style; making sentences interesting - phrases; making sentences interesting - clauses; connectives. Part 3 Sentences to paragraphs: new paragraphs structuring a paragraph; sentence structure; extending sentences; verb tenses; active and passive verbs; using speech marks. Part 4 Grammar in action: non-chronological report; recount; instructions; explanations; persuasion; discursive writing; standard English; book reviews.