Gram-o-rama: Breaking the Rules - Couverture rigide

Athas, Daphne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0595688500 ISBN 13 : 9780595688500

Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

If John Lennon, Gertrude Stein, Stephen Hawking, and Mother Goose had conspired to write a grammar book, GRAM-O-RAMA would be it.

Suited both for an audience of word-lovers and for students in the classroom, this textbook contains dozens of unconventional exercises geared toward learning grammar. Its interactive method offers students and teachers a smart approach by focusing on the musical side of language. Exercises encourage the writer to experiment with style, pitch, rhythm, and sound to realize the levels behind words and structures.

Although this work includes rules as backup reference, it points students toward hearing language rather than memorizing rules. Inevitably, they'll have fun! By reading and performing the exercises out loud, students will come to understand and appreciate grammar in a new and irresistible way.

Classroom tested with hilarious results for participants and audiences.

"Not your grandma's grammar, these irresistible exercises prod and provoke, delight and inspire. They rattle students (and teachers) out of boredom, apathy, and fear and awaken them to the power and possibilities of language."
-Elizabeth Moose, instructor of English,
North Carolina School of Science and Math

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

If John Lennon, Gertrude Stein, Stephen Hawking, and Mother Goose hadconspired to write a grammar book, GRAM-O-RAMA would be it.Designed for word-lovers and students in the classroom, this textbook containsdozens of unconventional exercises geared toward learning grammar. Its interactivemethod offers students and teachers a smart and accessible approach by encouragingwriters to experiment with grammatical functions, style, rhythm, and sound. "Beware, GRAM-O-RAMA is a dangerous book. It takes the cautions and rules ofgrammar and drops them into a fun house. I experienced many of these exercises inDaphne's class and still find myself relying on their lessons today. You could makea movie of this book. Or at least a theme park ride!"-Dave Krinsky, executive producer of TV series,King of the Hill and screenwriter for Blades of Glory"Daphne Athas sets words ablaze and puts sentences in flight. Every student andevery teacher, every writer and every editor, could benefit from her visionary eyeand musical ear."-Alane Salierno Mason, senior editor, W. W. Norton & Company,founding editor of www.wordswithoutborders.org"This book is not only charming and amusing, but profound in the way it forces thereader to see our language afresh, as something alive and throbbing withpossibilities. Indispensable reading."-Randall Kenan, associate professor of English, University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill, author of A Visitation of Spirits"Not your grandma's grammar, these irresistible exercises prod and provoke,delight and inspire. They rattle students (and teachers) out of boredom, apathy,and fear and awaken them to the power and possibilities of language."-Elizabeth Moose, instructor of English,North Carolina School of Science and Math

Biographie de l'auteur

Daphne Athas has written four novels, including Entering Ephesus, chosen for Time Magazine?s 1971 Ten Best Fiction List. Her nonfiction consists of a travelbook, Greece by Prejudice, a play, and a book of poetry, She teaches writing at the University of North Carolina.Marianne B. Gingher is the author of four books including the novel Bobby Rex?s Greatest Hit and the memoir A Girl?s Life. She is a longtime teacher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she served as director of the Creative Writing Program.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0595688500
• ISBN 13: 9780595688500
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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