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1. Professional Development | November 21–24, 2013
   2013 NCTE Annual Convention
   Join NCTE in Boston this November for the 103rd NCTE Annual Convention.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves
   By analyzing Dear Abby’s “rant” about bad grammar usage, students become aware that attitudes about race, social class, moral and ethical character, and “proper” language use are intertwined.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   And I Quote: A Punctuation Proofreading Minilesson
   Students review the basic conventions for using quotations from literature or references from a research project, focusing on accurate punctuation and page layout, then apply the conventions to their texts.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Avoiding Sexist Language by Using Gender-Fair Pronouns
   Students engage in a brief writing assignment that concretely illustrates how language and gender stereotyping interact causally.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Breaking the Rules with Sentence Fragments
   Though teachers usually caution students against using sentence fragments, Edgar Schuster’s work demonstrates that professional writers often use fragments effectively. This lesson helps students understand that there are reasons that they can and should use sentence fragments to become effective writers.
6. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Bringing Grammar to Life
   Seamlessly integrate grammar instruction into your entire language arts curriculum.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Choosing the Best Verb: An Active and Passive Voice Minilesson
   Students explore how active and passive voices are appropriate to different audiences. They examine online resources, and then draw conclusions about verb use, which they apply to their own writing.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Manipulating Sentences to Reinforce Grammar Skills
   Students manipulate sentences from books or magazines to examine changes in meaning and parts of speech.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Semicolons and Swift: Analyzing Punctuation and Meaning
   This lesson will help punctuation make a mark on students as they read Jonathan Swift’s work and analyze his use of punctuation.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    The Passion of Punctuation
    Using published writers’ texts and students’ own writing, this unit explores emotions that are associated with the artful and deliberate use of commas, semicolons, colons, and exclamation points (end-stop marks of punctuation).

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