What is the subject?
What is the predicate?
Really, who cares what makes up a sentence?
Grammar seems tedious and rule bound
to my eighth grade students preparing for
a state standardized writing exam.
We are much happier looking at
the beauty of grammar in…
that startling opening line
or the devastating last words
of a beloved book.
We know the author revised and revised
to ensure every carefully placed comma
created just the right mood
to lodge the sentence
in the reader’s heart for good.
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I’m so with you! I am finding myself making up grammar-based love stories about coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to help engage students while teaching them usage.
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Yes, isn’t that the whole point!? “…to ensure every carefully placed comma/created just the right mood/to lodge the sentence/in the reader’s heart for good.”
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I so hate the abstrate terms: Subject / Predicate. You remind me of the importance of reading well crafted sentences. And the tediousness of the state tests your kiddos must take this month. I hope you share this post with your students. Help them keep grammar in perspective.
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