From Texting to Teaching: Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age

Don't blame technology for poor student grammar; instead, use technology intentionally to reach students and actually improve their writing! In this practical book, bestselling authors Jeremy Hyler and Troy Hicks reveal how digital tools and social media - a natural part of students' lives - can make grammar instruction more authentic, relevant, and effective in today's world.

Topics Covered:

• Teaching students to code switch and differentiate between formal and informal sentence styles
• Using flipped lessons to teach the parts of speech and help students build their own grammar guides
• Enlivening vocabulary instruction with student-produced video
• Helping students master capitalization and punctuation in different digital contexts

Each chapter contains examples, screenshots, and instructions to help you implement the ideas. With the strategies in this book, you can empower students to become better writers with the tools they already love and use daily. Additional resources and links are available on the book's companion wiki site: textingtoteaching.wikispaces.com

Author: Jeremy Hyler,Troy Hicks
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/05/2017
Pages: 134
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.80w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781138949287

About the Author

Jeremy Hyler is a middle school English teacher and a teacher consultant for the Chippewa River Writing Project, a satellite site of the National Writing Project. He is co-author with Troy Hicks on Create, Compose, Connect: Reading, Writing, and Learning with Digital Tools (Routledge, 2014).

Troy Hicks is a Professor of English and education at Central Michigan University, and Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project. He has authored or co-authored nine books, and over 30 journal articles and book chapters for teachers and other educators.