|
|
|
| Tips for Teaching Grammar
Teaching Appositives Here is how I explain appositives to basic writers. An appositive is a definition of someone or something. You use definitions all the time. For example, you might say, ''Linda is the student in the back row. Friday is the best day of the week.'' Those are definitions. When you write, you can put a definition into a sentence all by itself. For example, ''Charlie needs a ride to school tomorrow. Charlie is my brother's best friend.'' But if all of your sentences are in this same short pattern, your writing may sound choppy and boring. Writers solve this problem by using additions. Watch. Take the essential information (the meat) in the second sentence, and you'll get ''my brother's best friend.'' Now add that information to the first sentence. Charlie, my brother's best friend, needs a ride to school tomorrow. Some background information. A sentence is like a bike. It has two wheels: a ''who or what'' and a ''what about it.'' These two parts, the subject and predicate, make up the core sentence. There is never a comma separating the subject from the predicate; they connect firmly to form a stable structure. Once you have a bike, you can add additional information to the front handlebars (a starter), the middle (interrupter), or the back fender (ender). You need to mark these additions with commas so readers can keep track of the core sentence. Readers are always looking for the ''who or what'' and the ''what about it.'' Thus, notice that we put commas on both sides of the definition addition. These commas are like handles allowing readers to lift out the addition and see the core sentence: Charlie needs a ride to school tomorrow. The bike image helps students understand sentence structure. Whether they are working in small groups or on the blackboard, ask them to underline the core sentence (bike) and circle the addition. This same process works for other additions, such as -ing additions and -ed additions. Pamela Dykstra South Suburban College South Holland, IL 60473 |
http://www.ateg.org/grammar/tips/t14.htm |
|
โดย: งาน: กลุ่มสาระการเรียนรู้ภาษาต่างประเทศ อ้างอิงแผนงาน : - อ้างอิงโครงการ : - แหล่งที่มา: Pamela Dykstra |
| Vote | |
| เป็นประโยชน์ต่อผู้โพสต์เอง | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| เป็นประโยชน์ต่อฉัน | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| เป็นประโยชน์ต่อผู้ปกครอง | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| เป็นประโยชน์ต่อนักเรียน | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| มีประโยชน์ต่อทุกคน | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
 |
 |
