Power of Grammar: Unconventional Approaches to the Conventions of Language by Mary Ehrenworth, Vicki Vinton

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Synopsis

Grammar is the gatekeeper to a culture of power, yet it is also the power behind the startling beauty and robustness of the English language. In The Power of Grammar, Mary Ehrenworth and Vicki Vinton show you how these two notions of power can help your grammar instruction address the practical and aesthetic needs of your student writers.

Biography

MARY EHRENWORTH was for many years an Adjunct Professor of Art History before she turned to teaching writing and content-area literacy. As a teacher and staff developer of writing workshop and humanities, she has taught in every grade from two to twelve. She works as a literacy consultant for the New York City public schools.

VICKI VINTON is both a literacy consultant for the New York City public schools and a fiction writer. A former member of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, she has spoken and taught at writing institutes and conferences around the country, and her own writing has been published in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner and Sewanee Review . She is also a recipient of a 2004 fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.