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Grammar as Resource: Writing a Description.

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Schleppegrell, Mary J. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1998

Presents a functional grammatical analysis of the writing that 128 seventh- and eighth-grade students produced in response to their science teacher's directive to describe a picture. Identifies the register elements of the task and the grammatical difficulties it posed for students. Shows that teachers can help students use grammatical resources…

Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Junior High Schools

Effect of Children's Expectations on Comprehension of the Passive Transformation

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Gowie, Cheryl J.; Powers, James E. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1972

Article relates a language research study that found that children have not thoroughly mastered the passive transformation by the end of the first grade. (Author/ML)

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Early Childhood Education, Language Research, Reading Comprehension