Author : Keith Polette Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313094616
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis Spoofing and Proofing the Classics by : Keith Polette Ph.D.
Download or read book Spoofing and Proofing the Classics written by Keith Polette Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using shaggy dog stories based on classic literature, the Polettes address common spelling and grammatical errors and the ways in which children can be taught to read critically to recognize them. Stories such as Rapunzel, Alice, The Hare and the Tortoise, and King Arthur, purposely embedded with common errors, have been pretested in teacher workshops given by Nancy Polette and in Dr. Keith Polette's classes at the University of Texas, El Paso. Teachers found them specific enough to be used directly in the writing instruction curriculum and fun for students to read and try to figure out.