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A little bit more about why I do what I do 🤍 I am passionate about creating supportive learning environments where both students and teachers can flourish!
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Transformative grammar lessons can happen when teachers put a mentor text in front of students, spark the conversation by asking them “What do you notice?” and then get out of the way. @middleweb
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NEW: It’s Time for Teachers to Put Grammar in Its Place.
You don't have to master grammar before you teach it, says grammar coach Patty McGee. The best teachers she knows encourage students to discover the rules.
#literacy #grammar #ELA @writingproject
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Spice up grammar instruction! Join us: pattymcgee.org/courses/gramm…
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EdWeek's Ultimate PD Reading List just dropped, crowdsourced by educators, and NINE Corwin titles made the cut! 📚🏆
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#EdWeek #ProfessionalDevelopment
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NEW: Grammar & Reading Are One Subject. Not Two.
Students read better when they understand how sentences are built. Grammar instruction is also part of reading instruction and we should treat it that way, says Patty McGee. @pmgmcgee #grammar #reading
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It's in every curriculum.
Every pacing guide.
Every morning routine in almost every classroom.
We inherited it.
We trusted it.
We taught it faithfully for years.
And study after study, and every writing teacher's lived experience, tells us the same thing:
It. Does. Not. Transfer.
"Don't use I" was designed for one very specific formal academic context.
And we stretched it to cover:
— ALL writing
— ALL students
— ALL grade levels
"A paragraph must have 5 sentences."
We put it on rubrics.
We marked kids down.
We said it like it was law.
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It was never law.
It's not in any style guide.
Not in any handbook.
Not in any linguistic standard. Anywhere. Ever.
This is EXACTLY why I wrote Not Your Granny's Grammar.
👇 Drop the grammar "rule" you were taught that turned out to be 🚩 total fiction 🚩
#notyourgrannysgrammar
Come join us live or later! It is an honor to be a featured speaker in this esteemed conference.
Register here: stmarys-ca.edu/centers-insti…
"Never start a sentence with And or But."
Not a rule. Never was. Just a myth that's been haunting classrooms — and student writing — for decades. 😤
And we've been marking kids DOWN for writing the way actual published authors write every single day.
Drop the grammar "rule" you were taught that turned out to be complete fiction. 👇
Not Your Granny's Grammar is here to burn it all down. 📖🔥
#GrammarMyths #TeacherTwitter #ELAteacher #NotYourGrannysGrammar
Loved this conversation with Rainbow Sky Creations.
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#grammar #grammarpolice #grammarinstruction #grammarteachers #teachinggrammar
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Review: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO GRAMMAR INSTRUCTION.
"Not Your Granny’s Grammar" is more than just a set of grammar lessons – it’s an invitation to reimagine grammar instruction as lively, meaningful, and integrated with student writing. #grammar #writing @pmgmcgee #elachat
ALT Cover of Not Your Granny’s Grammar: An Innovative Approach to Meaningful and Engaging Grammar Instruction. By Patty McGee and Tim Donohue.
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A contemporary grammarian chat with @wlarocca and @pmgmcgee:
YouTube: bit.ly/4uxZQ5i
Spotify: bit.ly/47cDr3x
or wherever you get your podcasts
#grammar #PatternsofPower #NotYourGrannysGrammar #ela
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Part 2 of our chat with @pmgmcgee is out! @whitney_larocca and I loved continuing our conversation about becoming a contemporary grammarian with her.
Spotify: bit.ly/4c3uzQy
YouTube: youtu.be/Nw9i9g4oQDw
#grammar #ELA #notyourgrannysgrammar #patternsofpower
🤖 Made with AI
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Want to learn how to use mentor texts and AI to transform grammar instruction?
Learn more in this blog written by author @pmgmcgee: ow.ly/tCfG50WgYlN
Explore Patty's book here: ow.ly/TyTM50WgYlO
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Read my latest blog post with NCTE! ncte.org/blog/2025/09/gramma…
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