The Grammar Book

Understanding and teaching primary grammar

Zoë Paramour, Timothy Paramour

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Bloomsbury Education
11 June 2020

Curriculum planning & development; Primary & middle schools; Teaching skills & techniques; Teachers' classroom resources & material; Educational: English language: reading & writing skills

Shortlisted for Educational Book of the Year at the Education Resources Awards 2021.

Everything you need to teach grammar in the primary classroom.

What is the subjunctive mood? And when do you use a semi-colon? Are these questions that you, as a teacher, are afraid to ask? Cue this book! Written by two experienced teachers, The Grammar Book provides everything you need to teach grammar at primary level. Covering what you need to know as well as practical ideas to enliven your teaching, this book will make grammar fun and engaging – for both the pupils and for you too!

Written in Zoë and Timothy Paramour's funny, frank and reassuring style, this definitive guide is all about the importance of teaching grammar as a tool for writing, not as an 'extra' and certainly not as a boring lesson. Instead, the ideas presented are linked to a range of National Curriculum units, with original short texts through which the teaching of grammar is used to support the delivery of the wider English curriculum and prepare children for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) assessments. All teaching resources can also be downloaded from the companion website.

Each chapter covers a different element of grammar and provides you with everything you need to know as well as teaching ideas, cross-curricular links and resources, making The Grammar Book a must-have resource for teaching primary grammar effectively in the classroom or as part of homeschooling.

By: Zoë Paramour, Timothy Paramour
Imprint: Bloomsbury Education
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 169mm,
Weight: 398g
ISBN: 9781472972293
ISBN 10: 1472972295
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 11 June 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Children/juvenile , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zoë Paramour worked her way up from NQT to assistant headteacher in five years and is currently Head of English at a school in North London. She has written about education for a number of national publications, including the Independent, the Huffington Post and the New Statesman. She is also the founder of the award-winning blog The Girl on the Piccadilly Line and her first book, How to be an Outstanding Primary Middle Leader, was published by Bloomsbury Education in 2018. She tweets @zoeparamour. Timothy Paramour is Director of Studies at a school in Redbridge. He has worked in various primary schools in and around London during his 16 years of teaching. In 2017, he wrote and performed a play about primary education that was staged in theatres in and around London, including the Lyric Hammersmith and the Oxford Playhouse. He blogs about education at www.timparamour.com and has written for a number of national publications, including the Independent and the TES. He tweets @timparamour.

Reviews for The Grammar Book: Understanding and teaching primary grammar

Where was this book when I changed year groups? The Paramours have written a superb book, complete with examples, explanations and activities to cover grammar for both Key Stage 1 and 2. It has helpful justifications on certain rules and handily highlights the grey areas of grammar (which that one child in your class will always point out). Certain sections refamiliarised me with the areas I teach, while others gave me ideas for tasks I can do to teach this essential, yet often stealth, aspect of our reading and writing. * Primary Teacher, @mrlockyer *