How much grammar is too much grammar? We are approaching the end of the grammar unit in 9th grade, but I still know there are some students who have NO CLUE what subject-verb agreement is. I tried so hard this semester to teach grammar differently than any other year, and I still didn't completely accomplish what I wanted. I am afraid I have left some students so far behind, but I literally did not know what else to do to reteach or reinforce the concepts I had already taught and many students already understood. If nothing else, students are getting more experience writing than they have any other year. That should come in handy for the state writing test this year.
However, I still have the question - how much is too much? Or how fast is too fast? Is there a limit to the amount of grammar information that can fit inside one student's head? I think there must be, but that limit is different for each student. I just hope that when I look over their survey responses at the end of the unit, their responses are a little more positive than at the beginning of the unit. I can't wait for these next two weeks to be over - I just want to start teaching literature. Literature is why I love being an English teacher. I think it will really revive me. I will also be able to have full-class lessons again, instead of giving students times to write and edit their papers.
Here's to a better Tuesday - typical Mondays are brutal.
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