Image Grammar, Second Edition (Paperback)

Harry Noden

ISBN 10: 0325041741 / ISBN 13: 9780325041742

Published by Heinemann USA, Portsmouth, 2011

About this Item

Paperback. "With Image Grammar, visual images are everything," says author Harry Noden. "This is why both teachers with struggling students and those with AP students have embraced the book through 15 printings." Each chapter is divided into two sections: concepts that show how professional writers develop their art and lesson strategies to implement these concepts in the classroom. New and expanded concepts in the second edition include: an introduction to grammatical chunksexpanded discussion of the five basic brush strokes and examination of advanced brush strokespresentation on the nonfiction modelexplanation of the character wheel--a visual aid that helps students to write both a nonfiction and fiction character sketch. Plus, the updated and expanded CD includes customizable files of the 60+ strategies; reproducible handouts; images and quotes for projection in the classroom; and dozens of weblinks. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Image Grammar, Second Edition (Paperback)
• Publisher: Heinemann USA, Portsmouth
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0325041741
• ISBN 13: 9780325041742
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

“With Image Grammar, visual images are everything,” says author Harry Noden. “This is why both teachers with struggling students and those with AP students have embraced the book through 15 printings."

Each chapter is divided into two sections: concepts that show how professional writers develop their art and lesson strategies to implement these concepts in the classroom. New and expanded concepts in the second edition include:

• an introduction to grammatical chunks
• expanded discussion of the five basic brush strokes and examination of advanced brush strokes
• presentation on the nonfiction model
• explanation of the character wheel―a visual aid that helps students to write both a nonfiction and fiction character sketch.

Plus, the updated and expanded CD includes customizable files of the 60+ strategies; reproducible handouts; images and quotes for projection in the classroom; and dozens of weblinks.

About the Author

In his thirty-year career as an English teacher, Harry Noden has taught every grade from seventh through college with the bulk of his teaching in middle school. He has contributed articles to The Reading Teacher, English Journal, and Lessons to Share on Teaching Grammar in Context (Boynton/Cook 1998) edited by Constance Weaver. In 1996 Noden was selected by the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts as Ohio’s Outstanding Middle School Language Arts Teacher.