Grammar as Choice provides research-informed resources to support the teaching of grammar in the context of children’s writing, rather than as a separate, stand-alone subject.

The Grammar as Choice pedagogy is based on a grammar-writing relationship that involves:

• Explicit teaching of grammatical points that are relevant to the learning about writing.
• Developing young writers’ understanding of how language choices make meaning using authentic texts as models.
• Supporting young writers to develop an understanding of the language choices they can make in their own writing.

Resources include:

• The four principles of the Grammar for Writing pedagogy and examples of how these work in practice.
• How to link a grammar feature to a writing purpose and use model texts to provide examples.
• Sample lesson plans and schemes
• Resources to support writing across the secondary curriculum, highlighting how grammar and patterns of language can be used to develop academic writing and an ‘expert’ voice.
• CPD resources to support teachers’ own grammar subject knowledge.
• Resources to promote metalinguistic talk about writing to help young people develop their understanding about the language choices available to them as writers.

Cost: Free.

About the University of Exeter Centre for Research in Language and Literacies: The Centre for Research in Language and Literacies promotes research across a range of subjects in the field of Language and Literacies. Its aim is to create an international hub for inter-disciplinary research that addresses social and educational needs.