Very user friendly
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Community Review for Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips
Kelli C.
Frenship High School
Wolfforth TX, US
My Take
Great for getting students engaged in boring grammar review.
How I Use It
I use it to start my minilessons or to spice up my power points with a humorous look at basic and advanced grammar rules.
It helps to engage students/
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Paige S.
Teacher
Falcon Creek Middle School
Aurora, CO
November 24, 2014
Grammar Girl is a witty way to get the down and dirty grammar tips our students need.
Grammar Girl has many unique topics that are relevant to students' lives. For example, Grammar Girl had an article about whether or not it was OK to use abbreviations and when they are appropriate. I like how Grammar Girl's topics are relevant to what students most commonly confuse or need help distinguishing. However, since the age range is 9th-12th grade, I did try and use it with younger students (middle school), and at times, I felt that it may be a little dry for some of the kids to fully be engaged. Besides the Grammar Girl audio and articles on the site, I did not see any other resources to further a class discussion or teaching of topic (but I could be overlooking something, too).
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Lindsey G.
Special education teacher
Frenship High School
Wolfforth, TX
January 15, 2014
Fun and easy to use
I teach special ed kids and it is easy for them to navigate this site.
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Jinnifer K.
Frenship High School
Frenship High School
Wolfforth, TX
January 14, 2014
Very easy to navigate!
I love grammar girl! Fun ways to remember confusing grammar rules and the kids love it!
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