In the beginning, grammar was taught thru worksheets and exercises, but they do not work. As discussed in Bad Ideas About Writing: Teaching Grammar Improves Writing by Patricia Dunn, the old school way does not work. We must find a better way to teach grammar because it is necessary in communication and writing. The educational system has studied and studied this, and they know it does not work but they have not changed the curriculum. In the study’s, it was proven the way grammar is currently taught actually ruins the students writing. IT RUINS WRITING! Why hasn’t it been updated?  We are teaching this badly by making students do worksheets. The better way to teach grammar would be to have students write. I know they will hate it, but it is proven to be a better way to teach grammar. Writing is better cause it teaches you how to use grammar in real world situations.

As proven in many studies before, teaching grammar thru worksheets and exercises ruins writing. One way that has been proven to help students learn grammar is writing. However, we do not mean just make them write about the same thing over and over and hope it improves. That would not work. ‘The studies focus on all students not just those who display writing difficulties. (Writing Next, pg. 3) The way to how them improve is to make them about various real-world situations. They will master being able to adjust to any writing situation. Mastering writing in any situation will improve them in a lot of aspects. Later in life when they start a career there will be no surprises if they are given an assignment. Most high schoolers say that there writing class did not prepare them for college writing.  In college, they are playing catch up trying quickly to learn and upgrade their skills. If they had learned to adjust in high school, they would not have to cramp to get it right which would make the art of the work worst because they are basically reteaching themselves. The importance of learning to adjust is one of the back bones of writing and grammar. Curriculum should include writing strategies, summarization, collaborative writing, specific product goals, word processing, sentence combining, prewriting, inquiry activities, writing approach, study of models, and writing for content learning. (Writing Next, pg. 4-5) Al these skills will affectively help with grammar. Grammar can we have taken on many ways, but there is a formal way to incorporate it. If you cannot master how to adjust and incorporate grammar properly, your writing will not elevate. The key is learning to balance the two and being able to establish a consistent understanding on how to use them effortlessly.

In conclusion, there is a very easy and proven affective way to change the way students learn grammar. Writing in different scenarios is the best way for students to follow through in the long run. In aspects of career and life. Adjusting should be effortless and consistent. No one should be shocked or misunderstood if they are well-rounded. Quit ruining writing. Writing is the basis for communication if we are unable to communicate, life fails. Teachers should take some time to see which would work best for there classes (Teaching Grammar… pg. 147). In the end it is worth it cause down the line the student could think back 5 years and realized they are prepared for whatever with no sweat. They more prepared we leave our next generation the better the world will be in the future. In general, it’s our lives at stake. We must make sure it is learned because to the young generation it’s not a needed. 

Dunn, P. (2017). TEACHING GRAMMAR IMPROVES WRITING [Web log post]. Retrieved 2020, from https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas/badideasaboutwriting-book.pdf

Graham, S. & Perin, D. (2007). Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools (Carnegie Corporation Report). Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education. Retrieved September 7, 2007, from http://www.all4ed.org/publications/WritingNext/WritingNext.pdf