Grammar for writing for secondary

Supporting choice, control and expression

Writing is used across the secondary curriculum to support learning and to demonstrate learning. Students need to be able to use writing for a range of purposes and audiences and express complex ideas clearly. Exploring sentence structure through an understanding of grammar supports students to do this. It allows students to manipulate language and make choices in their writing, enhancing their ability to express themselves and their ideas. As such, the teaching of grammar, if done well, can support and not stifle creativity and freedom.

These grammar for writing resources are designed to support grammar subject knowledge and equip teachers with an evidence-based understanding of why and how to integrate grammar teaching within their writing teaching, across the curriculum.

The resources include:

• A guide for teachers about how to incorporate grammar teaching into writing, across the curriculum
• An document taking teachers on a tour of the fundamentals of English grammar, explaining key terminology and concepts with examples
• A set of slides which can be used in staff training, covering key grammar subject knowledge and implications for teaching