How language is learned : from birth through the elementary years and beyond / Jane Kiel -- Teaching grammar in the context of writing / Constance Weaver -- Dora learns to write and in the process encounters punctuation / Pat Cordeiro -- Teaching writing and grammar in context / Scott Peterson -- Facilitating the use of description--and grammar / Sarah Woltjer -- Using minilessons to promote student revision : helping students realize their power over words / Sue Rowe -- When grammar matters : guiding students through revision / Renee Callies -- Learning to use grammar with precision through editing conferences / Ellen Brinkley -- Developing correctness in student writing : alternatives to the error hunt / Lois Matz Rosen -- Image grammar / Harry Noden -- Sentence composing : notes on a new rhetoric / Don Killgallon -- Breaking the rules in style / Tom Romano -- The power of dialect : Ebonics personified / Denise Troutman -- Ebonics and the "parsley" problem : personal reflections / Constance Weaver -- Meeting the special needs of the English as a Second Language (ESL) students in public schools ; Implementing whole language in a university-level ESL curriculum / Mary Anne Loewe -- Preparing teachers to teach about language / David Freeman and Yvonne Freeman -- Between teachers and computers : does text-checking software really improve student writing? / Timothy Beals.