Go Grammar! 4 focuses on the Language and Literary strands of the curriculum to introduce key language conventions and skills. It develops students’ skills in writing, reading and viewing, as well as speaking and listening. It also supports student preparation for NAPLAN Language Convention testing.

CONTENTS
Introduction
Author acknowledgements

Grammar, language usage and editing

1 Overview of parts of speech
2 Prepositions
3 Conjunctions and text connectives
4 Clauses and phrases
5 The sentence
6 Editing – content and structure
7 Editing – word choice
8 Proofreading
9 Formal language
10 Informal language
11 Non-discriminatory language
12 Spelling strategies and 45 spelling demons
13 Homophones
14 Publishing conventions

The grammar of argument and persuasion

15 Argument and persuasion
16 Opinions, facts and evidence
17 Emotive language
18 Emotional appeals
19 Generalisations and sensationalism
20 Tone

The grammar of reading, writing and viewing texts

21 Audience and purpose
22 Differential readings
23 The novel
24 The short story
25 The poem
26 The play
27 The film
28 Visual texts: cartoons and advertisements
29 Electronic texts
30 Graphic texts
31 The speech
32 The nonfiction text

The grammar of responding to texts

33 The comparative literature response
34 The creative response to literature
REVISION TEST

Go Grammar! 4 A Homework and In-Class Workbook, 4th Edition