Assignment+3

 This assignment is a piece of cake for me. I am a subscriber to the Grammar Girl podcasts and have been for over two years. Currently there are 119 Grammar Girl podcasts, covering punctuation, word choice, and usage questions that have been prompted by listeners' questions or GG's own observations. The podcasts range from four minutes to nine minutes long.

I use the podcasts in a couple of ways in my classroom. I have used them as bell work, playing an episode for my students to listen to as I take roll, etc. The episode I select covers a need that I noticed in student writing and reinforces written comments and previously delivered oral instruction. In addition, I often select an episode to introduce a point of grammar and usage that we will be exploring in class that day. In any case, the episodes provide a springboard for discussion that would ordinarily be one-sided and quickly tuned-out.

I also keep a list of GG episodes posted in my classroom so that students may find a podcast that directly addresses a personal need.

Transcripts of Grammar Girl podcasts, a podcast index, and other material may be found at http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/. I especially enjoy the comments posted at the end of each transcript. It's nice to know I have company !