Responsible Grammar Rebels
Using the Hunger Games Trilogy to Teach the Intentional Sentence Fragment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15017017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amber M Simmons (0000-0001-6984-973X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 387-395 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-3004 • E-ISSN: 1936-2706 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jaal.449 |
| OpenAlex | W1915674167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
Building off of students’ interest in popular apocalyptic/dystopian literature, this article explores how passages from Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy aided in teaching students how to successfully rebel against traditional grammar rules, looking at fragments as intentional stylistic choices. Employing the values of systemic functional linguistics, students embraced the view of grammar as a set of choices made by the author to construct meaning rather than a set of rules, as evidenced by student discussion and writing samples. This reflective practitioner piece suggests that after engaging in the learning activity, students’ use of fragments indicated an ability to control the English language and understand of the complexity and nuance of language and structure. Furthermore, the use of fragments added style and depth to students’ writing and did not detract from the clarity of their prose or the integrity of their responses to writing prompts
Art · CLARITY · Consistency (knowledge bases · Construct (python library · Dystopia · Grammar · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Pedagogy · Set (abstract data type · Style (visual arts · Trilogy · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Philosophy · Psychology · Themes in Literature Analysis · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |