Grammar makes me sleepy

I'm sorry to say this, but I literally fell asleep reading "To Grammar or Not to Grammar..." I don't completely blame the article, because it is snowing outside and I read it in bed. But anyways, there were some points I did want to talk about. I liked the idea of disguising grammar lessons and never actually calling them grammar lessons. Incorporating literature into these mini lessons sounded like a feasible way to teach grammar in disguise. Using exerpts from The Giver like Carol did, allowed her students to mirror correct grammar usage. Also, this tactic helps students improve their own revision abilities. They become the teacher and get to let the "Error Beast" loose on professional writers (or in Carol's case, she actually "put it through a regression process that turned [the exerpt] into a piece of writing any middle schoool student might have written" p.22). Believe it or not, grammar can be fun and engaging. We just need to have a positive outlook and think of some great [disguised] grammar mini lessons that connect to the literature. Students, in turn, begin using these grammar techniques in their writing, either consciously or unconsciously!