As a new teacher, I am constantly searching out new and interesting ways to present material to my classes. Since grammar is particularly boring to students, I bought this book in hopes of finding some new, exciting way to teach it. Instead, I got a book with lots of theory but no real "practice", and a cd-rom that has pictures I could have obtained from the web myself. Noden has a wonderful idea, but he seems to have left out the most important chapter in his book: HOW TO USE IT! In addition, there is little said about the part of grammar we all have trouble teaching--the rules. Most of this book relies on content and revision of WRITING, instead.I like that idea, but with the burden of standardized testing, students need to know the rules behind the revisions, too. If you have time to come up with your own ways of using Noden's great concepts, get the book. If you don't, wait for him to come up with a practice manual.