Grammar book recommendation

[awaygookindarok]

I'm looking for a grammar book to teach and am in need of some suggestions.

I certainly would appreciated it.

[hokeypokey]

You really need to be specific.
What age are the students?
What is their proficiency English level?

Do you want the book to be:
activity based,
disposable/ resuasable
writing based
any method you prefer scaffolded, spiral, translation...

[korr]

If I can hijack this, I'm also looking for grammar books for next year.

I'm looking for a book with mostly writing exercises that I can use for middle schoolers, mostly low to high beginner with a couple of intermediate students thrown in the mix. I'd like something I can either make photocopies of or that has examples I can adapt for my own worksheets, since neither I nor my school have enough money to get books for every student. This is mostly to supplement the stuff they're learning in their textbooks (the 능률교육 ones) so it doesn't have to have a strict structure or any real scaffolding.

The other book I'm looking for is for true or low beginner vocational high school students. Their level is about elementary third to sixth grade, so they can make very simple sentences and recognize basic words like "hot" and "cold". I'd love to find something that had a combination of activities and VERY simple writing, but everything I found is aimed at younger students and would be considered too babyish. In this case, I'd love to have some kind of structure or scaffolding built in, because I won't be following the textbooks with them.

For the OP, I use the elementary-level "English Grammar In Use" for my academic high schoolers. I find whatever grammar point they're currently studying and adapt the examples and exercises in the book to my students' level. I think there's even an edition with Korean explanations, which will help if you're trying to teach grammar to low-level kids.

[eggplant_tyrant]

As a general consumable grammar book for students, I really like the G.U.M. (Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics) series from Zaner-Bloser. The books are clear, concise, and well-organized. They build on each other really well, too. If you go the the publisher's website, they have sample pages you can download to get a feel for how they work.

[awaygookindarok]

You really need to be specific.
What age are the students?
What is their proficiency English level?

Do you want the book to be:
activity based,
disposable/ resuasable
writing based
any method you prefer scaffolded, spiral, translation...

I apologize for being so vague about my request.

What age are the students? 1st-3rd High school
What is their proficiency English level? middle to intermediate

I'm basically looking for a book I can use to explain the grammatical definitions, structure and examples I can provide to the students.

[realalwaysy]

How about these books?
I recommend you ' Basic English Grammar series'.
They have a stuent book, workbook, TG(teacher's guide) and SB(student book answer key) + CD.
They are published by ' pearson longman' written by Betty Schrampfer Azar / Stacy A. Hagen.
It has three different levels(with  red, blue, black front cover).
Personally I like these books to learn and teach grammar , not getting bored.
If you have any chance to go to a bookstore, you could compare them with other grammar books.^^ :)

[jimiready]

I agree that the elementary-level "English Grammar In Use" is good...as is the intermediate one- the next level above (blue). Has really clear and simple explanations of the grammar on one page and then controlled pratice exercises following it.
For Korr, I would recommend the New English File books. They start at beginner and elementary...right up to advance, i think. The material in the lower level books is suitable for high school kids, i think...good glossy books with lots of pop culture articles along the usual themes. Has a Workbook for homework...and a great Teachers Book with pretty much auto-pilot lesson plans AND a bunch of games and activities at the back to supplement.
Check it out. I think its published under OUP.

www.englishclub.com is worth checking for clear explanations of the grammar, too, and has exercises etc

[korr]

I agree that the elementary-level "English Grammar In Use" is good...as is the intermediate one- the next level above (blue). Has really clear and simple explanations of the grammar on one page and then controlled pratice exercises following it.
For Korr, I would recommend the New English File books. They start at beginner and elementary...right up to advance, i think. The material in the lower level books is suitable for high school kids, i think...good glossy books with lots of pop culture articles along the usual themes. Has a Workbook for homework...and a great Teachers Book with pretty much auto-pilot lesson plans AND a bunch of games and activities at the back to supplement.
Check it out. I think its published under OUP.

www.englishclub.com is worth checking for clear explanations of the grammar, too, and has exercises etc

Awesome, thank you! Something with pop culture stuff will hopefully hold their interest better than the stuff I put together.

I forgot to mention that I also use a Korean series called "Grammar Plus Writing" published by Darakwon. The explanations are in Korean and there's tons of very simple writing drills, which really helps with lower-level kids. If your school's tests have a lot of grammar on them, they might be helpful. No idea about the more advanced books, though, since I only use Level 1 and occasionally Level 2.

[Esoteric]

My first year in college, I was required to purchase a book called "The Little Brown Handbook," and I still use that book to this day.  Though it's not really a book that has lesson plans and such mapped out, it's certainly one of the best reference books I've ever used, and can easily be translated into a lesson plan, I think.  Here's a link of it I found on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brown-Handbook-Ninth/dp/0321103505

[hokeypokey]

I teach ESL in the states and really like  Betty Schrampfer Azar

I also like Grammar in Action:
http://elt.heinle.com/cgi-telt/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M2b&discipline_number=301&product_isbn_issn=0838467237&from_series_id=1000000007&subject_code=&book=2

Each chapter focuses on a grammatical feature (present tense, passive voice, commands, past participle) but it does it through a theme.  The themes are designed for young adults (16-20s) and can be very interesting. 
Esoteric, "The Little Brown Handbook" was designed for Native English Speakers and isn't linguistically appropriate for L2 secondary students.