Grammar Grabbers!
Ready-to-Use Games and Activities for Improving Basic Writing Skills
J-B Ed: Ready-to-Use Activities
1. Edition October 2001
352 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-13-042592-8
John Wiley & Sons
This practical resource gives language arts and English teachers a unique collection of over 200 creative, fun-filled, and ready-to-use activities that make teaching and learning grammar more enjoyable for you and your students. All have been tested with students in grades 4 and up and are effective as individual group, or whole-class activities. You'll find the 203 ready-to-use activities give students the tools they need to use grammar more effectively in their writing and make the writing process more enjoyable.
Section One: Parts of Speech -
Working With Words!
Section Two: Phrases and Clauses -
Word Weavers!
Section Three: Sentences -
Grammar's Galaxy!
Section Four: Usage -
A Way With Words!
Section Five: Mechanics -
The Tools of the Trade!
Section Six: Grammar's Helpers -
Taking Care of Business!
Section Seven: Grammar Games -
And Away We Go!
Section Eight: Final Tests -
Knowledge is Power!
Answer Keys (245-328).
Working With Words!
Section Two: Phrases and Clauses -
Word Weavers!
Section Three: Sentences -
Grammar's Galaxy!
Section Four: Usage -
A Way With Words!
Section Five: Mechanics -
The Tools of the Trade!
Section Six: Grammar's Helpers -
Taking Care of Business!
Section Seven: Grammar Games -
And Away We Go!
Section Eight: Final Tests -
Knowledge is Power!
Answer Keys (245-328).
Jack Umstatter, a master English teacher with over 25 years' experience, is a multiple winner of the Teacher of the Year award. He currently teaches English in the Cold Spring Harbor School District in New York and education and literature at Dowling College in Oakdale, New York. He is the author of numerous teacher resources such as Brain Games!, Hooked on English! and Writing Skills Curriculum Library, published by The Center.
