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Easy Learning-Rich Activities That Tap Into Students' Multiple Intelligences and Bring Excitement and Fun to Your Grammar Lessons\n\nBy Susan Van Zile\n\nClassroom Tested! \nDo you know students that groan at the mere mention of the word grammar? This teacher-written resource will help you motivate kids to learn -- even enjoy -- grammar. Hands-on activities like Foil the Fragments, Great Sentence Caper, and Vivid Verb Cheers encourage students' creativity and help them remember the concepts they need to know. Also includes mini lessons, rubrics, reproducibles, and photographs. Make this an enriching addition to your grammar lessons!\n\n80 pages 8-1/2" x 11"\nGrades 4-8

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50064 in Books
• Brand: Scholastic
• Published on: 2003-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780439434607
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Very Useful
This book was extremely helpful to us in a 6th Grade Language Arts unit. this is filled with GAMES and ACTIVE ways to explore nouns, verbs, sentences - types, fragments, and run-ons.

Using the student's multiple intelligences, you actually make language interesting! You read the lesson idea beforehand, gather materials, and then lead the child or class through an activity.

I found it the perfect program to mix with dry sentence diagramming from elsewhere - to lift up the lesson. Afte such creative fun, my son didn't mind getting in front of a blackboard with me to diagram a few sentences.

Also, instead of just deciding if a verb was a verb, we now decide if it is "vivid" and look at nouns as specific or general - great for strengthening creative writing...and with activities across all learning styles, not lecture. That is hard to find in middle school language arts.

As a homeschooler, I did notice two teacher terms used (perhaps this is what the earlier reviewer was referring to) - mnemonics (rhymes for teaching) and rubric (like a short chart explaining something) - and some of the activities have to be adapted as they were designed for a group - still most activities didn't need any adaptation and I was totally pleased with the way my child responded to these active lessons.

A bit dated
This book is okay, but there are a lot of references that students today will not get because they are a bit dated. This was probably an excellent book in the 1980's.

Awesome Hands-on Activities For Teaching Grammar by Susan Van Zile
Hands on is great for kids - better than the boring worksheet grammar activities! Fabulous book!