Awesome Hands-on Activities For Teaching Grammar [Paperback]

Susan Van Zile (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2003

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

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Resources (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439434602
• ISBN-13: 978-0439434607
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful, March 5, 2007

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wonderactivist "wonderactivist" (Great Plains) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Awesome Hands-on Activities For Teaching Grammar (Paperback)

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.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit dated, February 16, 2007

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Melissa A. Davis (Bloomington, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Awesome Hands-on Activities For Teaching Grammar (Paperback)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good...But Not As Good As I Expected, July 12, 2008

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This review is from: Awesome Hands-on Activities For Teaching Grammar (Paperback)

There were several activities in this book which I enjoyed..."Stomp Out Run-Ons" and "Fragment Puzzle." However, many of the activities were not creative and required long paper trails and lots of floor space. I think I would use the noun tree next year, but I received the book after having already covered that topic next year. Overall, I didn't think the book was "hands-on" enough to call itself "awesome."