Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do with Grammar [Spiral-bound]

Randy Larson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 187767317X | ISBN-13: 978-1877673177

This practical and funny book of reproducible activities uses clear explanations and quirky humor to help students learn about language as they use it.

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Randy Larson is an English teacher and the author of many books for teachers, including DownWRITE Funny and Short and Sweet. He lives in Gillette, Wyoming.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 144 pages
• Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc. (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 187767317X
• ISBN-13: 978-1877673177
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #633,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Grammar Please!, March 12, 2000

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This review is from: Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do with Grammar (Spiral-bound)

What a great book for teaching grammar. Very anectodal ways to teach grammar to even 8th graders. The book is nicely organized and instructions are clear. The author used a fair amount of creativity to feed grammar to students with a spoonful of sugar! Definitely worth having in a library.

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a grammar book that teachers and students actually like, March 9, 2000

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This review is from: Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do with Grammar (Spiral-bound)

This book is definitely not boring, even if it is about grammar. It doesn't just teach about more effective verbs, students learn how to use Five Hundred Horsepower verbs. It teaches independent clauses by having students write about people picking their noses -- just the kind of gross stuff kids like. This book is a must for anyone stuck with teaching the parts of speech.

63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect compromise, September 26, 2003

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This review is from: Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do with Grammar (Spiral-bound)

If you are a teacher struggling to make grammar interesting and relevant to your students, while also trying to follow an established curriculum (and not work yourself to death in the process) do not hesitate to buy this book! I am a first-year teacher struggling to find a compromise between how I have to teach and how I know I should be teaching--and this book is it! While it appears to be simply a book full of grammar worksheets ('yippie' shouts the administration), it really is a back door to teaching grammar in the context of writing ('woo hoo' exclaims the English teacher). Each exercise is intended to teach concrete grammar rules and skills as well as to apply these new skills to the writing process. It is a collection of the excellent, creative kinds of activities I would come up with myself--if only I had the time!