Jack Umstatter

Got Grammar? Ready-To-Use Lessons and Activities That Make Grammar Fun!

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Produktbeschreibung

Got Grammar?

Ready-to-Use Lessons and Activities That Make Grammar Fun!

Jack Umstatter

Created for teachers and students in grades 6-12, Got Grammar? is filled with ready-to-use reproducible lessons, diagnostic and final tests, and reinforcement and review activities. Watch the excitement build as your students learn grammar using crosswords, magic squares, matching columns, riddles, find-the-word games, and other fun activities.

Got Grammar? is the comprehensive classroom guide. Each of the over 60 lessons is ready-to-use and reproducible, and each begins with helpful teaching pages that define, explain, and illustrate grammar, usage, or mechanics concepts. These lessons and the many ready-to-use student activities include 15 diagnostic tests, 15 section-review activities, 18 final tests, and over 100 other creative reinforcement activities, including diagramming. As practical as it is fun-filled, the book is divided into six sections:

_ Parts of Speech
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Parts of a Sentence
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Sentences
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Usage
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Mechanics
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Meeting the Tests Head-On

Each section is designed to help teach and reinforce grammar, usage, and mechanics in today's world of standardized tests. Using this book, students will benefit from the Writing Tips included at the end of each instructional lesson, and teachers will save time preparing lessons, activities, tests, and answer keys.

Whether these lessons and activities are used sequentially or as needed, your classroom will come alive as your students enjoy working through this classroom-tested, user-friendly way to learn grammar.

Praise for Got Grammar?

"The activities include that enviable combination to please everyone."
-Steve Bongiovi, English department chair,Seaford High School, Seaford, New York, andNew York State Teacher of the Year, 2006

"Got Grammar? is not the grammar book I recall from my youth; however, it is just the thing a classroom teacher could rely upon now."
-Thomas P. Dolan, superintendent of schools,Franklin Square Public Schools, New York

"Got Grammar?, Jack Umstatter's latest resource for busy teachers, is overflowing with clear and helpful resources."
-Roberta Williams, retired language arts coordinator,Traverse City Area Public Schools, Traverse City, Michigan and lead trainer, Great Source Education

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Produktdetails

• Jossey-Bass Teacher
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 1050g
• ISBN-13: 9780787993870
• ISBN-10: 0787993875
• Artikelnr.: 22704550

Autorenporträt

THE AUTHOR JACK UMSTATTER taught English at the junior high, middle school, and high school levels for more than thirty years. A three-time Teacher of the Year, Umstatter is the best-selling author of 15 books including Grammar Grabbers!, Hooked on English!, and English Brainstormers! He currently conducts both local and national teacher-training workshops in the areas of reading, writing, poetry, and curriculum.

Inhaltsangabe

About This Book v
About the Author v
Dedication vi
Acknowledgments vi
Standards Grid xvii
Introduction 1
SECTION ONE PARTS OF SPEECH 3
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 5
Diagnostic Test 1: Parts of Speech 6
Diagnostic Test 2: Parts of Speech 7
LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES 9
Nouns
1.1 Nouns 10
1.1A Plus a Quotation 11
1.1B Nouns Abound in the Classroom 12
Pronouns
1.2 Pronouns 13
1.2A Two at a Time 15
1.2B Naming the Pronouns 16
Adjectives
1.3 Adjectives 17
1.3A And a Trip to the Zoo 19
1.3B Listing Three Adjectives 20
Verbs
1.4 Verbs 21
1.4A Where the Boys Are 23
1.4B Connecting Verbs and Vocabulary 24
1.4C You Will Not Need Help Here 25
Adverbs
1.5 Adverbs 26
1.5A Scrambled Up for You! 28
1.5B Dressing Up 29
Prepositions
1.6 Prepositions 30
1.6A Finding the Four Words 32
Conjunctions
1.7 Conjunctions 33
1.7A Appropriately Chosen! 34
Interjections
1.8 Interjections 35
1.8A With Great Feeling!!! 36
REVIEW ACTIVITIES 37
Review Activity 1: O What an Activity! 38
Review Activity 2: Finding the Missing Link 39
Review Activity 3: Checking Out the Two Sentences 40
FINAL TESTS 42
Final Test 1 43
Final Test 2 44
SECTION TWO PARTS OF A SENTENCE 45
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 47
Diagnostic Test 1: The Parts of a Sentence 48
Diagnostic Test 2: Prepositional and Verbal Phrases 49
Diagnostic Test 3: Complements 50
Diagnostic Test 4: Subordinate Clauses 51
LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES 52
Simple Subjects
2.1 Simple Subjects 53
2.1A Look for Something Easy 54
Complete Subjects
2.2 Complete Subjects 55
2.2A Healthy Advice 56
Subjects in Unusual Positions
2.3Subjects in Unusual Positions 57
2.3A You Name Them 58
Simple Predicates
2.4 Simple Predicates 59
2.4A Matching Them Up 60
Compound Verbs
2.5 Compound Verbs 61
2.5A A Walk in the Park 62
Complete Predicates
2.6 Complete Predicates 63
2.6A Yours to Complete 64
Verb Phrases
2.7 Verb Phrases 66
2.7A Phasing In Verb Phrases 67
Prepositional Phrases
2.8 Prepositional Phrases 68
2.8A Hidden Prepositional Phrases 69
2.8B One to a Sentence 70
Adjective Phrases
2.9 Adjective Phrases 71
2.9A Making Sense of the Adjective Phrase 72
Adverb Phrases
2.10 Adverb Phrases 74
2.10A Traveling the World 75
Appositives
2.11 Appositives 76
2.11A Be Positive About Appositives 77
Prepositional Phrases
2.12 Misplaced Prepositional Phrases 79
2.12A Misplaced Information 80
Participles and Participle Phrases
2.13 Participles and Participle Phrases 81
2.13A Find the Six 82
Gerunds
2.14 Gerunds 83
2.14A Five Apiece 84
Infinitives
2.15 Infinitives 85
2.15A Each of the Three Gets Five 87
2.15B Infinitive Goals 88
Direct Objects
2.16 Direct Objects 89
2.16A Five-Letter Words 90
Indirect Objects
2.17 Indirect Objects 91
2.17A Find the Thirty Letters 92
Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives
2.18 Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives 93
2.18A Two to One 94
Adverb Clauses
2.19 Adverb Clauses 95
2.19A Nine Is Fine 96
Adjective Clauses
2.20 Adjective Clauses 97
2.20A Underlining Issues 98
Noun Clauses
2.21 Noun Clauses 99
2.21A Functionally Speaking 100
REVIEW ACTIVITIES 101
Review Activity 1: Adjective and Adverb Phrases 102
Review Activity 2: Essential and Nonessential Clauses and Participle
Phrases 103
Review Activity 3: Filling in the Clauses 104
FINAL TESTS 105
Final Test 1: Verbal Phrases 106
Final Test 2: Phrases 107
Final Test 3: Complements 108
Final Test 4: Clauses and Verbal Phrases 109
Final Test 5: Subordinate Clauses 111
SECTION THREE SENTENCES 113
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 115
Diagnostic Test 1: Complete and Incomplete Sentences 116
Diagnostic Test 2: Sentences by Purpose117
Diagnostic Test 3: Sentences by Structure 118
LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES 119
Fragments
3.1 The Fragment 120
3.1A Half a Score for Each 121
Run-Ons
3.2 Run-Ons 122
3.2A Let's Get It Right! 123
Sentences
3.3 Types of Sentences by Purpose 124
3.3A Spelling It All Out 125
3.3B Sentences by Purpose 126
Simple Sentences
3.4 The Simple Sentence 127
3.4A Quite Simply 128
Compound Sentences
3.5 Compound Sentences 129
3.5A Don't Be Confounded 130
Complex Sentences
3.6 Complex Sentences 131
3.6A What's Left Should Be Enough 132
Compound-Complex Sentences
3.7 Compound-Complex Sentences 133
3.7A It's Not That Complex! 134
Sentence Starters
3.8 Starting a Sentence 135
3.8A Seven Starters 136
Diagramming
3.9 Diagramming Subjects, Predicates, Modifiers, and Complements (Review)
138
3.9A Diagramming Subjects, Predicates, Modifiers,and Complements 141
3.10 Diagramming Compound Elements andPrepositional Phrases 142
3.10A Diagramming Compound Elements and Prepositional Phrases 144
3.11 Diagramming Verbals and Clauses 145
3.11A Diagramming Verbals and Clauses 149
REVIEW ACTIVITIES 150
Review Activity 1: Sentences by Structure 151
Review Activity 2: A Part Here, A Part There, and Another Part There. . . 
152
Review Activity 3: Combining Sentences 153
Review Activity 4: Let's Combine Some More Sentences 155
FINAL TESTS 156
Final Test 1: Complete and Incomplete Sentences 157
Final Test 2: Sentences by Purpose 158
Final Test 3: Sentences Classified According to Structure 159
Final Test 4: Which Is the Best Sentence? 160
SECTION FOUR USAGE 163
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 165
Diagnostic Test 1: Agreement 166
Diagnostic Test 2: Verb Tenses 167
Diagnostic Test 3: Cases 168
Diagnostic Test 4: Words Often Confused 169
LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES 170
Subject-Verb Agreement
4.1 Agreement of Subjects and Verbs 171
4.1A What's Her Name? 172
Prepositional Phrases Agreement
4.2 Agreement Involving Prepositional Phrases 173
4.2A Let's Concur! 174
Indefinite Pronoun Agreement
4.3 Indefinite Pronoun Agreement 175
4.3A Who Wins? 176
Compound Subjects
4.4 Compound Subjects 177
4.4A Two or More (Subjects) at a Time 178
Irregular Verbs
4.5 Irregular Verbs 179
4.5A Big and Small (Irregular Verbs) 183
Tense
4.6 Regular Verbs and Tense 185
4.6A It's All in the Numbers 186
Active and Passive Voices
4.7 Active and Passive Voices 187
4.7A It's Better in the Active Voice 188
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
4.8 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 189
4.8A College's Orange 190
Nominative Case
4.9 Nominative Case 191
4.9A Looking for 29 192
Objects of the Preposition
4.10 Objects of the Preposition 193
4.10A All Objects Should Be Located! 195
Objective Case
4.11 Objective Case 196
4.11A The Letter A 197
Possessive Case
4.12 Possessive Case 198
4.12A Three in a Row 199
Who Versus Whom
4.13 Who Versus Whom 200
4.13A Ten Times 202
Modifiers
4.14 Comparisons of Modifiers 203
4.14A Half and Half 204
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
4.15 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 206
4.15A Only Five 208
Usage Words
4.16 Usage Words 209
4.16A Be Upbeat! 217
4.16B More Usage Words 219
4.16C Knowing When to Use What 220
Words Often Confused
4.17 Words Often Confused (Part One) 222
4.17A Add Up the Points 224
4.18 Words Often Confused (Part Two) 226
4.18A Parade of Animals 228
4.19 Words Often Confused (Part Three) 229
4.19A Shady Characters 231
4.20 Words Often Confused (Part Four) 233
4.20A A Balancing Act 235
Double Negatives
4.21 Double Negatives 236
4.21A This Can't Get No Harder! 237
REVIEW ACTIVITIES 238
Review Activity: Words Often Confused 239
FINAL TESTS 241
Final Test 1: Agreement 242
Final Test 2: Verb Tenses 243
Final Test 3: Verb Tenses 244
Final Test 4: Cases 245
Final Test 5: Words Often Confused 246
SECTION FIVE MECHANICS 247
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 249
Diagnostic Test 1: Capitalization 250
Diagnostic Test 2: Commas 251
LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES 252
Capitalization
5.1 Capitalization 253
5.1A Half and Half 254
5.1B Sporting Around 255
5.1C Ten Letters at a Time 257
Spelling
5.2 100 Challenging Spelling Words 259
5.2A Finding the Missing Letters 260
Commas
5.3 Commas 261
5.3A Why We Use Commas (Part One) 262
5.3B Why We Use Commas (Part Two) 264
Apostrophes
5.4 Apostrophes 265
5.4A Showing Your Apostrophe Skills 266
Quotation Marks
5.5 Quotation Marks 267
5.5A Quotation Marks in Every Sentence 268
Punctuation
5.6 Semicolons, Colons, Italics, and Hyphens 269
5.6A Working with Punctuation 271
5.6B Using Semicolons, Colons, Italics, and Hyphens 272
5.7 Brackets, Parentheses, Ellipsis Marks, and Dashes 273
5.7A Proper Punctuation, Please! (Brackets, Parentheses, Ellipsis Marks,
and Dashes) 274
End Marks
5.8 End Marks 275
5.8A Putting the End Mark in Its Place 276
REVIEW ACTIVITIES 277
Review Activity 1: Traveling Along 278
Review Activity 2: Showing Your Comma Skills 279
Review Activity 3: Inserting Commas 281
Review Activity 4: Writing and Punctuating 282
FINAL TESTS 283
Final Test 1: Capitalization 284
Final Test 2: Commas 285
SECTION SIX MEETING THE TESTS HEAD-ON 287
Past Participles
6.1 The Past Participles of Irregular Verbs 289
Prepositions
6.2 Pairing the Prepositions 290
Phrases
6.3 Clauses and Verbal Phrases 291
6.4 Phrasing It the Correct Way 293
Sentence Construction
6.5 Placing the Words in Their Proper Places 295
6.6 Placing the Phrases and Clauses as Directed 296
Sentence Deconstruction
6.7 Picking Apart the Sentences 297
6.8 Let's Pick Apart Another Sentence 298
Sentence Reconstruction
6.9 Putting It All Together 299
6.10 Putting the Sentences Together-Bit by Bit 300
6.11 Putting the Sentences Together Again-Bit by Bit 301
Editing
6.12 Is There an Error? (Part One) 302
6.13 Is There an Error? (Part Two) 303
6.14 Can You Find the Two Errors? 304
6.15 What's Wrong Here? 305
6.16 Which Is the Best Sentence? 307
Answer Key 309
Index 363