Teach Terrific Grammar : A Complete Grammar Program for Use in Any Classroom
, by Muschla, Gary Robert
- ISBN: 9780071477024 | 0071477020
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/27/2007
More than 170 reproducible grammar activities and puzzles covering varying levels of ability Dozens of single-page review sheets on the parts of speech, perfect for quick reference and review
Gary Robert Muschla has more than 25 years’ experience as a classroom teacher. He is a member of the Authors Guild and the National Writers Association and has written dozens of practical resource guides for classroom teachers.
| About This Book | p. xiii |
| How to Use This Book | p. xv |
| Sentences | p. 1 |
| Tip Sheet: Kinds and Structures of Sentences | p. 2 |
| E. B. White (Recognizing Types of Sentences) | p. 3 |
| Special States (Understanding Sentence Structure, 1) | p. 4 |
| A Space First (Understanding Sentence Structure, 2) | p. 5 |
| Tip Sheet: Subjects and Predicates | p. 6 |
| A President's Ride in an Automobile (Identifying Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates, 1) | p. 7 |
| First Settlement (Identifying Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates, 2) | p. 8 |
| Hungry Toads (Identifying Simple Subjects, 1) | p. 9 |
| Above the South Pole (Identifying Simple Subjects, 2) | p. 10 |
| Native American Explorer (Identifying Simple Predicates, 1) | p. 11 |
| First Flight (Identifying Simple Predicates, 2) | p. 12 |
| Two of a Kind (Identifying Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates, 1) | p. 13 |
| The Biggest Turtle of All (Identifying Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates, 2) | p. 14 |
| American Flag Maker (Identifying Compound Subjects) | p. 15 |
| Center of the hand (Identifying Compound Predicates) | p. 16 |
| Passing Time (Identifying Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates) | p. 17 |
| Tip Sheet: Fragments and Run-On Sentences | p. 18 |
| Big Mouth (Recognizing Sentence Fragments) | p. 19 |
| Outlaw Hero (Recognizing Run-On Sentences) | p. 20 |
| Famous Woodpecker (Recognizing Sentences, Fragments, and Run-Ons) | p. 21 |
| Nickname for a President (Review of Sentences, 1) | p. 22 |
| First Phone Call (Review of Sentences, 2) | p. 23 |
| Famous Woman Dentist (Review of Sentences, 3) | p. 24 |
| Cool Creation (Review of Sentences, 4) | p. 25 |
| Nouns | p. 27 |
| Tip Sheet: Nouns | p. 28 |
| Frontier Hero (Identifying Nouns, 1) | p. 29 |
| Snakes, (Identifying Nouns, 2) | p. 30 |
| Surrounded States (Identifying Common and Proper Nouns, 1) | p. 31 |
| Going West (Identifying Common and Proper Nouns, 2) | p. 32 |
| Tip Sheet: Forming Plural Nouns | p. 33 |
| Famous Signature (Identifying Plural Nouns, 1) | p. 34 |
| Up, Up, and Away (Identifying Plural Nouns, 2) | p. 35 |
| Tip Sheet: Nouns with Special Plural Forms | p. 36 |
| Fast-Food First (Identifying Irregular Plural Nouns) | p. 37 |
| Tip Sheet: Possessive Nouns | p. 38 |
| Famous Crime Fighter (Understanding Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns, 1) | p. 39 |
| Guide to Freedom (Understanding Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns, 2) | p. 40 |
| Famous Monument (Understanding Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns, 3) | p. 41 |
| Pluto (Review of Nouns, 1) | p. 42 |
| Sources of Energy (Review of Nouns, 2) | p. 43 |
| Snowy City (Review of Nouns, 3) | p. 44 |
| Game for Kids (Review of Nouns, 4) | p. 45 |
| Verbs | p. 47 |
| Tip Sheet: Two Kinds of Verbs | p. 48 |
| Author of a Classic Story (Identifying Action Verbs, 1) | p. 49 |
| Flying While Sleeping (Identifying Action Verbs, 2) | p. 50 |
| A Philadelphia First (Identifying Action Verbs, 3) | p. 51 |
| Planets and Stars (Identifying Verb Phrases, 1) | p. 52 |
| Aiming for the Stars (Identifying Verb Phrases, 2) | p. 53 |
| Nighttime Animals (Identifying Linking Verbs, 1) | p. 54 |
| Not an Ordinary Tornado (Identifying Linking Verbs, 2) | p. 55 |
| Related to Mickey (Identifying Action and Linking Verbs, 1) | p. 56 |
| Busy Bees (Identifying Action and Linking Verbs, 2) | p. 57 |
| Hurricanes by Another Name (Identifying Action and Linking Verbs, 3) | p. 58 |
| Tip Sheet: Direct Objects | p. 59 |
| What's the Weather? (Identifying Direct Objects, 1) | p. 60 |
| Walking on a Tightrope (Identifying Direct Objects, 2) | p. 61 |
| Tip Sheet: Nouns and Adjectives That Follow Linking Verbs | p. 62 |
| Favorite Cookie (Identifying Words After Linking Verbs That Rename or Describe Subjects) | p. 63 |
| Tip Sheet: Contractions with Not | p. 64 |
| Naming America (Recognizing Contractions with Verbs and Not) | p. 65 |
| Tip Sheet: Verb Tenses | p. 66 |
| Tip Sheet: Rules for Forming the Tenses of Verbs | p. 67 |
| Earthquakes (Identifying Verb Tenses, 1) | p. 68 |
| Food for Plants (Identifying Verb Tenses, 2) | p. 69 |
| Coral Reef (Identifying Verb Tenses, 3) | p. 70 |
| Tip Sheet: Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs | p. 71 |
| What a Hoot! (Understanding Subject and Verb Agreement, 1) | p. 72 |
| Sports Fans (Understanding Subject and Verb Agreement, 2) | p. 73 |
| E. L. Konigsburg (Understanding Subject and Verb Agreement, 3) | p. 74 |
| Tip Sheet: Regular and Irregular Verbs | p. 75 |
| Gateway to a New Life (Understanding Irregular Verbs, 1) | p. 76 |
| Big Ears (Understanding Irregular Verbs, 2) | p. 77 |
| Men on the Moon (Understanding Irregular Verbs, 3) | p. 78 |
| Tip Sheet: Two Special Verbs: Be and Have | p. 79 |
| Small Dog (Understanding the Forms of Be and Have, 1) | p. 80 |
| Searching Everywhere (Understanding the Forms of Be and Have, 2) | p. 81 |
| Warriors and Explorers (Review of Verbs, 1) | p. 82 |
| Three Special Sets of Letters (Review of Verbs, 2) | p. 83 |
| Great Explorer (Review of Verbs, 3) | p. 84 |
| Step up to the Plate (Review of Verbs, 4) | p. 85 |
| Pronouns | p. 87 |
| Tip Sheet: Pronouns | p. 88 |
| Fairy Tale Author (Identifying Pronouns, 1) | p. 89 |
| Tinkering Around (Identifying Pronouns, 2) | p. 90 |
| Hot Dogs (Identifying Pronouns, 3) | p. 91 |
| Flat State (Identifying Pronouns, 4) | p. 92 |
| Tip Sheet: Subject Pronouns | p. 93 |
| Word Game (Identifying Subject Pronouns) | p. 94 |
| Tip Sheet: Object Pronouns | p. 95 |
| Moving Along...Slowly (Identifying Object Pronouns) | p. 96 |
| Tip Sheet: Two Special Pronouns: I and Me | p. 97 |
| Big Eyes (Identifying Subject and Object Pronouns, 1) | p. 98 |
| Brothers and Sisters (Identifying Subject and Object Pronouns, 2) | p. 99 |
| Dr. Seuss (Identifying Subject and Object Pronouns, 3) | p. 100 |
| Tip Sheet: Possessive Pronouns | p. 101 |
| Astronauts (Identifying Possessive Pronouns, 1) | p. 102 |
| American Composer (Identifying Possessive Pronouns, 2) | p. 103 |
| Plenty of Prairie (Identifying Possessive Pronouns, 3) | p. 104 |
| Tip Sheet: Pronoun Contractions | p. 105 |
| Born on the Fourth of July (Understanding Contractions with Pronouns, 1) | p. 106 |
| Discoverer of Antibiotics (Understanding Contractions with Pronouns, 2) | p. 107 |
| Animals with Great Memories (Identifying Antecedents) | p. 108 |
| Dangerous Fish (Review of Pronouns, 1) | p. 109 |
| Tiny Mammal (Review of Pronouns, 2) | p. 110 |
| Pets (Review of Pronouns, 3) | p. 111 |
| Adjectives | p. 113 |
| Tip Sheet: Adjectives | p. 114 |
| Great Athlete (Identifying Adjectives, 1) | p. 115 |
| A Fact About the Cells of Your Body (Identifying Adjectives, 2) | p. 116 |
| Unusual Colony (Identifying Adjectives, 3) | p. 117 |
| The Civil War (Identifying Proper Adjectives) | p. 118 |
| Tip Sheet: Comparing with Adjectives | p. 119 |
| Tip Sheet: Special Adjectives and Comparing | p. 120 |
| Radio Signals (Understanding Comparison of Adjectives, 1) | p. 121 |
| Calling Mr. President (Understanding Comparison of Adjectives, 2) | p. 122 |
| Manhattan (Understanding Comparison of Adjectives, 3) | p. 123 |
| Inventor of the Very First Computer (Review of Adjectives, 1) | p. 124 |
| Studying the Earth (Review of Adjectives, 2) | p. 125 |
| Adverbs | p. 127 |
| Tip Sheet: Adverbs | p. 128 |
| Bones of the Human Body (Identifying Adverbs, 1) | p. 129 |
| Journey Westward (Identifying Adverbs, 2) | p. 130 |
| Bats (Identifying Adverbs, 3) | p. 131 |
| Tip Sheet: Comparing with Adverbs | p. 132 |
| Fairy Tales (Understanding Comparison of Adverbs, 1) | p. 133 |
| Standing Tall (Understanding Comparison of Adverbs, 2) | p. 134 |
| By Another Name (Understanding Comparison of Adverbs, 3) | p. 135 |
| Tip Sheet: Negative Words and Double Negatives | p. 136 |
| Dangerous Lizard (Identifying Negative Words) | p. 137 |
| Giant Storm (Recognizing Double Negatives) | p. 138 |
| Bacteria and Disease (Review of Adverbs, 1) | p. 139 |
| Start of a Star (Review of Adverbs, 2) | p. 140 |
| Rescue Dogs (Review of Adverbs, 3) | p. 141 |
| Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections | p. 143 |
| Tip Sheet: Prepositions | p. 144 |
| A States (Identifying Prepositions, 1) | p. 145 |
| Insects (Identifying Prepositions, 2) | p. 146 |
| Special Animals (Identifying Prepositions, 3) | p. 147 |
| Tip Sheet: Prepositional Phrases | p. 148 |
| President's Plane (Identifying Prepositional Phrases, 1) | p. 149 |
| Body System (Identifying Prepositional Phrases, 2) | p. 150 |
| Long Before E-Mail (Identifying Objects of Prepositions, 1) | p. 151 |
| Soccer (Identifying Objects of Prepositions, 2) | p. 152 |
| Miniature Golf (Identifying Objects of Prepositions, 3) | p. 153 |
| Tip Sheet: Conjunctions | p. 154 |
| One of the Very First Cars (Using Conjunctions) | p. 155 |
| Tip Sheet: Interjections | p. 156 |
| Ancient Astronomer (Identifying Interjections) | p. 157 |
| Puzzling Pastime (Review of Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections) | p. 158 |
| Studying Bugs (Review of Prepositional Phrases) | p. 159 |
| Lots of Animals (Review of Objects of Prepositions) | p. 160 |
| Ski Tournament (Review of Parts of Speech) | p. 161 |
| Punctuation and Capitalization | p. 163 |
| Tip Sheet: Abbreviations | p. 164 |
| More Common than You May Think (Understanding Abbreviations, 1) | p. 165 |
| Born in the U.S.A. (Understanding Abbreviations, 2) | p. 166 |
| Tip Sheet: End Punctuation | p. 167 |
| Bachelor President (Understanding End Punctuation, 1) | p. 168 |
| Stargazer (Understanding End Punctuation, 2) | p. 169 |
| Tip Sheet: Commas | p. 170 |
| Big Boulder (Understanding Commas) | p. 171 |
| First Settlement (Understanding End Punctuation and Commas, 1) | p. 172 |
| Mighty River (Understanding End Punctuation and Commas, 2) | p. 173 |
| Tip Sheet: Colons and Hyphens | p. 174 |
| Leaky Faucet (Understanding Colons and Hyphens) | p. 175 |
| Tip Sheet: Apostrophes | p. 176 |
| Famous Artist (Understanding Apostrophes, 1) | p. 177 |
| End of the Revolutionary War (Understanding Apostrophes, 2) | p. 178 |
| First Vice President (Understanding Apostrophes, 3) | p. 179 |
| Tip Sheet: Quotation Marks | p. 180 |
| Meteors (Understanding Quotation Marks for Dialogue) | p. 181 |
| Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Understanding Quotation Marks for Dialogue and Titles, 1) | p. 182 |
| Landlocked (Understanding Quotation Marks for Dialogue and Titles, 2) | p. 183 |
| Tip Sheet: Italics | p. 184 |
| First Female Police Officer (Understanding Italics, 1) | p. 185 |
| Discoverer of Bacteria (Understanding Italics, 2) | p. 186 |
| Ellis Island First (Understanding Quotation Marks and Italics, 1) | p. 187 |
| Speedy Dog (Understanding Quotation Marks and Italics, 2) | p. 188 |
| Measuring the Power of Earthquakes (Review of Punctuation, 1) | p. 189 |
| Explorer of Florida (Review of Punctuation, 2) | p. 190 |
| Is There a Doctor in the House? (Review of Punctuation, 3) | p. 191 |
| Constellation (Review of Punctuation, 4) | p. 192 |
| Much Bigger than a Mouse (Review of Punctuation, 5) | p. 193 |
| Minus Snakes (Review of Punctuation, 6) | p. 194 |
| American Legend (Review of Punctuation, 7) | p. 195 |
| Down by the Sea (Review of Punctuation, 8) | p. 196 |
| Turning from Side to Side (Review of Punctuation, 9) | p. 197 |
| American Royalty (Review of Punctuation, 10) | p. 198 |
| Tip Sheet: Capitalization | p. 199 |
| Butterfly by Another Name (Understanding Capitalization, 1) | p. 201 |
| South Pacific Explorer (Understanding Capitalization, 2) | p. 202 |
| Flowing Backward (Understanding Capitalization, 3) | p. 203 |
| Heading to Brazil (Understanding Capitalization, 4) | p. 204 |
| Peninsula State (Understanding Capitalization, 5) | p. 205 |
| Lands Down Under (Review of Capitalization) | p. 206 |
| Usage and Proofreading | p. 207 |
| Tip Sheet: Confusing Words | p. 208 |
| Strange Creature (Understanding Confusing Words, 1) | p. 211 |
| Around the World (Understanding Confusing Words, 2) | p. 212 |
| First Football Game in the United States (Understanding Confusing Words, 3) | p. 213 |
| The Green Earth (Understanding Confusing Words, 4) | p. 214 |
| Tip Sheet: Proofreading for Mistakes in Grammar | p. 215 |
| Bug-Eating Mammal (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 1) | p. 217 |
| Meet the Flintstones (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 2) | p. 218 |
| One of Science's Greats (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 3) | p. 219 |
| Arbor Day (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 4) | p. 220 |
| Early Colonist (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 5) | p. 221 |
| Father's Day (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 6) | p. 222 |
| Tallest Mountain (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 7) | p. 223 |
| Cool Idea (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 8) | p. 224 |
| Basics of English (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 9) | p. 225 |
| A Puzzle About You (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 10) | p. 226 |
| Answer Key | p. 227 |
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