Описание
The Grammar Teacher’s Activity-a-Day is a musthave resource that features 180 practical, ready-touse grammar, usage, and mechanics lessons and a
wealth of instructive and fun-fi lled activities—one
for each day of the school year. The daily activities give students (grades 5-12) the confi dence
they need to become capable writers by acquiring,
improving, and expanding their grammar skills.
Written by veteran educator and best-selling
author Jack Umstatter, this handy book will help
classroom teachers and homeschoolers familiarize
their students with the type of grammar-related
content found on standardized local, state, national, and college admissions tests. The book is fi lled
with ready-to-use comprehensive and authoritative
activities that can be used as sponge activities,
extra homework, or regular daily lessons. In addition, all the reproducible lessons are designed to
be non-intimidating for students, and the author
has included helpful tips on how to best use each
specifi c topic or lesson in the classroom.
The Grammar Teacher’s Activity-a-Day contains
• 26 lessons and activities that cover the eight
parts of speech
• 114 lessons and activities that shed light on
the parts of a sentence, prepositional phrases,
verbal phrases, clauses, and sentences by
construction and purpose; agreement; tense;
regular and irregular verbs; voice; and the
nominative, objective, and possessive cases
• 30 lessons and activities that focus on essential
elements of effective writing, including punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
• 10 lessons and activities that encourage
students to display their knowledge of the
topics covered in the book
The book’s enjoyable lessons and activities will
help your students improve their grammatical skills
and become self-assured and willing writers.
“ Jack Umstatter’s The Grammar Teacher’s
Activity-a-Day is a powerful grammar resource
for classroom teachers. Loaded with clear,
concise defi nitions, examples, and practice
activities, this is a valuable tool for all teachers,
not just those who teach writing.”
—Tina S. Kiracofe, curriculum supervisor,
Augusta County Schools, Virginia
$19.95 U.S. | $23.95 Canada
EDUCATION
Cover design by Michael Cook
Photo by John Borland
The Grammar
Teacher’s Teacher’s
ACTIVITY-A-DAY ACTIVITY-A-DAY
180 Ready-to-Use Lessons to
Teach Grammar and Usage
JACK UMSTATTER
5-Minute FUNDAMENTALS
5-Minute -Minute FUNDAMENTALS
JOSSEY-BASS TEACHER GRADES 5–12
JACK UMSTATTER, M.A., taught English for more than 30 years at both the middle school and
high school levels. Selected Teacher of the Year several times, he is the best-selling author of
numerous books, including 201 Ready-to-Use Word Games for the English Classroom, Brain
Games!, Grammar Grabbers!, and Got Grammar?, all published by Jossey-Bass. Umstatter is a
professional development workshop leader, training teachers and students across the nation on
reading, writing, and poetry strategies.
The Grammar Teacher’s Activity-a-Day
180 Ready-to-Use Lessons to Teach Grammar and Usage, Grades 5-12
JOSSEY-BASS TEACHER With Easy-to-Copy, Lay-Flat Pages
Easyto-Copy
Pages The Grammar Teacher’s Activity-a-Day
GRADES
5–12
5-Minute -Minute FUNDAMENTALS UMSTATTER
TEACHER
Детали
- Год издания
- 2010
- Format
