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Here's a unique collection of over 200 fun, ready-to-use word games and activities to introduce secondary English students of all ability levels to the sheer joy of word play while they practice and review a wide variety of skills. You'll find these 5-to 15-minute activity sheets ideal for a variety of purposes-- introducing or reviewing material...beginning or ending the class period... occupying students who finish their assignments early...helping individual students practice a particular skill...or simply providing a light moment in the classroom! For quick access and easy use, these…mehr

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Here's a unique collection of over 200 fun, ready-to-use word games and activities to introduce secondary English students of all ability levels to the sheer joy of word play while they practice and review a wide variety of skills. You'll find these 5-to 15-minute activity sheets ideal for a variety of purposes-- introducing or reviewing material...beginning or ending the class period... occupying students who finish their assignments early...helping individual students practice a particular skill...or simply providing a light moment in the classroom! For quick access and easy use, these activities are conveniently organized into seven sections: * Development of the English Language-- 42 activities highlight the development of English, including Latin and Greek influences, changes in word forms and meanings, words from Shakespeare and others, and the spread of English across the world. * Grammar and usage-- 32 activities help build skills in parts of speech, sentence construction, fragments, misplaced modifiers, and more. * Punctuation-- 13 activities illustrate the uses of punctuation marks and demonstrate, often humorously, how punctuation can change meaning. * Spelling and pronunciation-- 36 activities help students learn spelling rules and their exceptions, and teach about synonyms, homonyms, anagrams, and more. * Names of people, places and things-- 17 activities make it fun for students to investigate the origins of surnames, place names, brand names, and more. * Language as an Art Form-- 22 activities teach literary techniques and devices, including figure of speech, symbolism, onomatopoeia, allusions, rhyme and rhythm, malapropisms, oxymorons, and euphemisms. * Miscellaneous word games-- 41 fun activities play with double meanings, idioms, and other features of the language, or tie into holidays and special events. These games cover a wide range of difficulty and can be used with all students at different levels of learning. What's more, self-checking features in most of the games help students work independently, and complete answer keys are provided for the teacher. The English Teacher's Book Of Instant Word Games provides you with over 200 of the kind of fresh, success-oriented activities that make it fun to practice a variety of language arts skills!
Autorenporträt
Ruth Rice, a former classroom teacher, has authored more than 80 sets of educational materials and written numerous puzzles and games as a contributing editor to Scholastic Scope Magazine.