The Grammar Teacher's Activity-a-Day: 180 Ready-to-Use Lessons to Teach Grammar and Usage: Grades 5-12 (5-Minute Fundamentals)

Quick, daily classroom lessons for improving students' grammar and writing skills This must-have resource features 180 practical, ready-to-use grammar and usage lessons and activities–one for each day of the school year. The activities included help students in grades 5-12 to acquire, improve, and expand their grammar skills, and become more adept and confident writers. Veteran educator and best-selling author Jack Umstatter helps teachers to familiarize students with the type of grammar-related content found on standardized local, state, national, and college admissions tests. Includes ready-to-use, yet comprehensive and authoritative activities for use as sponge activities, extra homework, or regular daily lessons Reproducible lessons are designed to be non-intimidating and clear for students Other titles by Umstatter include Grammar Grabbers! , 201 Ready-to-Use Word Games for the English Classroom , Brain Games! , and Got Grammar? Tips for educators on how to best utilize each specific topic or lesson are included for easy classroom instruction. Cover......Page 1 Back Cover ......Page 243 Titles in the JosseyBass Education......Page 2 Jossey-Bass Teacher......Page 4 Dedication ......Page 5 Title Page ......Page 6 ISBN 9780470543153......Page 7 About The Author ......Page 8 Acknowledgments ......Page 9 About This Book ......Page 10 Section One Grammar • 1......Page 11 Section Two Usage • 29......Page 12 Section Three Mechanics • 145......Page 14 Section Four Show What You Know • 177......Page 15 How to Use this Book......Page 16 Section One Grammar......Page 18 1 the noun......Page 19 2 types of nouns......Page 20 3 the pronoun......Page 21 4 personal pronouns......Page 22 5 Do you know your personal pronouns?......Page 23 6 re.exive, demonstrative, and interrogative pronouns......Page 24 7 singular and plural nouns and pronouns......Page 25 8 the adjective......Page 26 9 the noun-adjective-pronoun question......Page 27 10 the verb......Page 28 11 Is it an action, linking, or helping verb?......Page 29 12 the adverb......Page 30 13 the preposition......Page 31 14 compound prepositions and the preposition-adverb question......Page 32 15 the coordinating conjunction......Page 33 16 the correlative conjunction......Page 34 17 the subordinating conjunction......Page 35 18 combining ideas with the subordinating conjunction......Page 36 19 the interjection......Page 37 20 parts-of-speech review (part one)......Page 38 21 parts-of-speech review (part two)......Page 39 22 parts-of-speech parade......Page 40 23 .lling in the parts of speech......Page 41 24 What’s missing? (parts-ofspeech review)......Page 42 25 fun with literary titles (parts-of-speech review)......Page 43 26 parts-of-speech matching......Page 44 Section Two Usage......Page 46 27 complete and simple subjects......Page 47 28 complete and simple predicates......Page 48 29 compound subject and compound predicate......Page 49 30 the direct object......Page 50 31 the indirect object......Page 51 32 the object of the preposition......Page 52 33 objects and 8–7–5......Page 53 34 subject complements— predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives......Page 54 35 Predicate nominative, predicate adjective, or neither?......Page 55 36 introducing phrases......Page 56 37 the verb phrase......Page 57 38 the prepositional phrase......Page 58 39 the adjective phrase......Page 59 40 the adverb phrase......Page 60 41 adjective and adverb phrases review......Page 61 42 prepositional phrases review......Page 62 43 the appositive......Page 63 44 Appositive, verb, or prepositional phrase?......Page 64 45 the participle and participial phrase......Page 65 46 Participial phrase or not?......Page 66 47 the gerund and gerund phrase......Page 67 48 Gerund or not?......Page 68 49 the in.nitive and in.nitive phrase......Page 69 50 the many uses of the in.nitive phrase......Page 70 51 verbal phrase review......Page 71 52 matching the phrases in context......Page 72 53 showing what you know about phrases......Page 73 54 happy in ten different ways......Page 74 55 writing with variety......Page 75 56 phrases .nale......Page 76 57 introducing clauses......Page 77 58 the adverb clause......Page 78 59 nailing down the adverb clause......Page 79 60 the adjective clause......Page 80 61 recognizing adjective clauses......Page 81 62 the noun clause......Page 82 63 the many uses of the noun clause......Page 83 64 adjective, adverb, and noun clauses......Page 84 65 identifying phrases and clauses......Page 85 66 Do you know your phrases and clauses?......Page 86 67 putting clauses into action......Page 87 68 what good writers do......Page 88 69 starting the sentence......Page 89 70 it’s all about form......Page 90 71 sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences......Page 91 72 What’s what? sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences......Page 92 73 making sense (and sentences)......Page 93 74 types of sentences by purpose......Page 94 75 ‘‘purposeful’’ sentences......Page 95 76 sentences by design (or construction)......Page 96 77 simple and compound sentences......Page 97 78 complex sentences......Page 98 79 compound-complex sentences......Page 99 80 Know the sentence’s structure?......Page 100 81 subject and verb agreement......Page 101 82 agreement involving prepositional phrases......Page 102 83 knowing your prepositional phrases and agreement......Page 103 84 pronouns and their antecedents......Page 104 85 agreement between inde.nite pronouns and their antecedents......Page 105 86 showing what you know about pronouns and their antecedents......Page 106 87 inde.nite pronouns......Page 107 88 inde.nite pronouns and agreement......Page 108 89 writing with inde.nite pronouns......Page 109 90 compound subjects (part one)......Page 110 91 compound subjects (part two)......Page 111 92 working with compound subjects......Page 112 93 subject-verb agreement situations......Page 113 94 more subject-verb agreement situations......Page 114 95 making the wrong right......Page 115 96 knowing your subject-verb agreement......Page 116 97 subject-verb agreement parade......Page 117 98 practicing agreement......Page 118 99 How well do you know agreement?......Page 119 100 regular verb tenses......Page 120 101 selecting the correct verb tense......Page 121 102 irregular verbs (part one)......Page 122 103 working with irregular verbs from part one......Page 123 104 irregular verbs (part two)......Page 124 105 working with irregular verbs from part two......Page 125 106 irregular verbs in context......Page 126 107 Correct or incorrect?......Page 127 108 helping out with irregular verbs......Page 128 109 the verb ‘‘be’’......Page 129 110 busy with the verb ‘‘be’’......Page 130 111 the nominative case......Page 131 112 the objective case......Page 132 113 the possessive case......Page 133 114 the possessive case and pronouns......Page 134 115 inde.nite pronouns and the possessive case......Page 135 116 using the possessive case......Page 136 117 confusing usage words (part one)......Page 137 118 confusing usage words (part two)......Page 138 119 confusing usage words (part three)......Page 139 120 confusing usage words (part four)......Page 140 121 confusing usage words (part .ve)......Page 141 122 confusing usage words (part six)......Page 142 123 confusing usage words (part seven)......Page 143 124 confusing usage words (part eight)......Page 144 125 matching up the confusing words......Page 145 126 Which is the correct word?......Page 146 127 select the correct word......Page 147 128 double negatives......Page 148 129 misplaced and dangling modi.ers......Page 149 130 revising sentences that have misplaced and dangling modi.ers......Page 150 131 transitive and intransitive verbs......Page 151 132 Do you know your transitive and intransitive verbs?......Page 152 133 active and passive voices......Page 153 134 sound-alike words (part one)......Page 154 135 sound-alike words (part two)......Page 155 136 sound-alike words (part three)......Page 156 137 sound-alike words (part four)......Page 157 138 making your mark with sound-alike words......Page 158 139 regular comparison of adjectives and adverbs......Page 159 140 irregular comparison of adjectives and adverbs......Page 160 Section Three Mechanics......Page 162 141 periods, question marks, and exclamation marks......Page 163 142 working with periods, question marks, and exclamation marks......Page 164 143 commas (part one)......Page 165 144 commas (part two)......Page 166 145 commas (part three)......Page 167 146 commas (part four)......Page 168 147 commas (part .ve)......Page 169 148 commas in action......Page 170 149 some more commas in action......Page 171 150 comma matching contest......Page 172 151 the apostrophe......Page 173 152 more apostrophe situations......Page 174 153 working with apostrophes......Page 175 154 the colon......Page 176 155 the semicolon......Page 177 156 colons and semicolons in context......Page 178 157 quotation marks (part one)......Page 179 158 quotation marks (part two)......Page 180 159 quotation marks (part three)......Page 181 160 italics, hyphens, and brackets......Page 182 161 parentheses, ellipsis marks, and dashes......Page 183 162 all sorts of punctuation problems......Page 184 163 All the punctuation is missing!......Page 185 164 .rst capitalization list......Page 186 165 second capitalization list......Page 187 166 using capital letters......Page 188 167 capitalize these (part one)......Page 189 168 capitalize these (part two)......Page 190 169 challenging spelling words......Page 191 170 spell it right—and win the battle......Page 192 Section Four Show What You Know......Page 195 171 Where did all the letters go?......Page 196 172 grammar and Twenty ThousandLeaguesUnder theSea......Page 197 173 grammar, mechanics, and AliceinWonderland......Page 198 174 phrases, clauses, and sentences found in ‘‘One Thousand Dollars’’......Page 199 175 find the mistake......Page 200 176 five questions infive minutes (parts of speech, prepositional phrases, and clauses)......Page 201 177 five questions infive minutes (sentences and usage)......Page 202 178f ive questions infive minutes (mechanics)......Page 203 179 five questions infive minutes (verbals and subject complements)......Page 204 180 five questions infive minutes (confusing and sound-alike words)......Page 205 Section One: Grammar......Page 206 Section Two: Usage......Page 210 Section Three: Mechanics......Page 228 Section Four: Show What You Know......Page 234 Notes ......Page 237 Quick, daily classroom lessons for improving students' grammar and writing skillsThis must-have resource features 180 practical, ready-to-use grammar and usage lessons and activities–one for each day of the school year. The activities included help students in grades 6-12 to acquire, improve, and expand their grammar skills, and become more adept and confident writers. Veteran educator and best-selling author Jack Umstatter helps teachers to familiarize students with the type of grammar-related content found on standardized local, state, national, and college admissions tests.Includes ready-to-use, yet comprehensive and authoritative activities for use as sponge activities, extra homework, or regular daily lessonsReproducible lessons are designed to be non-intimidating and clear for studentsOther titles by Umstatter include Grammar Grabbers!, 201 Ready-to-Use Word Games for the English Classroom, Brain Games!, and Got Grammar?Tips for educators on how to best utilize each specific topic or lesson are included for easy classroom instruction. This book features 180 practical, ready-to-use grammar, usage, and mechanics lessons and a wealth of instructive and fun-filled activities-one for each day of the school year. The daily activities give students the confidence they need to become capable writers by acquiring, improving, and expanding their grammar skills.--[book cover]