Full Description
This unique and practical resource gives junior and senior high school English teachers 186 stimulating activities that can be used to review and reinforce concepts across the English curriculum in a challenging and entertaining way. The activities have been tested with students of varying abilities and include a variety of crossword puzzles, word jumbles, word searches, magic squares, crypto-quotes, word scrambles, matching columns, fill-ins, and more. The book is organized into seven sections including Composition, Usage, Vocabulary, Mechanics & Wordplay, Composition & Speaking, Literature, and Everyday Language. Also included are complete answer keys that can be copied for student self-checking, and "The Internet Connection", a special appendix giving access to useful sites about authors, lesson plans, literature, writing and research. This is an unparalleled store of stimulating reproducible activities to help your students enjoy English, all ready to use "as it" for homework, tests, extra credit, or any other purpose you wish.
Contents
About the Author v About This Resource vii
Section 1 Grammar (30)
Section 2 Usage (25)
Section 3 Vocabulary (32)
Section 4 Mechanics and Wordplay (24)
Section 5 Composition & Public Speaking (29)
Section 6 Literature (23)
Section 7 The Everyday Use of Our Language (23)
Appendix The Internet Connection 197
Answer Keys 201
