Giggles in the Middle: Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for Middle School (Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle) (Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle) (Maupin House)
Jane Bell Kiester, author of the popular Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle series, has adapted her effective and fun approach to meet the specific learning needs of middle-school students.
Giggles in the Middle gives middle-school teachers the perfect alternative to boring grammar books and dry lectures. With this flexible, proven approach to teaching grammar, usage, and mechanics (GUM) skills and vocabulary, everyone has fun while they learn skills in context.
You'll find:
— One continuous story, "The Bizarre Mystery of Horribly Hard Middle School," divided into three parts, each with enough sentences for an entire school year.
— Classroom-tested writing assignment suggestions, mini-lessons, and teaching tips.
— "Almost midterm" and final exam tests for each grade, with teacher keys.
— Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions.
— Complete vocabulary lists for words used in each part of the story.
— For easy reference and duplication, a CD with the Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Guide; the complete, uninterrupted story in narrative form; the midterm and final exam tests; and the Caught'ya sentences.
Use Giggles in the Middle to improve writing and editing skills, raise test scores, engage students in leaning, and create classrooms filled with giggles!
- Author
- Jane Bell Kiester, Kiester
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 406
- Publisher
- Maupin House Publishing, Inc.
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780929895888
- Genres
- teaching
- Release date
- 2006
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