Grammar Wars: 179 Games and Improvs for Learning Language Arts

by Ready, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781566080637
• ISBN10: 1566080630
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service

Summary

Improvisation is a fun way to learn language arts as well as acting and theatrical skills. The author, a leading language arts and theatre educator, years ago discovered improvisation exercises and games that blur the lines between performance and language practice. Since then, he has used improvisation to teach English and English to teach rehearsal and acting skills. The exercises and games in this book can be used to help students to learn punctuation, grammar, and parts of speech as well as performance skills. The games are divided into three levels of difficulty: easy, moderate and difficult to suit individual students. An excellent supplemental text for English and drama classes. Sample game categories include: Phonics, Vocabulary, Parts of Speech, Punctuation, Sentences, Reading Comprehension and Storytelling.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(12)
Background	1	(2)
Preparing Your Class: Team-building and Risk-taking	3	(2)
Improv Concepts	5	(2)
Conducting a Competition	7	(2)
Author's Note	9	(4)
Games and Improvs	13	(88)
ABCs	15	(7)
Phonics	22	(8)
Vocabulary	30	(9)
Parts of Speech	39	(11)
Punctuation	50	(9)
Sentences	59	(6)
Reading Comprehension	65	(8)
Storytelling	73	(12)
Writing and Editing	85	(6)
More Language Arts Games	91	(10)
Game Supplements	101	(60)
ABCs (upper case)	103	(6)
ABCs (lower case)	109	(7)
Vowels (long and short)	116	(3)
Irregular Words	119	(6)
Prefixes and Suffixes	125	(6)
Parts of Speech	131	(3)
Punctuation	134	(3)
Punctuation Twister	137	(10)
Blank Jigsaw Pieces	147	(4)
Scene Starters	151	(6)
Class Ballots	157	(2)
Dollar Incentives	159	(2)
Appendix	161	(14)
Grade Level Matrix	162	(11)
Vocabulary	173	(1)
Resources	174	(1)
About the Author	175