English Brainstormers!- Ready-to-Use Games & Activities That Make Language Skills Fun to Learn eBook

Youll find a variety of exciting games such as crosswords, word searches, scrambled words, magic squares, letter substitutions, cryptograms, and word play ? plus activities on story writing, literary analysis, word origins, and more.  These exercises can be used to introduce new topics, review skills, complete as homework, or just to take a quick break from the routine! 

For easy use, the activities are printed in a big 8-1/4" x 11" spiral-bound format that folds flat for convenient photocopying, and theyre organized into 7 sections:

• This Is Not Your Grandmas Grammar: The 29 activities in Section 1 review and reinforce grammar concepts and skills, including "Adjective Hunt" (adjectives) ... "Parts-of-Speech Magic Square" (parts of speech) ... and "By the Letters" (sentence construction).
• Playing with Words: Section 2 gives you 29 exercises to improves student vocabulary and their word choice in writing and speech, such as "Mind Your Ps and Qs" (vocabulary) ... "Threes a Charm" (word recognition) ... and "Making a Compound Elementary" (word construction).
• Getting Set for the Standards: The 26 activities in Section 3 give students practice with some of the topics typically found on standardized tests.  Examples include "Jam-packed" (synonyms) ... "Hear Our Eras" (homophones) ... and "He and I or Him and Me?" (pronoun usage).
• Really Writing and Really Discussing: Section 4 provides 24 activities covering literature and writing, such as "Examining Emily" (poetry interpretation) ... "A Purpose to Every Word and Every Sentence" (literary analysis) ... and "Passing It Along" (Story Writing).
• Critical Thinking is Critical: The 25 activities and games in Section 5 help improve students critical thinking skills, including "Seeing Double" (word play) ... "As the Animals Go" (expressions) ... and "Alliterative Slogans" (imagination & creativity).
• Researching and Remembering: Section 6 features 23 exercises to build research and library skills, such as "And Where Did This One Come From?" (word origins) ... "Look It Up" (research skills competition) ... and "Literary Hunt" (literary research).
• You Are Special:  Section 7 covers creative writing and critical thinking skills with 25 stimulating activities, including "Your Bedroom" (descriptive writing) ... "Start the Worlds Next civilization" (critical thinking) ... and "Build the Perfect Person" (literary characters & imagination).