Grammar

The key to effective fifth grade writing is vocabulary and descriptive language — and this workbook will help students become excellent communicators.

This workbook promotes:

• √ Language skills
• √ Composition
• √ Vocabulary & spelling
• √ Analytical writing
• √ Research
• • Includes vocabulary and spelling lists, comparative reading and writing, and character analysis
• • Inspires children to write with decision charts, organizers, and writing and design prompts
• • Fun themes: funny figurative language, Peter Pan and other literature
• • A certificate of completion ends each section
• • Perforated pages for easy removal Education.com workbooks offer thematic content to actively engage children and provide them with fun-filled, memorable learning experiences.

Written by teachers and based on subjects educators consider important, these workbooks have been tested by millions of educators and countless hours of classroom use: 1 in 4 U.S. teachers rely on Education.com material. Education.com and Dover Publications.

Writing Skills Book 3 helps high-school students generate ideas, argue points, and understand the major forms of expository writing.

This book presents a logical sequence of skills to helps students master paragraphs and essays. This book facilitates direct instruction in grammar and composition to help students write clearly, effectively, and with confidence.

The exercises in this book are designed to provide this practice. Includes grammar, structure, organization, expository and more.

Softcover.

60 pages.

From Educator's Publishing Service.

This newly revised student book provides integrated writing instruction and opportunities to apply new skills. Reflecting research and best practices, instruction alternates between grammar, mechanics, and composition. Each concept is illustrated by rules, examples, and model sentences, paragraphs, and essays.

Ideal for independent or guided work, exercises provide instruction and practice in the writing skills necessary for success in the classroom and on standardized tests. In coordination with the Writing Skills Teacher's Handbook #7411, the student books are ideal for differentiating instruction in the classroom.

Aligned with state and national standards, Writing Skills Book 2 addresses sentence structure and variety, building and formatting paragraphs, and writing essays. Students will learn to write for a variety of purposes and audiences.

From EPS

Reflecting research and best practices, instruction in this student book alternates between grammar , mechanics, and composition. Each concept is illustrated by rules, examples, and model sentences, paragraphs, and essays.

Ideal for independent or guided work, exercises provide instruction and practice in the writing skills necessary for success in the classroom and on standardized tests. In coordination with the Writing Skills Teacher's Handbook #7411, the student books are ideal for differentiating instruction in the classroom.

Aligned with state and national standards, Writing Skills Book 1 addresses sentence structure and variety, building and formatting paragraphs, and beginning essays. Students will learn to write for a variety of purposes and audiences in a variety of forms.

From EPS

Writing Fabulous Sentences & Paragraphs Grades 4-6+. Scaffolded activities help your students progress from writing sentences to paragraphs. Transparencies, writing forms, graphic organizers, a trait-based writing guide, and engaging activities help you introduce students to essential writing techniques. Answer key is provided. 112 reproducible pages plus 9 transparencies. Correlated to state standards. Grades 4-6+. From Evan-Moor.

"This is a fabulous resource to help young readers to become fantastic writers. Literary terms and information about creating characters, conflict, and determining a genre are all included." — Kinkeade ECS

It's time for young writers to go on an adventure — and their creative composition skills can lead the way!

This workbook promotes:

• √ Composition
• √ Creative writing
• √ Literary analysis
• √ Narrative writing
• √ Opinion writing
• • Writing organizers and prompts focus on brainstorming, textual details, and how to build and support opinions
• • Kids learn how to craft support statements, create characters, make haikus, and more
• • Fun themes: comic books, adventure, and points of view
• • A certificate of completion ends each section
• • Perforated pages for easy removal Education.com workbooks offer thematic content to actively engage children and provide them with fun-filled, memorable learning experiences.

Written by teachers and based on subjects educators consider important, these workbooks have been tested by millions of educators and countless hours of classroom use.

Grade level 4  (ages 9 - 10)

Education.com and Dover Publications.

Kids complete page after page of vacation theme stories by supplying the parts of speech indicated, then read the entirely silly story back and roar with laughter! Even if you’re not on vacation, you’ll love filling in the blanks and creating your own stories about “Cave Exploring” and “Driving in the Car,” among many others. Whether you’re home by yourself, or spending the night at a friend’s house, try playing Vacation Fun Mad Libs for kicks.

Usborne Key Skills introduces important educational concepts and reinforces learning, with lots of opportunities to practice the essential skills needed to progress at each stage. Each title includes playful quizzes, simple, approachable notes, as well as a handy gate-fold practice page and hidden notes for grown-ups.

Using the wipe-clean pen provided, children will be able to practice again and again until they are able to master the skills covered in this advanced pack.

Math skills included: Fractions, Tenths, Adding and subtracting fractions, Fraction walls, Ordering fractions, Equivalent fractions, Telling the time.

English skills included: Indefinite articles, Word families, clauses & conjunctions, Adverbs & prepositions, Quotation marks, Present perfect tense, Writing paragraphs, Spelling prefixes & suffixes, Consonant blends and word endings, More homophones

 Intermediate # 12959 and Introduction # 12862.

ABOUT UPSIDE DOWN MAD LIBS The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech: a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. We’ve included definitions and examples of the parts of speech in case you’ve forgotten. Players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks. In the end, you have a story reeling from one silly sentence to another until nothing makes sense, but it all makes you laugh. That’s what you call a Mad Lib &#174, the world’s greatest word game.

Players have been howling with friends or laughing all to themselves for 35 years! Unmatched in topsy-turvy hilarity, Upside Down Mad Libs&#174 includes, “Video Madness,” “Words to Swear By,” “Flashes on Faxes,” and for computer whiz kids, “Good to the Last Byte.” Upside Down Mad Libs&#174 carries on the side-splitting tradition while taking the laughs to new, dizzying heights.

Middle Grades 

from Penguin Random House

Assists students with the more challenging points of grammar Assures students' understanding with a full system of review, analysis, and application. Encourages active learning with over 150 reproducible lessons, exercises, and tests. Grades 8-10. From Walch Education.

The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech: a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. We’ve included definitions and examples of the parts of speech in case you’ve forgotten. Players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks and in the end, you have a story reeling from one silly sentence to another until nothing makes sense. That’s what you call a Mad Lib, the world’s greatest word game. Players have been howling with friends or laughing all to themselves for over 35 years!

Here’s where the fun begins. Check out The Original Mad Libs. Once you hear the laughs this one inspires, you’ll probably want to play the rest.

A Complete Reference Guide for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How to Diagram English Sentences.

This Diagramming Dictionary assembles into one handy manual all of the principles that govern diagramming the English language—from basic subject/predicate layout through advanced sentence structure and analysis. In every example, the simple subject is underlined once, the simple predicate is underlined twice, and the element being described is in green. Beautifully designed diagrams walk the reader through how to illustrate each and every part of the English sentence.

The Diagramming Dictionary can be used as a stand-alone reference work, or as part of the Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind series, an innovative program that provides all the grammar skills needed to write and speak with eloquence and confidence. Combine it with our Core Instructor Text(#7946) and a Student Workbook (# 7947 )and Key (#7948 ) to create a full year of powerful learning.

The Diagramming Dictionary will become your indispensable guide to eloquent sentence structuring and clear, grammatical writing!

Grades: Ages 11 and up, 5th grade through adulthood

Study action verbs, linking verbs, verb tenses, helping and irregular verbs, and more. Workbook. Elementary grades and up.

Study sentence structure, subject and predicate, and more work with sentences. Workbook. Elementary grades and up.

Straight Forward Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections. Learn to recognize prepositions, object of the preposition, prepositional phrases, correlative and subordinate conjunctions. Workbook. Elementary grades and up. .

Straight Forward Nouns and Pronouns. Study singular and plural nouns, common and proper nouns, subject and object pronouns, and more. Workbook. Elementary grades and up.

Straight Forward Grammar Diagramming. Study the basics of diagramming rules and patterns, nouns and pronouns, verbs, modifiers, prepositions, conjunctions, special items, and more. Workbook. Elementary grades and up.

Straight Forward Grammar by Garlic Press is a straight forward approach to basic English grammar and English writing skills and contains a diagnostic test, sequetial review tests, and a mastery exam. Softcover, 100 pages.

Straight Forward Clauses and Phrases. Study adverbs, adjective and noun clauses, gerund, participal, and infinitive verbs, and more. Workbook. Elementary grades and up. A great way to help master basic English skills.

Straight Forward Capitalization & Punctuation. This series is designed to measure, teach, review and master specific English skills. Features I and first words, proper nouns, ending marks and sentences, commas, apostrophes and quotation marks. Includes answers to exercises and tests. 40 pages.

With enough lessons in each volume for a full school year, Steps to Good Grammar is an ideal program for middle school students. Enough material for a full-year course, or for filling in and reinforcing as needed. Ready-to-use worksheets provide flexible lessons for individual, small-group, or whole-class work; 169 reproducible lessons, exercises and tests go in-depth on nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, capital letters, and punctuation; Marked-up examples provide clear templates for student practice Extensive teacher support includes objectives, strategies, and answer key. Grades 7-9. Reproducible Teacher Book. From Walch Education.

Starline Press Twelfth Grade English Course is divided into two sections - Creative Writing (Books 1201-1205) and Speech (Books 1206-1210).

Students learn strategies to succeed in public speaking and how to be a champion speaker. They learn the value of a public speaker and how to know your audience. Students study great speeches such as, John F. Kennedy's inaugural and George W. Bush's address to congress on terrorist attack.

This set includes Starline Press Speech Student Books 1206-1210 and Teacher Score Key. Order the complete set and save.