Books with title The Grammar Handbook 2

Jim Benton, best-selling author of Dear Dumb Diary and Franny K. Stein, brings us a fresh new middle-grade novel about breaking all the rules! There's nothing Jake likes more than some good trash-picking, so when his elderly neighbors move out and leave an especially promising-looking pile of household refuse on the curb, he goes right for it. He only has the chance to grab one box before his mom catches him and orders him in for dinner, though. When mysterious goings-on begin to occur in the neighborhood, the trio investigates the hidden box from Jack's garage. In it, they find the Secret Parent's Handbook and with it all the means to subvert the irrational rules and petty tyranny of their home lives. No more clean rooms! No more vegetables! No more brushed hair or washed hands! It's all video games and junk food all the time! But the authorities - and the resistance - have taken notice of the strange goings-on in Jack and his friends' neighborhood. And they are closing in....

There's nothing Jake likes more than some good trash-picking, so when his elderly neighbors move out and leave an especially promising-looking pile of household refuse on the curb, he goes right for it. He only has the chance to grab one box before his mom catches him and orders him in for dinner, though. When mysterious goings-on begin to occur in the neighborhood, the trio investigates the hidden box from Jack's garage. In it, they find the Secret Parent's Handbook and with it all the means to subvert the irrational rules and petty tyranny of their home lives. No more clean rooms! No more vegetables! No more brushed hair or washed hands! It's all videogames and junk food all the time!But the authorities -- and the resistance -- have taken notice of the strange goings-on in Jack and his friends' neighborhood. And they are closing in . . .

There's nothing Jake likes more than some good trash-picking, so when his elderly neighbors move out and leave an especially promising-looking pile of household refuse on the curb, he goes right for it. He only has the chance to grab one box before his mom catches him and orders him in for dinner, though. When mysterious goings-on begin to occur in the neighborhood, the trio investigates the hidden box from Jack's garage. In it, they find the Secret Parent's Handbook and with it all the means to subvert the irrational rules and petty tyranny of their home lives. No more clean rooms! No more vegetables! No more brushed hair or washed hands! It's all videogames and junk food all the time! But the authorities -- and the resistance -- have taken notice of the strange goings-on in Jack and his friends' neighborhood. And they are closing in . . .

By Dee C. Konrad and Pamela B. Aldeman. Combining review with practical exercises, this concise guide is designed to help students learn or refresh their knowledge of the basic tenets of English grammar. The pretest at the beginning and the posttest at the end help students discover their strengths and weaknesses and measure their progress. Sections cover parts of speech, special verb usage and verbals, punctuation, sentences, and style. Answers are provided at the conclusion of the book. Grades 7 and up. Good Year Books. 124 pages. ©2000. GDY525.

The Grammar 3 Handbook follows on from The Grammar 2 Handbook. It provides a full year's worth lessons for teaching grammar, spelling and punctuation to children aged 7+. It provides: * Practical advice and ideas for teaching * Step-by-step lesson plans and notes for the teacher *Continues to introduce new grammar elements * 36 structured grammar and punctuation lessons * 36 spelling lessons * Revision and extension of The Grammar 2 Handbook * Photocopiable activities * Fun actions for the grammar points Topics covered include: * Revision of elements covered in The Grammar 1 & 2 Handbooks * New spelling patters - tch, dge, ure, gn, gh, ex, n for /ng/, s, se and ze for /z/, a for /ar/, y for /i/, a for /o/, ere for /air/, and eer and ere for /ear/ * Suffixes -less', able' and ful'. * Proper adjectives * Nouns acting as adjectives * Collective nouns. * Pronouns - possessive/subjective and object * The present particle and the continuous tenses * Paragraphs * Subject and object in a sentence * Conjunctions * Questions and exclamations in speech

The Grammar 2 Handbook follows on from The Grammar 1 Handbook. It provides a full year's worth lessons for teaching grammar, spelling and punctuation to children aged 6+. It provides: - Practical advice and ideas for teaching - Step-by-step lesson plans and notes for the teacher - Introduces rudiments of grammar - 36 structured grammar and punctuation lessons - 36 spelling lessons - Revision and extension of The Grammar 1 Handbook - Photocopiable activities - Fun actions for the grammar points Topics covered include: - New spelling patterns - ei, eigh, ture - silent letters - b, c, h, k, w - Syllables - identifying the short vowels - Spelling rules - consonant doubling and adding suffixes - Tricky word families - revision of elements covered in the Grammar Handbook 1 - Further adjectives - possessive - Comparatives and superlatives - Prepositions - Conjunctions - Dictionary work - punctuation - Exclamation marks - Apostrophes - Further sentence development