{"product_id":"hooked-on-english-ready-to-use-activities-for-the-english-curriculum-grades-7-12-paperback","title":"Hooked on English!: Ready-To-Use Activities for the English Curriculum, Grades 7-12 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Umstatter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique and practical resource gives junior and senior high school English teachers 186 stimulating activities that can be used to review and reinforce concepts across the English curriculum in a challenging and entertaining way. The activities have been tested with students of varying abilities and include a variety of crossword puzzles, word jumbles, word searches, magic squares, crypto-quotes, word scrambles, matching columns, fill-ins, and more. The book is organized into seven sections including Composition, Usage, Vocabulary, Mechanics \u0026amp; Wordplay, Composition \u0026amp; Speaking, Literature, and Everyday Language. Also included are complete answer keys that can be copied for student self-checking, and \"The Internet Connection\", a special appendix giving access to useful sites about authors, lesson plans, literature, writing and research. This is an unparalleled store of stimulating reproducible activities to help your students enjoy English, all ready to use \"as it\" for homework, tests, extra credit, or any other purpose you wish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique practical resource gives junior and senior high school English teachers 186 stimulating reproducible activities that can be used at any time to review and reinforce important concepts across the English curriculum in a challenging and entertaining way. \u003cbr\u003e The activities have been tested successfully with students of varying abilities and include an exciting variety of crossword puzzles, word jumbles, wordsearches, magic squares, cryptoquotes, word scrambles, matching columns, fill-ins, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor easy use, all materials are printed in a big 8-1\/4 x 11 lay flat format that folds flat for photocopying and are organized into the following seven sections: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One\u003c\/b\u003e offers 30 reproducible activities focusing on parts of speech, phrases and clauses, for example, A Noun and Its Uses, Animals and Adverbs, and The 25 Prepositional Phrases.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Two\u003c\/b\u003e contains 25 worksheets featuring words that are often confused, irregular verbs, modifiers, punctuation, and agreement, including Positive... Comparative... Superlative, Making Them All Agree, and Active and Passive Voices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Three\u003c\/b\u003e gives you 32 ready-to-use activities that expand students' word skills, such as Six Common Types of Analogies, Words with Some Smash! (onomatopoeic words), and Latin and Greek Stems.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003eSection Four\u003c\/b\u003e you'll find 24 activities focusing on spelling, homophones, plurals, possessives, punctuation and proofreading, for example, Have You Ever Had Dessert in the Desert?, Learning from the Grate Depression, and British or American?\u003cbr\u003e The 29 activities in \u003cb\u003eSection Five\u003c\/b\u003e cover topics such as sentence construction, transitional words, brainstorming, and speech writing. Examples include Moving Along with Transitional Words, Combining Sentences, and The Style of the Speech.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Six\u003c\/b\u003e features 23 activities on topics like literary and newspaper terms, literary characters, authors and reading self-assessment, for example, Literary Terms Crossword, A Shakespearean Sonnet, and Are We What We Read?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Seven\u003c\/b\u003e provides 23 activities on topics such as eponyms, idioms, expressions, clichés, and word usage, including A Herculean Task, Shake a Leg and Pour Your Heart Out, and Two on the Aisle (theater terms).\u003cbr\u003e Also included are complete answer keys, ready to be copied for student self-checking if you wish, and The Internet Connection, a special appendix giving you access to useful sites about authors, lesson plans, literature, writing, and research.\u003cbr\u003e In short, \u003cb\u003eHOOKED ON ENGLISH!\u003c\/b\u003e places at your fingertips an unparalleled store of stimulating reproducible activities to help your students learn and enjoy English... all ready to use as is for homework, tests, quizzes, extra credit, discussions, cooperative learning, research, or any other purpose you see fit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique practical resource gives junior and senior high school English teachers 186 stimulating reproducible activities that can be used at any time to review and reinforce important concepts across the English curriculum in a challenging and entertaining way. \u003cbr\u003e The activities have been tested successfully with students of varying abilities and include an exciting variety of crossword puzzles, word jumbles, wordsearches, magic squares, cryptoquotes, word scrambles, matching columns, fill-ins, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor easy use, all materials are printed in a big 8-1\/4\" x 11\" lay flat format that folds flat for photocopying and are organized into the following seven sections: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One\u003c\/b\u003e offers 30 reproducible activities focusing on parts of speech, phrases and clauses, for example, \"A Noun and Its Uses,\" \"Animals and Adverbs,\" and \"The 25 Prepositional Phrases.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Two\u003c\/b\u003e contains 25 worksheets featuring words that are often confused, irregular verbs, modifiers, punctuation, and agreement, including \"Positive... Comparative... Superlative,\" \"Making Them All Agree,\" and \"Active and Passive Voices.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Three\u003c\/b\u003e gives you 32 ready-to-use activities that expand students' word skills, such as \"Six Common Types of Analogies,\" \"Words with Some Smash!\" (onomatopoeic words), and \"Latin and Greek Stems.\"\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003eSection Four\u003c\/b\u003e you'll find 24 activities focusing on spelling, homophones, plurals, possessives, punctuation and proofreading, for example, \"Have You Ever Had Dessert in the Desert?\", \"Learning from the Grate Depression,\" and \"British or American?\"\u003cbr\u003e The 29 activities in \u003cb\u003eSection Five\u003c\/b\u003e cover topics such as sentence construction, transitional words, brainstorming, and speech writing. Examples include \"Moving Along with Transitional Words,\" \"Combining Sentences,\" and \"The Style of the Speech.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Six\u003c\/b\u003e features 23 activities on topics like literary and newspaper terms, literary characters, authors and reading self-assessment, for example, \"Literary Terms Crossword,\" \"A Shakespearean Sonnet,\" and \"Are We What We Read?\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Seven\u003c\/b\u003e provides 23 activities on topics such as eponyms, idioms, expressions, clichés, and word usage, including \"A Herculean Task,\" \"Shake a Leg and Pour Your Heart Out,\" and \"Two on the Aisle\" (theater terms).\u003cbr\u003e Also included are complete answer keys, ready to be copied for student self-checking if you wish, and \"The Internet Connection,\" a special appendix giving you access to useful sites about authors, lesson plans, literature, writing, and research.\u003cbr\u003e In short, \u003cb\u003eHOOKED ON ENGLISH!\u003c\/b\u003e places at your fingertips an unparalleled store of stimulating reproducible activities to help your students learn and enjoy English... all ready to use \"as is\" for homework, tests, quizzes, extra credit, discussions, cooperative learning, research, or any other purpose you see fit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Umstatter, M.A., M.Ed., ahs been a high school English teacher for the past 30 years in the public schools of West Islip and Cold Spring Harbor, New York. He has taught all levels of Secondary English including Honor and Advanced Placement Classes at Cold Spring Harbor High School, and also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Dowling College, Oakdale, New York. Mr. Umstatter's other publications include Brain Games (1996), and Grammar Grabbers (2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 11.04 x 8.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52504804819251,"sku":"9780787965846","price":44.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bW5CcVdkRmFjbm5NSmdsWk9zc0FNQT09.webp?v=1760201822","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/hooked-on-english-ready-to-use-activities-for-the-english-curriculum-grades-7-12-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}