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- Teach Parts of Speech with Mad Libs Are you the parent or teacher of a child who struggles with word choice in speaking or writing? Wouldn't it be great for that child to learn the parts of speech...
- Worse vs Worst Worse vs worst is one of the most common word usage mistakes in the English language. Sometimes the English language can be a little confusing. Worse and worst...
- Grammar for Homeschool Although teaching grammar has become slightly old fashioned, most home educators still want to incorporate at least the very basics of the parts of speech into...
- Tips, Tricks, And Explanations For Complicated Grammar Rules English grammar has a million confusing and contradictory rules. The language has so many words in so many forms that it can be bewildering to figure out which...
- Is "Funnest" Really A Word? ....well, then I'm a dork. But I just can't wrap my head around it. Funnest? No English teacher I ever had approved of that one. (Or its cousin, funner, for...
- 5 Common Grammar Mistakes In this new fast-paced age of text and instant messaging, we've become prone to taking shortcuts in our day-to-day communication. This trend has left many...
- School House Rock Grammar Songs Countless kids (and more than a few teens have learned their adverbs and adjectives from these nine Schoolhouse Grammar Rock video songs. My classes, like those...
- Grammar for Homeschoolers You could study a textbook or sing a song. Which way would you rather learn grammar? This article will help you ferret out unique and exciting ways to learn...
- Thumb's Up or Thumbs Up? As you may know, I am a member of the Apostrophe Protection Society and have written a guide for The Care and Feeding of Apostrophes (where they go). Apostrophes...
- Verbs: What ARE You Doing? No matter where or when, verbs are action words. They tell what we are doing, what's happening, or how we are. Whether you are reading, writing or rhyming, Jumping,...
- Reading File Folder Games Learning to read can be hard for some children. Why not help them learn by playing games? This page has reading file folder games game resources. They are great...
- Paraprosdokian Sentences - The best kind of humor "She got her good looks from her father; he's a plastic surgeon"" This quote, from Groucho Marx, was my first exposure to paraprosdokian sentences. Not that...
- Cat Idioms Welcome to my lense on Cat Idioms We use idioms in everyday language, often without realising it. So what is an idiom? Well, an idiom is a phrase or an expression...
- Adjectives: A Unit Study for Valentine's Day Fill your Valentines Day with arts, crafts, science experiments and ways to say I Love You. Pour out your feelings of love throughout the day. Use adjective...
- Commonly Overused Words and Phrases Do cliches and worn-out old phrases make you want to hiss? When someone says "Think outside the box," do you feel like stuffing them inside a box? Are you g...
- Student Bloopers: Funny Stuff Kids Write When I was teaching, I kept a file of funny mistakes from student essays and exams. Oh, the things students say! For your entertainment, I've created this...
- Vegetable Idioms An idiom is a phrase or an expression that cannot be taken literally. When you use an idiom in everyday language, then it has a different meaning than the...
- Collective Nouns - Animals One of the craziest oddities of the English language is that there are so many different collective nouns that all mean "group" but which are specific to what...
- The Care and Feeding of Apostrophes I'm here today to talk to you about a terrible tragedy that's sweeping our planet. It's not the disappearance of your favorite...
- Learn English Learn English by listening to MP3 audio files prepared by Pimsleur. There is nothing more easy to learn English than using these language audio books! English...
