English Brainstormers!: Ready–to–Use Games & Activities That Make Language Skills Fun to Learn

You?ll 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 they?re organized into 7 sections:

• This Is Not Your Grandma?s 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 P?s and Q?s” (vocabulary) … “Three?s 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 World?s Next civilization” (critical thinking) … and “Build the Perfect Person” (literary characters & imagination).

In short, English Brainstomers! gives you a ready store of exciting activities that help your students develop their skills and build proficiency across the English curriculum ? all while they?re having fun!