Caught 'ya Again!

by Jane Bell Kiester and Kiester

Book Overview

Holy Moldy Bread Contest Kiester strikes again with four more stories plus mini-lessons, writing workshops, and a complete grammar reference. Solid classroom-proven techniques turn students into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929895096
• ISBN13: 9780929895093
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Maupin House Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 12

Customer Reviews

Book covers

I feel like the book cover of the book you are selling should be displayed. I bought this book thinking I was getting the version displayed in the picture and it was a much older copy. Had I known that, I would not have purchased.

Caught Ya caught ME!

I love the concept of Caught'Ya. I first used it with middle schoolers. The idea of one sentence a day was perfect. During the course of the year, they had so much vocabulary and grammar. It was so painless for them. They didn't even realize how much they had learned! Now I am using Caught 'Ya with adults. Again, one sentence a day takes only a few moments, and it doesn't burden the students. They love it! The EXTRA BONUS is the appendix at the end of the book. All the grammar terms are so simply defined. I turn to it myself over and over. One of my students is also "hooked on it" and said he slept with it! Now, I do NOT sleep with it, but it is never very far away from me during my teaching and lesson preparation.

A winner for homeschoolers!

I have been using this with my three older kids for the past year and this method has helped fill in some gaps and bring understanding to even my most grammar-phobic child! My boys (16, 13 and 11) are all using the same level and we review the sentence together daily, but they have all progressed nicely and painlessly. We will continue to supplement our English program with this easy program.

Caught'Ya Again!: More Grammar With a Giggle

Mrs. Kiester has done it again! Before I found Jane Bell Kiester's books, I didn't have a clear path to follow when teaching writing. The Caught'Ya books solve the problem of teaching your students grammar and mechanics. Each day students are given a sentence to correct that adds to a story line appropriate for their age group. Students become engaged in the learning process throughout the story and often can't wait to see what happens next. Students become intimately involved in the story as they become part of the story when the teacher inserts their name as a character in the story. Although Caught'Ya's are integral to the teaching of grammar and mechanics, the greatest bonus I found in using these wonderful sentences was the fact that students naturally and easily learn to paragraph appropriately. This is a difficult task to teach and for students to understand. Caught'Ya's solve this for teachers and students alike. If you can't purchase any other resource this year, you must purchase one of Jane Bell Kiester's Caught'Ya books! Your students will learn to write in a way that will improve all test scores! Do not hesitate! This is the perfect purchase.

a great "handbook" for teaching language arts

As a second-year 7th language arts teacher, I found this book to be an invaluable teaching tool! Following Kiester's proofreading sentence strategies, my students' test scores rose dramatically. The author also gives fantastic tips on enhancing reading and writing instruction, providing effective exercieses and ideas that my students thorougly enjoyed. I have purchased many professional books / journals seeking to improve my teaching and students' attitudes towards grammar. If only these two books could have been my first purchases, then maybe I wouldn't have a dusty bookshelf full of rarely used teaching ideas. The prequel to this book, called Grammar With a Giggle is also a great buy. Both of these books contain strategies that I will continue to implement and expand upon!

Excellent for all students

I used Caught Ya for the first time last year with high schools (up to age nineteen) students who read and write between a third and sixth grade level. This program is excellent and works with all students. It is a strategy that makes even the most challenged students become successful and smart! It is fun and the kids truly enjoyed the challenge of "fixing" the sentence each day. Thanks for making grammar and vocabulary fun to teach! Buy this book. May I also highly recommend the author's book "Blowing Away the State Writing Assessments". We incorporated it into our curriculum this year and highly recommend her four steps to increasing scores. I only wish the author was part of my faculty.