Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do with Grammar (Grades 7-

by Randy Larson

Book Overview

Hard as it is to believe, teachers tell us all the time that their students actually ask to do the funny, wacky activities from Hot Fudge Monday. This new, expanded edition of our best-selling book offers even more tasty ways to teach parts of speech, including quirky quizzes, extended writing activities, and Internet enrichment activities that reinforce new skills. Hot Fudge Monday joins the study of words to the process of writing those words into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1877673749
• ISBN13: 9781877673740
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The perfect compromise

If you are a teacher struggling to make grammar interesting and relevant to your students, while also trying to follow an established curriculum (and not work yourself to death in the process) do not hesitate to buy this book! I am a first-year teacher struggling to find a compromise between how I have to teach and how I know I should be teaching--and this book is it! While it appears to be simply a book full of grammar worksheets ('yippie' shouts the administration), it really is a back door to teaching grammar in the context of writing ('woo hoo' exclaims the English teacher). Each exercise is intended to teach concrete grammar rules and skills as well as to apply these new skills to the writing process. It is a collection of the excellent, creative kinds of activities I would come up with myself--if only I had the time!

Money well spent!

I am homeschooling my 9 year old son and this book is a great resource to use. It's humor can't help but add joy and eagerness to the learning process. It's just the spark we needed to get his creative juices flowing when it comes to writing! Lessons are short and to the point with examples that clearly show what the lesson is intended to convey. I'll be using this one for awhile!!

More Grammar Please!

What a great book for teaching grammar. Very anectodal ways to teach grammar to even 8th graders. The book is nicely organized and instructions are clear. The author used a fair amount of creativity to feed grammar to students with a spoonful of sugar! Definitely worth having in a library.

a grammar book that teachers and students actually like

This book is definitely not boring, even if it is about grammar. It doesn't just teach about more effective verbs, students learn how to use Five Hundred Horsepower verbs. It teaches independent clauses by having students write about people picking their noses -- just the kind of gross stuff kids like. This book is a must for anyone stuck with teaching the parts of speech.

Parts of Speech with Flavor!

This is a wonderful book to use with students who are resistant to learning grammar! (Which kids aren't?) The practical exercises can be used to teach and review parts of speech. Students will laugh and have fun with writing stories and playing with vivid verbs and interjections! You will love this!