Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for Middle School by Jane Bell Kiester

Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for Middle School by Jane Bell Kiester

Jane Bell Kiester, author of the popular Caught'ya Grammar with a Giggle series, has adapted her effective and fun approach to meet the specific learning needs of middle-school students. This resource improves writing and editing skills, raises test scores, engages students, and creates classrooms filled with giggles Giggles in the Middle offers middle-school teachers all the benefits of the previous Caught'ya books, plus some helpful extras created especially for the middle-school student. You'll find: One continuous story, The Bizarre Mystery of Horribly Hard Middle School, divided into three parts, each with enough sentences for an entire school year; Classroom-tested writing assignment suggestions, mini-lessons, and teaching tips; Almost-midterm and final exam tests for each grade, with teacher keys; Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions; Complete vocabulary lists for words used in each story; and A CD with the Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Guide for easy reference and duplication; the complete, uninterrupted story in narrative form; and the Caught'ya sentences. Giggles in the Middle gives middle-school teachers the perfect alternative to boring grammar books and dry lectures. With this flexible, proven approach to developing grammar, usage, and mechanics (GUM) skills, as well as vocabulary, everyone has fun while they learn

Jane Kiester is the author of the popular Caught'ya series: Caught'ya!, Caught'ya!, Caught'ya!, Caught'ya!, Caught'ya!, C Instructors throughout the country are using the third edition of her book, Blowing Away the State Writing Assessment Test, to help their students increase their results on state writing assessment tests. Teach Spelling So It Sticks is Jane's most recent book. She's working on three new books right now. Jane has presented hundreds of seminars to colleague teachers across the country over the past ten years, in addition to publishing books.

What is the topic of her research? Jane has served as several department chairpersons and grade-level chairpersons during her three decades as a classroom teacher. She is also a former president of the Alachua County English Teachers Association. Jane has been named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers three times.

She was named Teacher of the Year for her school in 2002, as well as Middle School Teacher of the Year for her county. Teachers' Problem-Solving Workshops Jane's enthusiasm is contagious! Jane offers realistic, classroom-tested solutions to the dreaded must-do circumstances that all instructors confront. Jane's perceptive humor shines through in each lecture.

Her seminar and symposium speaking themes are tailored to the needs of individual schools and districts.

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ISBN 13	9780929895888
ISBN 10	0929895886
Title	Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for Middle School
Author	Jane Bell Kiester
Series	Maupin House
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Maupin House Publishing
Year published	2013-01-01
Number of pages	416
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