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A fun and enlightening book.
After reading and assessing essays, it became apparent that many students are confused about apostrophe rules. I read this book aloud to my 8th graders and most of them loved the illustrations. It was great to hear students laughing and clarifying what they know. However, unless this is taught in conjunction with another exercise around apostrophes, the students who struggle most with understanding grammar rules will still have a hard time understanding the visuals that go along with the sentenc...
This book is a collection of contrasting pages where the pictures show how moving an apostrophe in a sentence can change the entire meaning. For instance, "The tiny cat's home" vs. "The tiny cats' home." It has strong examples and an introduction that talks about how important the apostrophe is for the English language. The book also simply explains the problem with its vs. it's. The back of the book also breaks down each page and how the apostophe grammatically affects the sentence. The illustr...
I profess, English was not a popular subject for me when I was in school. As I got older, reading books opened a new world for me. But inaccurate grammar muddled sentences: in books, magazines, newspapers or on the internet. One of the most common punctuation marks that I have had problems with is the apostrophe. Oh, not with contractions but using it to show ownership. Like "Ladies' lounge" vs. "Ladies lounge". It makes me pause, I have to think. "See the boys bat. See the boy's bat. See the bo...
Fun little book about the proper way to use apostrophes. I plan on using it in my lessons with the 5th graders next year. The pictures were cute and the last page explains the nitty-gritty grammar. I thought some of the sentences were kind of a stretch, but it wasn't a big deal.
A fitting and very humorous companion to her famous book on comma placement. She graphically shows how the placement of an apostrophe drastically alters the sense of a phrase or sentence.
This is another fun grammar book for children by Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons. In this book, they hilariously depict the difference an apostrophe makes in a sentence. Every time I find one of these books at our library, I make sure to borrow it right away - I love that the very complex lessons of English grammar are presented in a common sense and humorous way. If you enjoy this book, I also recommend Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! and Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, ev...
As I've grown older, I've become both more and less of a grammar nazi. After all, in high school I got in trouble for marking up the many mistakes in the school newspaper with red ink and tacking it to the staff's classroom door like Martin Luther's theses. I wouldn't do that sort of thing today, but at the same time I think I'm even more aware of grammar problems than I was then.So this book is fun, as it presents some common mistakes with apostrophes (probably the most mis-used punctuation eve...
This is a hilarious illustration of why apostrophes matter. An excerpt: "Those smelly things are my brother's." with an illustration of a girl pointing to her brother's smelly sneakers. On the facing page, "Those smelly things are my brothers." with a picture of the same girl pointing to two stinky boys and her friends turning away with clothespins on their noses." Laugh out loud funny. And it drives the point home to kids--they'll love it!
Oh my goodness, I love this book so much! I admit that I have something of a reputation as the grammar police, mostly because good grammar just makes sense to me, so I don't understand why it's so hard for other people. This book is by the same author as "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"--another of my favorites.What makes "The Girl's Like Spaghetti" so great is that it's a visual explanation of why apostrophes matter and how to use them. Plus Lynne Truss includes an introduction explaining the rules and
I love this book!!! It is a great book for using if you are focusing on apostrophes. The pictures show the meaning of similar sentences with and without apostrophes. Using this book brings humor to reinforcing correct punctuation in writing for students and adults alike. The book includes the rules used to know when and where to use apostrophes. This is truly a fun way to learn punctuation.
