Publisher's Synopsis
The Grammar 2 Handbook follows on from The Grammar 1 Handbook. It provides a full year's worth lessons for teaching grammar, spelling and punctuation to children aged 6+. It provides: • Practical advice and ideas for teaching • Step-by-step lesson plans and notes for the teacher • Introduces rudiments of grammar • 36 structured grammar and punctuation lessons • 36 spelling lessons • Revision and extension of The Grammar 1 Handbook • Photocopiable activities • Fun actions for the grammar points Topics covered include: • New spelling patterns - ei, eigh, ture • silent letters - b, c, h, k, w • Syllables • identifying the short vowels • Spelling rules - consonant doubling and adding suffixes • Tricky word families • revision of elements covered in the Grammar Handbook 1 • Further adjectives - possessive • Comparatives and superlatives • Prepositions • Conjunctions • Dictionary work • punctuation • Exclamation marks • Apostrophes • Further sentence development.
