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

Since its initial publication in 1993, this entertaining grammar book has helped thousands of middle school teachers teach even the most reluctant learners using lessons that de-emphasize rote learning and treat the parts of speech as building blocks for crazy writing assignments. Prompts include using at least 10 prepositional phrases from a list to write a scene from the new vegetable horror novel Squash Cemetery, and using lively verbs to write the monologue of a soda can telling his miserable life story to a psychologist. This new edition offers quirky quizzes to check student progress, even more writing ideas, and a guide to Internet enrichment activities, including "Stupid Roadside Attractions," in which students research goofy tourist traps in America and use vivid adjectives to describe the six that they think are the stupidest.


Summary: Can be easily integrated into lessons - fun and engaging
Rating: 5

I would not really build an entire lesson around the activities in this book, but use them in the context of a unit which requires focus on parts of speech. The worksheets are engaging and fun, not the usual droll and uninspiring worksheets taken straight out of textbooks. I would use them as sponge activities, or as filler activities when there's some time left over at the end of a lesson. In doing so, instructional time can be utilized to its maximum and students will benefit from learning. This is an invaluable resource for LA teachers, grades 5 and up.