Here is an easy-to-use collection of 130 educational games and activities that motivate students in grades 4-8 and help them master basic language arts skills in four key areas, including...

Writing and Composition--Packed with worksheets and activities that help students improve basic writing skills such as sentence construction and editing. Activities include, "Be clear, Dear" (Clarity), "Envelope Enigma" (Letter Writing), "Stretch Limousine" (Wordiness), and more!

Reading and Literature--Fun yet challenging activities that give students practice writing stories and book reports while helping them master various literary terms and techniques. For example, "Novel and Story Reports" (Book Reporting), "Casting Shadows" (Foreshadowing), "Do You See What I See" (Alliteration), and more!

Words and Sentences--This section gives students practice using grammar and the different parts of speech--everything from punctuation and word idiosyncrasies to synonyms and denotation. For example, "What's the Object?" (Grammar), "I Need a Comma" (Punctuation), "Sounds Alikes" (Homonyms), and more!

Listening, Speaking, and Oral Presentation--Includes activities that help students build oral communication skills, such as debating, public speaking, and telephone use. For example, "Don't Repeat This" (Cooperative Interaction), "Oral Report" (Public Speaking), "It Isn't What You Say" (Voice Repression), and more!

And to save time and simplify your work, this complete language arts learning program comes with step-by-step directions, reproducible worksheets, informative illustrations, and answer keys so you can use each activity and game correctly and effectively.

In addition, "FASTREPRODUCIBLE FINDER" at the beginning of the book indexes all reproducible worksheets and illustrations alphabetically by page number for quick, easy access.

This second edition of the popular "Literature Teacher's Book of Lists" has been thoroughly revised and contains updated information and exciting new lists. This unique information source and time-saver for literature teachers includes 254 useful lists for developing instructional materials and planning lessons for middle school, secondary, and college students. Some of the lists supply teacher background; others are reproducibles for student use; many give new twists to studied topics.