Multi-Level Grammar Curriculum

Titles in Barron's extensive "Painless Series " cover a wide range of subjects as they are taught on middle school and high school levels. These books are written for students who find the subjects unusually difficult and confusing--or in many cases, just plain boring. Barron's "Painless Series " authors' main goal is to clear up students' confusion and perk up their interest by emphasizing the intriguing and often exciting ways in which they can put each subject to practical use. Most of these books take a light-hearted approach to their subjects, often employing humor, and always presenting fun-learning exercises that include puzzles, games, and challenging "Brain Tickler" problems to solve. This title combines instruction in sentence structure with examination of amusing expressions, and gives tips on e-mail communication, editing a school paper, and more.
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Easy Grammar is just what the title implies: grammar made easy! By learning to delete prepositional phrases from sentences first, students are able to distinguish and recognize the other parts of spee

This book continues to lay a foundation for the student's effectiveness in communicating with the English language. The student will review the basics of English grammar, focusing on parts of speech, using phrases and clauses properly, diagramming key words, phrases, and clauses, writing and diagramming sentences, and clarifying agreement in sentences. The final unit covers good composition.

Through clearly drawn characters and a plot on target for today's teen society, Stealing Time tells the story of 17-year-old Ross' dealing with the pressures of peer power, maniplation, and a dangerous test of his courage and character. He is new in town and the high school and trying to cope with the death of his father. He cannot yet refocus on academics, but he does know that life continues to flow around him. He is not ready to become a part of it again. He is intelligent, introspective, and attractive in a jock sort of way. His chance meeting with Claire brings him into sinister Ted Bartle's orbit and marks Ross as Bartle's next pawn to achieve a point ... the fair Claire. Ted Bartle is wealthy, smooth and mean-spirited. To be a member of his group is to be controlled, involved in seemy happenings, theft and worse. He plots and ensnares Ross. Claire is level-headed and knows much about Bartle. She feels the rest; including his responsibility for her brother's death. Having gone through a similar depression as Ross, she understands his feelings and reaches out to him. Her support enables Ross to begin to relate again; first to her, later in an attempt at friendship with a fellow male student, who ultimately saves his life. Teens will be captured and held by realistic characterization, Ross' inner turmoil, and a fast-paced action-line. Important underpinnings of friendship are clear: caring, communicating, valuing and supportive action. Professor and Chair in the Department of Elementary Education at Queens College, New York, Dr. Sloan directs and teaches in the Children's Literature Specialization within the Master's Program. She is a recognized author in academia, an activecommitteewoman and board member of the NCTE, and on the Board of Directors of The Children's Literature Association of the MLA. Stealing Time is her first novel.