Hey everybody,
Here's a free (print-it-yourself)
Super Grammar poster and three activity worksheets, compliments of our
good friends at Scholastic. All you need to do is download the
high-resolution PDF file and print!
Here's the link:
http://www.scholastic.com/supergrammar/sg.pdf
Where
did it come from? Well, earlier this year, Scholastic asked us if we
would help them put together an official Super Grammar promotional
poster
for educator events and conventions.
Their idea was to make a large (17"x22") double-sided poster which
educators would be able to use in their classrooms or libraries in two
different ways. We thought that this was a great idea, so we agreed to
help make it happen.
We immediately got to work, and
with the additional help of our super talented art team, Jenny Hanson
and Joe To, we soon put together everything that we needed to complete
this poster. It was a lot of work to do in a very short amount of time,
but we all knew that it was going to be helpful to teachers, so we were
very happy to do it. And now that the work is finished, we are even
happier to learn that this poster is now available to anyone who wants
to grab the download!
The front side of the poster features the Subject and the Predicate joining forces in order to form a
complete sentence. Here's how it turned out:
The
back side of the poster is designed to function in a completely
different way. It is comprised of four different (8.5"x11") pages which
all connect together to form the larger sized poster, but each of these
pages acts as a separate Super Grammar activity sheet.
Most
of these pages are Super Grammar worksheets which can be photocopied by
teachers and handed out to their students. There are three worksheets
in total:
- The Completion Team Challenge
- The Noun Team Challenge
- The Double Negative Team Challenge.
All three of these worksheets are included as part of the free
downloadable pdf from Scholastic.
There
is also a fourth page on the back of the poster, but this fourth page
is not a worksheet. Instead, it is a letter (from us) addressed to
teachers. Having the opportunity to write this letter was really great
for us because it gave us a chance to explain what Super Grammar is all
about. Unfortunately, the original text which we wrote for this letter
was a little too long for the space that was available on the page for
the poster, so it had to get edited down. But since space isn't an issue
on our blog, we'd like to end this post by sharing with you the
complete and unedited version of our
letter addressed to teachers:
Teachers
of the world,
It’s
no secret to us that teachers are really superheroes.
You
all possess extraordinary powers which allow you to inspire large groups
of children. You all have the amazing ability to transfer knowledge directly into the
minds of your students. And we’re also pretty
sure that most of you have eyes in the backs of your heads.
But
we also know that, even with these tremendous superpowers, teaching the subject
of English grammar can be a difficult task.
Knowing
this dilemma, we’d like to offer you our super assistance in the form of our
book: Super Grammar. Super Grammar
is a very fun, super visual, and highly engaging approach to teaching English grammar
using superheroes and supervillains.
In
our experience, the best learning tools have always included these three
things: word association, visual aids, and superpowers. For
this reason, we’ve taken all the major elements of grammar and have personified
them with the identity of either a superhero or supervillain, and we’ve taken
their word functions and have transformed them into superpowers.
So
with Super Grammar, you won’t just learn about an ordinary part of speech called
an adverb. Instead, you will actually meet the vibrant superhero called the Adverb, and you’ll learn about her
awesome ability to modify verbs and other adverbs.
Also,
you won’t simply be told that you shouldn’t use a double negative in a
sentence. Instead, you will actually meet the sinister twin brothers that
make up the supervillain team called Double Negative, and then you’ll learn why
you shouldn’t let them trick you into falling for their double-talk!
And
as you meet these super characters, there will also be illustrated and colorful
example sentences that will help you practice and remember the grammar that you
are learning. But Super Grammar will never use run-of-the-mill, textbook
examples like, “Jane washed her hands before dinner.” No! Super Grammar
will only use Super Examples like,
“The masked hero rescued the crowd.”
In
fact, Super Grammar’s superhero format is consistent throughout the entire
book. From parts of speech, through punctuation, and in every one of the
example sentences—the superhero tone and humor will always prevail!
So,
good teachers of the world, when it comes to teaching English grammar—have no
fear. Super Grammar is on the way, and we’re here to help!
Sincerely,
