The Giggly Guide to Grammar: Serious Grammar with a Sense of Humor

by Cathy Campbell, Michael Burke (Editor), Ann Dumaresq (Senior Editor)

The Giggly Guide to Grammar is the life's work of a dedicated language arts teacher with a life-sized sense of humor and the hand of an artist. Cathy Campbell has both illustrated and long tested the exercises in this guide with her 9th grade students in The Woodlands, Texas. It's a lighthearted and ludicrous guide to the essential elements of language and grammar (with a few writing tips tossed into the mix). It's Shel Silverstein meets Strunk and White and the results are both hilarious and instructive. Tried and true, and everyone a delight, there isn't a serious sentence in the group. But this is a dead-serious grammar book with the heart of a clown. Lessons include: parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, parts of the sentence, clauses of all kinds, quotation marks and italics and much more. The Deluxe Teacher's Guide has a CD-Rom that includes a full answer set, posters for the classroom and a set of transparency-ready exercises for each of the chapters.

Genres: Education, Teaching

304 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2008

About the author

Ms. Campbell grew up in Midland, Texas and received a degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin. After a short stint working for an ad agency, she moved to The Woodlands, Texas, where she has been delighting her high school students with her hilarious, illustrated grammar lessons. The Giggly Guide to Grammar is her first book.

Reviews

[Jennifer DuBose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this earlier this year actually, but never recorded it here for some reason. This is a fantastic resource to use in the classroom! The kids are actually interested in grammar when I use this material. They even laugh and want to make their own silly sentences. I just love this! I can’t give it enough stars.

[Meghan McVeigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helps so much with ACT grammar refresh!

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was looking for a grammar book for a teen boy who has absolutely no interest in grammar. Because, well, he is a teen boy.

i wanted the book to be humorous and make the study of grammar more fun than the usual grammar text. (This is how the lucky boy will be spending his summer vacation.)

This book is a great choice for older students, from high school to adulthood. However, it is most appropriate for people who can handle snark, ridiculous situations and potty humor.

[Jason Lilly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like The Elements of Style for elementary students. Fun examples, cute drawings, and useful information.

[Bashirah · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best, most straight forward grammar guides I've ever come across. I've recommended it to all my students.

[The Reading Countess · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd give it more stars if it had right-now, practical implementation. The examples are engaging, sure. I must like it because I ordered a different edition with the CD.