Grammar Galaxy: Yellow Star: Adventures in Language Arts - Paperback

by Rebecca Mueller (Illustrator), Melanie Wilson (Author)

Grammar Galaxy Protostar is a complete language arts curriculum for readers at a 4th-grade level or those who have mastered the concepts in Grammar Galaxy Protostar. Short, comical stories teach concepts in a memorable way. Students discover the havoc that ensues when the evil Gremlin tampers with the English language. Metaphors are sworn to tell the truth for jury duty on planet Sentence and become reality. Hackers Prefix and Suffix confuse the galaxy's vocabulary. Everyone is using double negatives when the Buddy System on planet Vocabulary goes into effect. The royal English children invite students to become fellow grammar guardians in order to save the galaxy from crises like these. Students or teachers read one of the mysteries. Vocabulary words are defined in the text. Discussion questions follow each lesson to check for understanding. Grammar Galaxy Yellow Star, the third in a series of language arts texts for fourth to sixth graders, teaches: *literary concepts *vocabulary *spelling *grammar *composition and *speaking Grammar Galaxy Yellow Star is a great choice for homeschoolers, teachers, and parents: *Whose student can read and write at about a fourth-grade level *Who want their student to have excellent reading, writing, and speaking skills *Who want their student to spend less time doing seatwork and more time reading and writing for fun The workbook, the Grammar Galaxy Yellow Star Mission Manual (a separate purchase), enables guardians to complete important, enjoyable missions to reinforce the concepts. Homeschooling mother, Elizabeth, writes: You really did it. You truly made grammar fun. I didn't think it was possible but you obviously deserve some kind of medal! THANK YOU!