Parts Of Speech Everyone Should Know:

1. Is an activity in this series that enables users to quickly grasp parts of speech concepts, by employing a problem solving approach. It takes considerable effort for many early learners to assimilate and easily discern the differences between the various parts of speech. This activity has been designed to ease that effort. It does this by

a) Requiring the user to parse short memorable sentences from a whole to specific perspective.

b) Requiring the user to construct their own short sentences that contain the eight parts of speech.

c) Projecting the uniqueness of each one of the eight parts of speech, in an outlay that allows the user to get the whole picture in one fell swoop; a process proven to enhance comprehension and retention of learned facts.

2. The Clue Sheet is provided as a frequent reference in parsing or constructing sentences. This should help the user to commit part of speech definitions to memory by repeated usage (just like a frequently used mathematical formula), and not by straight memorization.

3. To prevent users from looking up answer before doing the required amount of work, the Answer Verification Chart can be easily extracted without damaging the booklet.

4. Users can write answers on a separate sheet of paper, to avoid using a new booklet for each activity session.

5. Since the activity is timed and standardized, it can be used for student evaluation.

6. The activity is also an ideal tool for teachers to supplement class work, and to keep pupils productively busy after regular class material has been covered.

Each activity consists of an 8½ by 11 inch soft cover booklet that contains:

Twelve pages of Activity Fields™.

Five pages of Answer Verification Charts™.

A Clue Sheet.