num_pages: 128
description: "With his usual good humor, Robert E. Myers has offered well-thought-out suggestions for use with children in grades 4 through 8. Myers has been challenging children to be creative in the language arts with word play for many years, and his skill increases with each book." Dr. E. Paul TorranceInfuse educational Word Play into the language arts classroom reinforcing parts of speech, figures of speech, vocabulary, expository writing and creative writing. Myers blends instruction, humor, and creative thinking into the 54 lessons that range from the function of adjectives . . . to sentence variety . . . to composing limericks and riddles.Word Play calls for all Torrance's 18 creative thinking skills as well as 8 of Gardner's multiple intelligences. Activities consistently call for higher level thinking. At the same time, the word "play" in the title should be taken literally by both teacher and student!Students learn language in a DIFFERENT way bylooking at how language works - grammar, syntax, diction, and structureusing a variety of language devices - such as figures of speechengaging in word play - using creative thinkinghaving fun with words - limericks, malapropisms, paradoxes, and riddlesenlarging vocabulary - synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
language: English
title: Word play: Language lessons for creative learners
titlecomplete: Word play: Language lessons for creative learners
publisher: Pieces of Learning