Grammar Wars: 179 Games and Improvs for Learning Language Arts
by Tom Ready
Category: Drama in education

Improvisation is a fun way to learn language arts as well as acting and theatrical skills. The author, a leading language arts and theatre educator, years ago discovered improvisation exercises and games that blur the lines between performance and language practice. Since then, he has used improvisation to teach English and English to teach rehearsal and acting skills. The exercises and games in this book can be used to help students to learn punctuation, grammar, and parts of speech as well as performance skills. The games are divided into three levels of difficulty: easy, moderate and difficult to suit individual students. An excellent supplemental text for English and drama classes. Sample game categories include: Phonics, Vocabulary, Parts of Speech, Punctuation, Sentences, Reading Comprehension and Storytelling.