Ideas That Really Work!: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts

By Cheryl Miller Thurston

With a wealth of practical lessons and activities—from how to correctly use apostrophes to creating “word snapshot” posters—this guide contains information that can help any English or language arts teacher inspire middle grade and high school students. Because of its humor, accessible content and format, and often unusual approach to traditional subjects, this fun book has remained popular since its introduction in 1991, with this new edition updating topical references and adding dozens of new lessons and activities.

Cheryl Miller Thurston is a former teacher, a playwright, and author of many books for teachers, including Attitude!, Capitalization, and The Extra Book. She is a winner of the Pacific Northwest Writer’s Conference Play Award. She lives in Loveland, Colorado.

Book Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
• Spiral-bound: 204 pages
• Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.; 4 Spi edition (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1877673846
• ISBN-13: 978-1877673849

No matter the age (we are a high school), students like to be silly and some of the plans in this book will allow the students to be learning while having fun…

Luann Cogliser

When the well runs dry, IDEAS THAT WORK can really help teachers find interesting ways to teach English and the language arts. This book is guaranteed to stimulate many positive classroom activities.

Hank Kellner “Jerry”

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