Bowling Alley Adjectives

Grammar comes to life in this unique series that uses entertaining sports narratives to teach language arts skills. Each colorfully illustrated title presents a fictional sports event through the eyes of TV announcer Buzz Star and a sidekick kid reporter. In stories designed to amuse as well as educate, press-box banter introduces amusing players and exciting action, while cleverly incorporating sideline coaching on how to identify and use the parts of speech.

Children's Literature

Learning about adjectives is fun when kids use this colorful and easy-to-comprehend book based on the game of bowling. Main character Buzz Star, and his sidekick Lauren Lewis who won a spelling bee at her school, set the pace as they broadcast the final game of the Tenpin Tournament. Lauren does an excellent job of using adjectives to describe what she sees at the bowling alley in chapter one. Chapter two reinforces that adjectives are used to answer what kind, which one, and how many of something. Chapter three explains how adjectives are used for comparisons. Ten "Tenpin" sidebars are included in this book from the series "Grammar All Stars: The Parts of Speech." Each sidebar holds a key to important adjective information. A quick referral to the 10 sidebars clues readers in on what adjectives are, where they may be found in a sentence, what question adjectives can answer, how they compare things, and more. Endmatter includes adjective rules, a writing activity, and activity answers. Bright humorous illustrations fill the pages and enhance the text. This book is an excellent supplement to language lessons. Reviewer: Nancy Garhan Attebury