Hands-On English, Second Edition - Softcover

Fran Santoro Hamilton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966486757 ISBN 13: 9780966486759

Publisher: Portico Books, 2004

Synopsis

Hands-On English is a handbook that gives quick access to the basics of English (grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, reading, and writing). It makes grammar visual with symbols to represent parts of speech. These symbols can then be combined so readers can see how phrases and sentences are constructed. Hands-On English is a valuable resource for students (9 years of age or older -- including those preparing for college entrance exams), teachers, parents, business people, and anyone else who wants to use English more effectively. Because information in the handbook is easy to find and easy to understand, users increase their independence and confidence with English. The Second Edition, which maintains the content and crisp user-friendly layout of the original edition, has been expanded by thirty-two pages. New content includes decoding (dividing words into syllables and knowing which vowel sound to expect), finding the main idea, developing paragraphs and compositions, and writing concisely.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The Activity Book To Accompany Hands-On English is now available. It consists of 158 reproducible pages which provide practice with the concepts presented in the handbook. The book also includes 23 pages of answers and teacher's notes.

From the Author:

Without communication each of us would be isolated; we would have access only to the information we gain from our own experience. With communication, however, we have potential links not only to everyone on earth but also to everyone who has lived since history has been recorded and anyone who will live in generations to come. With communication we can learn from others' mistakes, we can cooperate to solve problems, we can share appreciation for truth and beauty. I hope that Hands-On English will facilitate communication and will help people appreciate its value.

About this edition

• Publisher: Portico Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0966486757
• ISBN 13: 9780966486759
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 182
• Illustrator: Michael Hamilton