Since its initial publication in 1993, this?entertaining grammar?book has helped thousands of middle school teachers teach even the most reluctant learners?using lessons that de-emphasize rote learning and treat the parts of speech?as building blocks?for crazy writing assignments. Prompts include using at least 10 prepositional phrases from a list to write a scene from the new vegetable horror novel Squash Cemetery, and using lively verbs to write the monologue of a soda?can?telling his miserable life story?to a psychologist. This new edition?offers quirky quizzes to check student progress, even more?writing ideas, and a guide to?Internet enrichment activities, including "Stupid Roadside Attractions,"?in which students?research?goofy tourist traps in America and use vivid adjectives to describe the six that they think are the stupidest.