Search Results | Martin Luther College

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

[2006]

Lexile measure

650L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.

Language

English

Description

Explains the function of nouns in the English language accompanied by colorful illustrations.

2) If you were a verb

Author

Series

Lexile measure

530L

Language

English

Formats

Description

If you were a verb, you would add an action or condition to every sentence. Your could run, soar, swoop or feel. You could be helping verb or a linking verb.

3) If you were an adjective

Author

Series

Lexile measure

540L

Language

English

Formats

Description

If you were an adjective, you could be spectacular, brilliant, dazzling, or daring. You could describe how something feels, sounds or behaves.

4) If you were an adverb

Author

Series

Lexile measure

560L

Language

English

Formats

Description

If you were an adverb, you would often end in ly. You could tell people how things happen, how often things happen and when things happen.

5) If you were a conjunction

Author

Series

Lexile measure

740L

Language

English

Formats

Description

A fun look at the use of conjunctions.

6) If you were a preposition

Author

Series

Lexile measure

580L

Language

English

Formats

Description

A fun look at how prepositions are used.

7) If you were a pronoun

Author

Series

Lexile measure

500L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Fanciful pictures and simple text introduce and illustrate English language pronouns and their function.

8) If you were an interjection

Author

Series

Lexile measure

480L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Learn about the use of interjections.

9) If you were alliteration

Author

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

c2008

Lexile measure

760L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 p.) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

Examines the many types of alliterations in the English language and provides examples for each type. Includes full-color illustrations, a glossary, and further reading sources.

10) If you were onomatopoeia

Author

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

c2008

Lexile measure

530L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 p.) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

Examines the definition of the world "onomatopoeia" and examines the many kinds of onomatopoeias all around us.

11) If you were a comma

Author

Blaisdell, Molly

Series

Lexile measure

580L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Expains the functions of a comma and how it adds or changes the meaning to a sentence.

12) If you were a compound word

Author

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

c2009

Lexile measure

820L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 p.) : col. ill., col. map ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

Examines the characteristics of compound words and reveals how they are used in sentences.

13) If you were a contraction

Author

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

2009

Lexile measure

460L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 p.) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

Examines the characteristics of contractions and reveals how they are used in sentences.

14) If you were a period

Author

Healy, Nick

Series

Lexile measure

530L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Explains the grammatical function of the period in a sentence.

15) If you were a suffix

Author

Aboff, Marcie

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

c2009

Lexile measure

580L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 p.) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

Examines the characteristics of suffixes and reveals how they are used in sentences.

16) If you were an apostrophe

Author

Lyons, Shelly

Series

Lexile measure

550L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Explains and illustrates how an apostrophe is used in a sentence.

17) If you were a plural word

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2010

Lexile measure

550L

Physical Desc

24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes what plural words are and provides examples of how they are used.

18) If you were a homonym or a homophone

Author

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

[2013]

Lexile measure

590L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.

Language

English

Description

Introduces the concepts of homonyms and homophones and presents examples of both in use. Includes instructions for a homonym and homophone game and a glossary of terms used in the book.

19) If you were an exclamation point

Author

Lyons, Shelly

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

[2013]

Lexile measure

450L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.

Language

English

Description

Explores the characteristics of exclamation points and outlines a variety of situations in which this type of punctuation would be used.

20) If you were quotation marks

Author

Blaisdell, Molly

Series

Publisher

Picture Window Books

Pub. Date

[2013]

Lexile measure

580L

Physical Desc

1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.

Language

English

Description