Life of Fred Language Arts Series: Australia

Need something creative, fun and exciting for high school students when teaching English? This is it! Life of Fred is known for its artsy, out-of-the-box thinking! Four books make up the series. Do one each year of high school or go as fast as you want. Each book is an entertaining story disguising a lot of Language Arts knowledge! Amazing and engaging!  The first book of the Life of Fred Language Arts Series covers . . . Indentation to begin paragraphs Three punctuation marks to end a sentence Punctuation began common usage around 1450 (with the invention of the printing press) Subjunctive mood used much more frequently in German, French, and Latin than in English Postscripts Six question words (who, when, where, why, what, and how) State abbreviations Plurals of words (two cases) Irregular plurals Opening and closing salutations Only the first word in a closing salutation is capitalized Silent letters Homonyms Proofreading Exaggerating vs. lying Hyperbole That vs. which Using commas in lists When to omit the s after the apostrophe when forming a possessive When to ask questions Continual vs. continuous Less vs. fewer Heteronyms Two past tenses of kneel and of dream Verbs defined Prefixes Stich and hemistich Alliteration Five ways to make plurals Two uses of an apostrophe Autobiography Vowels Six ways to make plurals Two past tenses of sneak A seventh and eighth way to make plurals Unlike all other language arts programs, this one also teaches about: Seven billion = 7,000,000,000Two to the third powerPicoseconds Correct way to hold a pencilFinding your calling in lifeAustralia is between the Indian and the Pacific oceans Islands vs. continents—the four questions to askTopology Daniel Boone Is noon a.m. or p.m.? A bus with no door Land of Nod Five- and fifteen-year-olds think about clothing differently Magnetic north pole is movingPole reversals Winter in June How to have two summers and no winters each year International Date Line Which countries use the metric system The answers are included in the textbook. Hardcover textbook containing 128 pages. This book is not consumable. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook. Life of Fred Australia contains 19 lessons and is designed to take approximately one month to complete. Complete this book and you are ready for Life of Fred Language Arts Series: Begin Teaching.