Vinny the Action Verb & Lucy the Linking Verb

Vinny the Action Verb & Lucy the Linking Verb may disagree on some things, but they both love teaching about verbs. It's book two of the Meet the Parts of Speech series, in which the eight parts of speech are personified based on the roles they play in the sentence.

Vinny and Lucy approach life differently. He's all action, while she's content to sit back and be. With their friend Jake the adjective in trouble, however, the two verbs must put aside their differences and work together to save the day. Clear and informative back matter includes textbook-style definitions and usage examples of transitive action verbs, intransitive action verbs, and linking verbs.

In Grammaropolis, adverbs don't just modify verbs; adverbs are bossy. They tell the verbs where to go, when to leave, and how to get there. A pronoun doesn't just replace a noun; Roger the pronoun is a shady character who's always trying to trick Nelson the noun into giving up his spot. The Meet the Parts of Speech series uses the mechanics of character and story (plot, motivation, setting, etc.) to breathe life into what has traditionally been unengaging subject matter.

Our story-based approach combines traditional instruction with original narrative content, which appeals to different learning styles, increases both engagement and retention, and encourages students to make a deeper connection with the parts of speech and punctuation marks.


About the Author
Voorhees, Coert: - Coert Voorhees is a former writing and grammar teacher who spent years in the classroom sharing his passion for language with often skeptical middle school students. Grammaropolis is based on his most successful lesson plans. With its award-winning website, mobile apps, and music videos, Grammaropolis has revolutionized the way millions of students in thousands of schools around the world learn about grammar and writing. Coert is the author the novels ON THE FREE (2017), IN TOO DEEP (2013 Junior Library Guild Selection), LUCKY FOOLS (2012 Junior Library Guild Selection), and THE BROTHERS TORRES (2009 ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults), as well as the STORM WRANGLERS children's book series. He has been a Fulbright scholar in Chile and Visiting Writer in Residence at Rice University, and he now lives with his family in Houston, Texas. Visit Coert's website at www.coertvoorhees.com.Grammaropolis: - Grammaropolis is where grammar lives! Hailed as the Schoolhouse Rock! for the 21st Century, Grammaropolis combines traditional instruction and assessment with our innovative, story-based lessons featuring personified parts of speech and punctuation marks. Our engaging and effective approach has revolutionized the way millions of students learn about grammar and writing. Featuring bossy adverbs, shady pronouns, and the other parts of speech; no-drama Chief Comma and the rest of the Punctuation Department; and a Sentence Factory run by the Mayor himself, Grammaropolis achieves the seemingly impossible: we make learning grammar fun!