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Community Review for Grammar Ninja

Eric W.
Eric W.
West Ottawa High School Campus
Holland MI, US
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My Take

Grammar Ninja sounded like a tool that would review several aspects of grammar. I wish it offered comma rules or at least independent/dependent clause identification. As far as I can tell, it just does parts of speech. It does provide three levels of difficulty, though.
I liked that the site offers helpful clues/definitions to the students. I also like that the time commitment is minimal.
It could be used as a quick formative assessment if your level requires mastery of this grammar concept.

How I Use It

I would use this at the beginning of the year to quickly review the parts of speech. I would have students complete each of the three levels of difficulty until they could do so without any errors. The site also proved an elapsed time after the round is completed. Students would be encouraged to beat the teacher.
After introducing this game to students, I wonder if they could fashion their own Grammar Ninja games with sticky notes and white boards for subsequent grammar concepts.

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Delina R.
Delina R.
October 8, 2020

To practice part of speech at home.

The goal of Grammar Ninja is for children to practice their parts of speech and refine their skills. However, it lacks allowing children to identify the speech word examples on their own. It does not challenge them in ways to help with their grammar skills. I wished the game would include more parts of speech like comas, tenses, and compound sentences. I feel it does a great job highlighting the keywords to match the parts of speech, so it can be useful for those who are struggling with a particular section. Also, at the bottom of each level, there is a word remain box to indicate the exact amount of words they are looking for. I find this to be helpful because they can visually see if they clicked on all the examples. It is a great game to help children practice their skills more and assess if they understand keywords related to grammar in a sentence. Also, to identify them on their own while writing their own sentences.
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SHANNON T.
SHANNON T. Stafford Middle School Frisco, TX
February 7, 2016

Ideal for FA or SPED teachers.

As a Special Education teacher, I feel my FA friends could benefit from the additional practice in identifying parts of speech. However, for my own 3rd and 4th grade children at home, I feel that this program is too basic.
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