Li’lPetethePrepositionwillleadyoudownthepathtowardprepositionmastery.It’sbooksevenoftheMeetthePartsofSpeechseries,inwhichtheeightpartsofspeecharepersonifiedbasedontherolestheyplayinthesentence.Whenlaunchinghismodelrocketinthepark,Li’lPetegetsexcitedandforgetstoaddobjectstohisprepositionalphrases.Withoutobjects,theprepositionsbecomeadverbs,andchaosensuesastherocketsflyup,by,andaroundwithnodirectionatall.Clearandinformativebackmatterincludestextbook-styledefinitionsandexamplesofprepositions,compoundprepositions,andprepositionalphrases.InGrammaropolis,adverbsdon’tjustmodifyverbs;adverbsarebossy.Theytelltheverbswheretogo,whentoleave,andhowtogetthere.Apronoundoesn’tjustreplaceanoun;Rogerthepronounisashadycharacterwho’salwaystryingtotrickNelsonthenounintogivinguphisspot.TheMeetthePartsofSpeechseriesusesthemechanicsofcharacterandstory(plot,motivation,setting,etc.)tobreathelifeintowhathastraditionallybeenunengagingsubjectmatter.Ourstory-basedapproachcombinestraditionalinstructionwithoriginalnarrativecontent,whichappealstodifferentlearningstyles,increasesbothengagementandretention,andencouragesstudentstomakeadeeperconnectionwiththepartsofspeechandpunctuationmarks.
