Introduction1Background1Preparing Your Class: Team-building and Risk-taking3Improv Concepts5Conducting a Competition7Author's Note9Games and Improvs13ABCs15Phonics22Vocabulary30Parts of Speech39Punctuation50Sentences59Reading Comprehension65Storytelling73Writing and Editing85More Language Arts Games91Game Supplements101ABCs (upper case)103ABCs (lower case)109Vowels (long and short)116Irregular Words119Prefixes and Suffixes125Parts of Speech131Punctuation134Punctuation Twister137Blank Jigsaw Pieces147Scene Starters151Class Ballots157Dollar Incentives159Appendix161Grade Level Matrix162Vocabulary173Resources174About the Author175