Introduction -- From poet to teacher -- How to use this book -- A word from the coach (poem) -- Poems and lesson plans -- Rules make the game (grammar overview) -- Nouns -- Proper nouns -- Verbs like me -- Adjectives in short -- Comparatively speaking (comparing adjectives) -- Adverbs -- Pronouns -- Articles -- Prepositions explain -- Conjunctions -- Upper case and lower case -- Singular and plural -- The truth about sentences (subjects and predicates) -- Agreement -- The gang of three (period, question mark, exclamation point) -- The run-on sentence -- The comma -- The apostrophe -- Quotation marks -- The double negative is a no-no.