Eight Ate a Feast of Homonym Riddles

by Marvin Terban, Giulio Maestro (Illustrations)

From a bare bear to a foul fowl, this collection of original riddles will keep children laughing as they learn.

Genres: Kids, Writing, Language

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Carol Dysard · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. Awards: None
2. Grade level(s): 1st—3rd
3. Original summary: This clever book features a question and an answer on every page. The twist is all answers have sets of homonyms; words that sound the same but mean something different.
4. Original review: Prepare to chuckle as you flip through the pages of Eight Ate. With non-intrusive illustrations as context clues, children will learn to distinguish the differences in similar sounding words. After completing the book, the reader is sure to keep dinner guests entertained all evening!
5. In-class uses:
• Students can search for and recognize common homophones they use in their own writing (they’re, there, their)
• Provide index cards with one homophone, have students act out the homophone and the class guess the word

[Jenel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eight Ate, is a book of homonym riddles. Each page has a different riddle. I chose this book because I could see it as a fun way to explore the meaning of homonyms and they are a fun way to interact with the class through literature. This would fall under non-fiction literature/riddles and would be great for any grade but older grades such as 4-8 would be able to participate more in answering the riddles. For younger grades it would be a great way to introduce was homonyms are. I would use this in my reading class during lunch possibly or at the start of the day. It would be a great way to get them engaged while also challenging them a little on the riddles, but I would not really use it outside of just fun.

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

How fun it must be to be in Mr. Terban's English class. I bet he is (or was, - maybe he is retired) telling Dad jokes the whole time! This is a terrific book to help children discover the fun in wordplay and to learn lots of homonyms. I think ESL students would especially appreciate someone trying to make them smile while they learned these words.

Mr. Terban has a whole series of books, seven other titles besides this one, all full of wordplay.

[Tracy Challis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clever and fun to use to teach homonyms.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious

[Jaime T · Rating 5 out of 5]

Get again for Fin

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good choice to supplement elementary-school lessons on homonymns, this book is a series of riddles with homonym answers. These include, "What do you call the totally uninterested directors of a company? A bored board" and "When two couples go to a restaurant together, they ask for a table . . . for four." The author has also written similar books on homographs, palindromes, and idioms that would be fun and helpful to add to other language lessons.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for teaching homonyms to middle elementary grades. This book, unlike "Hey, Hay!" by Marvin Terban, seems to use language familiar with all contemporary kids.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of fun with homonyms!

[Paulette.Perez · Rating 5 out of 5]

quote:what did the fancy flying machine call the undecorated one? a plain plane


i think this book is funny




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