BW Walch
Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar and Usage
If grammar practice is anywhere in your curriculum, you must check out an extensive collection of warm-up activities for language arts! Each page focuses on a different concept, from parts of speech to verbals, and provides review...
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Semicolons
This is a fabulous worksheet! Grammar enthusiasts practice the art of correctly using a semicolon. They insert a semicolon to combine three independent clauses, three conjunctive adverbs to independent clauses, and to separate items in...
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Sentence Structure in Siddhartha: Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
While wisdom may not be communicated, knowledge of sentence structures certainly can. Teach young grammarians the power of syntax with a instructional activity that uses Herman Hesse's Siddhartha as a mentor text. Learners first rewrite...
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Say It with Style: Syntax and Parallel Structure
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech provides the text for a lesson that introduces scholars to the significance of syntax. After examining several types of clauses, phrases, and structures, class members use the...
K12 Reader
Correcting Run-On Sentences: Commas and Conjunctions
Young grammarians learn how to correct run-on sentences by adding coordinating conjunctions and commas.
K12 Reader
Writing with Subordinating Conjunctions
Challenge young grammarians to turn sets of phrases into sentences by adding subordinating conjunctions on a short worksheet.
K12 Reader
Identifying Conjunctive Adverbs
Conjunctive adverbs can connect two independent clauses like grammar magic! A short review activity prompts students to find and circle the conjunctive adverbs in each sentence.
K12 Reader
Conjunctive Adverbs and Independent Clauses
Conjunctive adverbs are not conjunctions, but they can function as conjunctions when paired with appropriate punctuation. If that's too complicated for language arts students, have them work on an activity that provides a word bank of...
EngageNY
Grade 9 ELA Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 7
As the unit on research writing draws to a close, class members continue to revise and edit their papers, this time focusing on grammar, spelling, and punctuation (colon and semicolon).
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Teacher Kit Unit 1
Nine lessons makeup a unit designed to reinforce grammar and vocabulary through practice pages based on readings of African folktales. Each lesson consists of a mini lesson, a vocabulary review, and a worksheet. Topics include...
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Clauses and Phrases
Pupils examine sentence structure in a presentation that focuses on phrases, as well as independent and dependent clauses. The last five slides instruct learners to copy each sentence, underline the subjects, circle predicates, and draw...
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Phrases and Clauses
Clarify the different types of phrases and clauses that young writers can use to vary their sentence structure. A helpful slideshow presentation encourages your class to fix sentences by adding more interesting phrases and clauses,...
Robin L. Simmons
The Clause
This handy information sheet shows young grammarians how to distinguish among main, subordinate, relative, and noun clauses.
ClearVue
Perfect Punctuation
Using the provided "[Punctuation] Rules to Remember" young grammarians punctuate clauses, phrases, participles, and quotations in a series of worksheets.
San José State University
Independent Clauses in Compound Sentences
Does your class dread using semicolons? Use this resource to join two independent clauses using either a comma, semicolon, or colon. Several examples and six practice sentences are available at the bottom for learners to choose the...
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Run-On Sentences
As kids develop writing skills, run-on sentences are bound to happen. Review what a run-on sentence is with the first part of this worksheet, and then let them try to correct the 10 run-on sentences provided. Since there are a few...
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Pesky Punctuation 1: The Comma
From the purpose of punctuation to its proper uses, guide your learners with this presentation. Great visuals dissect sentences to show where a comma belongs and the different parts of a sentence. Help your class use commas only when...
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Clauses
Look at the basic parts of a sentence with your class. Definitions of the subject, verb, and various clauses are all included. Clear, succinct examples are given in this thorough presentation. A great way to start off grammar with your...
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Independent and Dependent Clauses
Have learners identify the main clause, subordinate clause, and relative clause within a sentence. One page of definitions and examples accompanies a page of exercises for scholars to practice finding the various clauses.
Santa Barbara City Collage
Connecting Independent and Dependent Clauses
Dependent, independent, coordination, and subordination. Everything you wanted to know about clauses, but were afraid to ask, recorded on this two-page information sheet.
Ms. McLaughlin's Homework Page
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Find out just how much your pupils know about simple sentences, subjects and predicates, sentence fragments, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, compound sentences, complex sentences, and more! This review page includes...
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Commas
Help your pupils punctuate properly! This particular learning exercise focuses on commas and requires learners to write original sentences that fulfill certain comma requirements.
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Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
What kind of sentence is it? This can be a complex subject, so don't compound the difficulty by skipping over the topic! It's simple, just have your class read and go over the information here and then complete the included exercise.
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Compound Sentences
Here’s a quick review of compound sentences and how to create them. Your middle schoolers might not see the humor in the sample sentences, but older viewers certainly will.