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What's in a Sentence? Getting to Know the Parts of Speech
What a kick! After examining the definitions and looking at examples of the different parts of speech, partners work together on a retelling of a famous nursery rhyme. For each sentence, they must select a word that matches the part of...
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Parts of Speech
Nouns, verbs, pronouns...they're all covered here! This presentation gives a detailed look at each part of speech, but know that you cannott skip slides or start at any slide except for the first. Create a guide to keep your class...
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Spanish Parts of Speech (Part 1)
Check out this overview of the parts of speech that includes English and Spanish examples. Each part of speech is highlighted in a different color for clarity. There is information on each part of speech here, and you or your pupils can...
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Parts of Speech
What better way to practice employing the different parts of speech than through a song? Young scholars color code different parts of speech in song lyrics, working first as a whole group and then individually. The parts of speech...
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Parts of Speech Pronouns: Building Blocks of Grammar
Pronouns are the most helpful parts of speech! Model the ways that interrogative, indefinite, personal, and demonstrative pronouns can specify meaning and enhance writing with a hands-on activity.
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The War of the Words: Grammar and Parts of Speech
Here's a lesson that adds some zip to a study of parts of speech. Class members read two versions of the same article, one loaded with evocative nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, while the other is missing this sensory language....
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The Eight Parts of Speech
Presented as eight slices of a whole pie, here is a nice graphic organizer for your young grammarians to complete and keep handy as they learn about the eight parts of speech: interjections, nouns, conjunctions, pronouns, adjectives,...
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Parts of Speech Verbs: Building Blocks of Grammar
Pupils begin with a brain teaser, take notes, and formatively check understanding with a Chinese proverb. In addition to parts of speech, the resource also includes information about parts of a sentence. Teachers may extend instruction...
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Parts of Speech Posters
Support young learners with learning the different parts of speech using this series of displays. Complete with definitions and examples of each type of word, these would make a great addition to any elementary classroom.
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Parts of Speech Staircase
Students are introduced to the various parts of speech. Using construction paper, they make their own parts of speech staircase and use markers to write the different parts of speech on different flaps. To end the lesson, they write the...
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Slowly But Surely
The US mint has created this fabulous lesson plan, which practices language arts and mathematics skills. Learners will use the provided worksheets and step-by-step instructions to experiment with different sentence structures, use...
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Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Dictionary Digs
Young scholars dig through dictionaries to uncover the wealth of information they provide. Using the included graphic organizer, children learn about target words by finding their parts of speech, pronunciation, definition, synonyms, and...
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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Mad-Libbing Your Way Into Modern Poetry
Use a Mad-Libs like activity to create modern poetry! Writers will identify different words and their parts of speech and study "The Red Wheelbarrow" by Williams Carlos Williams. Then, use the sheets attached to craft your own poem! An...
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Mad About Parts of Speech
Eighth graders review and use the different parts of speech using Mad Libs or Web Libs. They also utilize creative writing skills by providing the most interesting word(s) for the story line. They utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan.
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Parts of Speech Museum
Students apply their knowledge of the basic parts of speech while studying them. They create display boards that show visual and written examples of the different parts of speech. The museum consists of project boards with pictures and...
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Parts of Speech
In this parts of speech worksheet, students read about the different parts of speech including past, present, future, singular, plural, and more. Students complete a quiz on the parts of speech where they answer 10 multiple choice...
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Digital Parts of Speech
Learners investigate different parts of speech by creating digital skits. In this digital education lesson, students collaborate in groups to research the Internet for clips and music that represent the different parts of speech....
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Parts of Speech Nouns: Building Blocks of Grammar
An engaging PowerPoint presentation helps scholars learn the definition of a noun and provides examples of different types of nouns, such as person, place, abstract, and concrete nouns. Formative assessments within the resource check...
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Exploring Descriptive Language With Different Parts of Speech
Students practice experiencing writing with appropriate language and incorporating the eight parts of speech. They assess that many words have multiple functions when used in different contexts. Each student free writes in response to a...
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Parts of Speech Word Scramble Worksheet
In this parts of speech worksheet, students complete a word scramble where they unscramble words that are different parts of speech. Students unscramble 15 words.
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Action Verbs
As you are teaching the parts of speech, introduce your action verbs lesson with this helpful PowerPoint. The 19 slides in this presentation walk students through the different types of action verbs, including: present, past, and future...
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Parts of Speech
In this parts of speech learning exercise, students are given words and they choose which part of speech it is. Students complete 9 problems total.
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Intro to Parts of Speech
Students are introduced to, identify and define the eight parts of speech. They view a variety of sentences and identify each word in each sentence as one of the eight parts of speech.