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Who / Whom Practice
In this nominative and objective pronouns worksheet, students read the rules for using "who" and "whom". Students read ten sentences and indicate which word is correct for each.
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Example of a Description of Action
Read the descriptive paragraph (included) with your middle schoolers, and have them study the stylistic elements included. They'll look for vivid verbs, alliteration, assonance, similes, and personification. Before writers craft their...
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Irregular Verbs Worksheet 1
For this grammar worksheet, students read two paragraph passages, underline the irregular verbs in each one and write the correct form of the verb right above the incorrect one.
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Don't Say "Said," Say . . .
In this word choice worksheet, students read the various alternatives for the word 'said.' Students then brainstorm alternatives for another over-used word.
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Although/ Even Though/ Despite/ In Spite Of/ Despite the Fact
In this word use worksheet, students learn the correct use of: although, even though, despite/ in spite of, despite the fact. Students read all of the rules before rewriting 3 sentences in 5 different ways.
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Identify the Antonym
What happens to a sentence when you replace a word with its antonym? A two-part instructional activity asks learners to select words opposite in meaning to provided words, and then to craft sentences using antonyms for given words.
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How Do Adjectives Improve Writing?
Using adjectives to create vivid descriptions is the focus of exercises in this resource. A cloze reading activity asks class members to add missing adjectives to passages from Mark Teague's The Lost and Found. They then read Teague's...
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Playground Antonyms
There are opposites all around you, even at school! Using an antonym word bank with playground-themed words, young learners complete sentences opposite in meaning from the ones provided.
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A or An
In this word choice worksheet, students read the sentences and select whether to use the article adjective a or an for each sentence. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Home, House and Household Exercise
In this word choice activity, students fill in the blanks in 18 sentences with the word that will best complete the thought: home, house, or household.
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Finish the Word
In this missing vowels activity, 2nd graders fill in the missing vowels to the words and then write the words on the lines. Students do this for 5 words and fill in the blanks to 2 sentences.
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Excessive Nominalizations
Eliminate unnecessary nominalizations from your middle schoolers' writing! After reviewing a reference page for the -tion ending (and when it can be excessive in writing), students rewrite eight sentences to change nominalizations to a...
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Understanding the Poem
Practice literary analysis with your poetry pupils using the mysterious narrative poem "The Listeners." They examine the archaic language and answer 12 comprehension and analysis prompts. Foster creativity with these referential...
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Into vs. In To
Is it into or in to? Guide your pupils toward an understanding of the difference between these two words with a brief lesson accompanied by this activity. Class members are given 10 sentences that use either into or in to. They circle...
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Complement /Compliment
Have your pupils been mixing up the words complement and compliment? Set them straight with a brief lesson and then assign the quick activity included for some practice. Class members read each of 10 sentences and circle the correct word...
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Writing a Comparison/Contrast Paragraph: Using Vivid Verbs
In this vivid verbs learning exercise, students complete three activities that help them use strong, vivid verbs in the comparison and contrast writing.
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Elementary School--Advanced Vocabulary
In this advanced vocabulary worksheet, students study 20 words, write the word that is spelled correctly on the line after each number, read 10 additional sentences and choose the word in parentheses that completes each sentence...
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Gradually, Sooner or Later, Eventually, At Some Point, In the End
In this transition phrases worksheet, students learn the correct use of 5 transition phrases. Students read the rules for using: gradually, sooner or later, eventually, at some point, and in the end. Students then rewrite 5 sentences and...
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My Spelling Words-- Spelling List #170
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 12 words with double consonants. Students write each word, use 2 in a sentence, and alphabetize the list.
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Adding Alliteration to Poetry
Alliteration can make the language of a poem flow. Add adjectives to several blanks in two poems to form alliterative phrases.
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Georgia CRCT Online: 8th Language Arts Quiz
Review word choice and grammar skills with this practice test for the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). Fifteen multiple-choice questions prompt eighth graders to recall writing strategies, grammar skills, and...
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Victime de son imagination-une histoire bizarre
Read this bizarre story with your French class! The story is about a half-page in length, but the word choice and sentence structures are geared towards intermediate and advanced Francophones. Activities focus on vocabulary development,...
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Be Used To -- Grammar Worksheet
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the correct use of the "be used to" phrases by first studying an information chart. Students then complete sentences using "be used to" in the correct form. Example: Moving men (are used...
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Boring Verbs and Ordinary Adjectives
In this writing challenge worksheets, learners rewrite 8 sentences replacing the noted verbs and adjectives with precise and interesting verbs and adjectives.
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