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Moving With Your Roots

For Teachers 7th
Students dissect common words to study the origins of those words. In this language arts lesson, students study the Greek and Latin roots found in many words within English language. Students use dictionaries to fill out worksheets...
Interactive
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Fact and Opinion II: Post Test

For Students 5th - 8th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they choose the correct sentences that are either facts or opinions. Students complete 8 problems.
Worksheet
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Subjects and Predicates

For Students 6th - 10th
In this grammar practice worksheet, learners respond to 5 fill in the blank and 10 short answer questions that require them to identify subjects and predicates.
Interactive
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Idiom Quizzes - N

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, learners answer 11 multiple choice questions regarding the meaning of idioms. Students may check their answers immediately.
Worksheet
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Simple and Complete Subjects

For Students 6th - 9th
In this grammar practice worksheet, learners respond to 5 fill in the blank and 13 short answer questions that require them to identify simple and complete subjects and predicates.
Worksheet
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Fun with -ing Verbs

For Students 5th - 7th
In this -ing verbs grammar instructional activity, students choose which appropriate word out of two to use to complete each of the fifteen sentences in this instructional activity correctly. Students work on fine tuning their skills at...
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Day One: Talking about food items

For Teachers K - 12th
Students discover new English vocabulary words for food items. In this ELL lesson, students look at grocery store ads and menus to find new vocabulary words for food. They work with the teacher to create a story about a situation in...
Interactive
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Idiom Quizzes - Ear/Eye/Nose

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 15 multiple choice questions regarding the meaning of idioms. Students may check their answers immediately.
Interactive
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Idiom Quizzes - Numbers

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills activity, students answer 15 multiple choice questions regarding the meaning of idioms. Students may check their answers immediately.
Lesson Plan
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Writing A Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a story about past events and translate it into English. In this story writing lesson plan, students watch video clips, look at examples of stories, and write ones themselves.
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"The Giver" by Lois Lowry

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners read the novel, "The Giver", and test their comprehension through the game Jeopardy. Then students research individual rights of different cultures and write a summary of their findings. Learners develop a personal timeline of...
Worksheet
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Punctuating Adverb Clauses

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students review and discuss the general rules for punctuating adverb clauses. Students then place a comma where one is needed in ten sentences with adverb clauses.
Worksheet
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Helping/Linking Verbs

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar learning exercise, students choose the correct verb or expression in parentheses that makes twenty sentences grammatically correct.
Worksheet
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Reduction of Adverb Clauses: Worksheet #3

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students reduce the adverb clauses to phrases when possible. If they cannot, then they write "NP". There are 10 sentences for students to reduce.
Worksheet
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Time Words/Tenses Review

For Students 6th - 9th
Focus on correct verb usage with your English language learners. There are 42 sentences listed; can your class correct them? The sentences are short, and the major errors are in verb tense.
Worksheet
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How to Use the Simple Present

For Students 3rd - 8th
I use, she uses, they use, we all use the simple present tense! Pupils practice conjugating 10 verbs dispersed among 17 sentences.
PPT
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Sentence Fragments

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Reinforce what constitutes a complete sentence using this presentation. Colorful arrows point to missing parts and clear explanations are presented for missing verbs or incorrect prepositional phrases. Avoid sentence fragments in writing...
Worksheet
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Consistent Point of View (Avoid Pronoun Shifts)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
He to you? She to they? Are your young writers starting their sentences with one type of pronoun and then shifting to another? Provide them with a worksheet that lets them practice maintaining a consistent point of view. The 14 exercises...
Worksheet
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Parts of Speech and Sentence Types Test

For Students 5th - 10th
Test students' knowledge of parts of speech and sentence types with this 37 question multiple choice and matching quiz. Multiple choice questions provide examples that must be labeled as the correct part of speech or sentence type. The...
Lesson Plan
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Troubling Tenses – Past Simple vs. ‘going to’ 2

For Teachers 5th - 12th
In this grammar skills worksheet, students will complete 15 sentences in the past simple tense or containing the phrase "going to" by using either "yesterday" or "tomorrow".
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Day Three: Reading menus; writing letters

For Teachers K - 12th
Students practice English vocabulary in menus and food items. In this ELL lesson plan, students look at pictures of people eating and describe what they are doing.  They talk about the food that they like and dislike and describe...
Lesson Plan
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Sentence Auction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read sentences and try to identify which ones are grammatically correct and which contain grammatical errors.
Worksheet
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Nouns 2

For Students 6th - 7th
Noun: a person, place, or thing. Assess your middle schoolers knowledge of nouns (and which ones are capitalized) with this worksheet. It's set up great for independent learners; after every five sentences, learners are encouraged to...
Worksheet
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Pronoun Practice

For Students 6th - 9th
Pronouns, pronouns, pronouns! There are so many different types, and understanding their usage can be quite tricky. A chart at the top of the first page gives examples of subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, and...