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Family Album
Kids of all ages discover their family histories through pictures. First, flip through the PowerPoint provided (or consider making one of your own). It should show pictures of your family and have clear, easy to understand sentences that...
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Parallelism (Unit 7-3200)
How do you create parallel structure? Here, the first section details parallelism, providing many examples. The next two sections provide your class with practice opportunities. The first one requires learners to identify the sentences...
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Pronoun Practice
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...
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Rehearsing the Fashion Show
Learners edit written work about a fashion show. In this fashion show lesson, students write a presentation piece and works in groups of 4,6, or 8 to edit what they have written. Learners rehearse by pair sharing and give...
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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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The Verb
How are linking verbs and action verbs different? First, study the definitions and examples of each (at the top of the first page). Then, assess the comprehension skills of your class by having them complete the 20-question practice...
Harper Collins
Parrot in the Oven: Response Journal
After completing Chapter 5 of Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida, readers make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections to Victor Martinez's novel by crafting journal entries addressing comments and questions to characters in...
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Sentence Fragments
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...
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Consistent Point of View (Avoid Pronoun Shifts)
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...
English Grammar
Fill in the Gerund with the Correct Preposition
Kids demonstrate their understanding of gerunds by providing the correct preposition and the noun form of the verb indicated in a series of 30 sentences.
English Linx
Commas Worksheet (Coordinate Adjectives L.7.2a Part 1)
Haven't seen enough commas lately? Make it clear to your learners that commas should be used between coordinate adjectives. They can practice their new knowledge with this learning exercise, which is made up of eight sentences to examine...
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Parts of Speech and Sentence Types Test
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...
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What’s the Infinitive...? Test Your Grammar Skills
In this grammar worksheet, students read the definition of the infinitive or the basic form of a verb. They underline the verb in 20 sentences and write the infinitive form on the blank line next to the sentence.
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The Pronoun as Subject
Follow-up a lesson on nominative and predicate pronouns with a instructional activity that provides practice for your young grammarians. Although the instructional activity begins with definitions and examples, the explanations might...
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Hobbies
How many different hobbies can you name in French? Using this question, French classes are asked to list as many hobbies as they can. Although the activities themselves are not included in this teacher guide, you could create them...
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Homophone Jeopardy
Students are introduced and practice using words classified as homophones. Individually, they participate in a Jeopardy game in which they practice using different sets of homophones in sentences. They discuss the different situations...
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Sentence Auctions
Students proofread sentence to determine which are grammatically correct and which contain errors. They bid on grammatically correct sentences and try to buy as many possible. Points are awarded for purchased sentences that contain no...
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Crossword Review
Students practice using their target language vocabulary by completing a crossword puzzle. In this foreign language lesson, students complete several random tasks based on new vocabulary words in their target language dealing with...
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Fact and Opinion II: Post Test
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.
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Subjects and Predicates
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.
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So/Such Introduction
In this grammar activity, students learn when to use the word "so" and when to use the word "such" in sentences. They then answer 14 questions.
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Letters and Photos
Students practice using a new language by reading letters. In this foreign language lesson, students read a fictional letter by a young person from the target language's country. Students read the letters separately, but...
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Expressions of Frequency
Students practice discussing timely manners in a target language. For this foreign language lesson, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often. Students create a timeline illustrating how...
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A Look at Geography
Young scholars discover geographical places and terms in another language. In this geographical identification lesson, students utilize their geographical vocabulary to describe to other classmates where they would like to go or...