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Using Commas and Five Practice Exercises
For this using commas worksheet, students read about the proper use of commas. They also read about overuse and misuse of commas in their writing. They link to five practice exercise that are listed at the bottom of the page.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Start by reading the information provided for both misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. The entire first page is explanation and examples-perfect for those who need extra support. On page two, you will find a short, 10-question...
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Sentence Construction: What is a Sentence?
What must a sentence contain in order to be complete? What different types of sentences exist? Look at declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences with this 17-slide presentation. Several example sentences are shown, and the...
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Using Transitions
Transitions, words that reveal the relationship between two ideas, are the subject of a presentation that provides color-coded illustrations to show viewers how this part of speech functions in sentences. The PowerPoint concludes with an...
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Sentence Problems
Writing is tough to perfect. Help your class improve their writing skills by studying different sentence problems. This reference guide covers sentence fragments, run-ons, and misplaced modifiers, but that's just to start! There's a...
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Creative Writing Workshop (Middle, Reading/Writing)
Bring this lesson into your unit about creative writing and precise language. First, middle schoolers create a piece of writing with the help of their classmates. In the second part of this workshop, they edit their own piece of writing....
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Relative Pronouns--Omission
In this grammar activity, students choose whether to omit or keep the relative pronoun in ten sentences. Students check their answers when completed.
Road to Grammar
Shopping
Talk about what you bought last weekend with plenty of activities centered around the theme of shopping. English language learners have the opportunity to listen, speak, write, and read over the course of these exercises. The resource...
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Verb Tense Practice Worksheet
Reinforce the indicative, negative and interrogative verb tenses with this straightforward worksheet. Middle schoolers use three parts of a sentence to construct new sentences in each verb tense. A reference section provides exmaples of...
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Grammar-Mechanics Session #1/Parts of Speech
As part of a grammar lesson, use these sentences to identify parts of speech. There are no directions, but parts of speech are available. The resource contains ten sentences in all.
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Holiday Writing Prompts
Students experience and practice their writing skills during the holiday season. They express themselves in a variety of ways including writing about a favorite part about the holiday break, what's the best gift you've ever gotten and...
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1
If you need an introduction to skill W.9-10.1 for writing, then you’re off to a good start here. Included is a funny script that introduces what the students need to know to conquer the skill. It also provides an introduction activity...
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Run-ons, Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
In this sentence writing learning exercise, learners are given pairs of sentences with directions to form one new sentence using commas, semicolons and/or conjunctions. Students can self check or trade and grade using the answer key...
Purdue University
Sentence Fragments Exercise 2
In this sentence fragment exercise, learners are given paragraphs to proofread for sentence fragments. Students are given space to make revisions.
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Grammatical Items
In this grammatical items worksheet, students write a short sentence for each of the twenty terms listed and underline the particular grammatical item in each sentence.
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Commas After Introductions Exercise 1
In this three part comma usage worksheet, students are first given sentences where they must correct errors in comma usage. Students then go on to punctuate sentences with commas after introductory words and phrases, then they must write...
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Commas with Nonessential Elements Exercise 3
In this comma exercise worksheet, students must put necessary punctuation in the sentences provided if they are incorrect.
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Alexander Graham Bell's Patent for the Telephone and Thomas Edison's Patent for the Electric Lamp
High schoolers read a short biographical account about Bell and student B about Edison. Ask each pair to exchange information and determine what qualities these inventors shared. Ask students if they think all inventors share these...
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Peer Editing
Sudents read and critique three of their fellow classmates' science fiction short stories on three consecutive days for mechanics, short story elements, style, and informational elements.
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Writing for Foreign Students Conjunctions
In this grammar learning exercise, students combine six pairs of sentences with correlative conjunctions. Students also complete nine sentences with a pronoun or subordinate conjunction to complete each sentence grammatically correct.
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Ancient History Cyber-Journalists
Students research a major historical event from the ancient world and write a newsletter about the event.
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Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 3
Students examine affirmative action policies. They analyze the positive/negative aspects of affirmative action. They study historical development and current status of principles, institutions, and processes of political systems.
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