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The Writing Center: Prepositions
While the focus is applicable to middle schoolers, high schoolers, and higher education, the slides are text heavy (as they were originally designed for higher education). Learners will review rules for using a preposition and how to use...
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The Verbal Trio - Learning about Verbals
Do you know what a gerund is? Use this grammar learning exercise to help emerging grammarians learn about using different verbs (infinitives, gerunds, and participles) in sentence writing. They then use what they read to answer the 11...
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Gerund Phrase Recognition Practice
In this gerund phrases practice worksheet, students discover what gerunds are as they read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify gerund phrases and identify the types of nouns they act...
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Researching Skills: Taking Notes
The how and why of note taking is the focus of a four-page instructional activity. Tips include how to take notes in class, how to prepare note cards for a speech, how to fill out note cards on readings, and where to keep notes. Whether...
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The Past Tense - Past Progressive
In this past progressive tense worksheet, students practice usage. In this fill in the blank and short answer worksheet, students answer fourteen questions.
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Desert Cinquains
Learners use the cinquain structure and correct parts of speech to write a poem with a desert theme.
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The Glossary
For this glossary worksheet, students read information about a glossary and practice usage referring to the glossary example on the worksheet. Students answer four questions using a glossary.
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Papier-Mache Retirement Buddies
Students make papier-mache people. In this relationship building lesson, students develop a relationship with a local retirement center or nursing home and get to know at least one of the residents. Students make a...
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A Poem for Grandparents Day
In this Grandparents Day activity worksheet, learners learn how to write a cinquain poem and then write a poem pertaining to Grandparents Day.
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Saving and Investing
Fifth graders participate in activities to promote understanding of investing and saving. In this saving and investing lesson, 5th graders design a portfolio, play a card game and write a skit about the importance of investing.
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Editing
Are your writers ready to edit their papers? Present them with these editing tips including reading papers out loud, varying sentence openings and lengths, and using action verbs. While the tips are worthwhile, consider supplementing the...
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Gerunds Anyone?--Using a Verbal
In this gerunds worksheet, learners fill in 5 blanks in 4 sentences with correct answers dealing with facts about gerunds. Students find the gerunds and underline each one in 6 sentences and then write an original sentence using the...
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The Present Tense - Present Progressive
For this grammar worksheet, students learn about using the present progressive tense in sentence writing. They then answer 14 questions using what they just learned.
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Participles: Another Verbal to Know and Love
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about past and present participles. They then use what they learned to answer the 13 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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The Future Progressive Tense
In this future progressive tense activity, students read the guidelines for the use of this tense. They complete 7 sentences using the correct form of the future progressive tense with "will." They do the same in the next 7 sentences...
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Because Phrases
In this because clauses learning exercise, students choose the best way to shorten a because clause from the options provided. Students complete 10 sentences.
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ESOL Obtaining Employment
Students discuss what experience is needed for each job on a list of careers. They discuss skills needed for each job on the same list. They identify verbs in both the past and present tense associated with each skill. They work in...
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Where Does It Come From?
Learners examine food sources. In this agriculture activity, students investigate how food is stored, moved, and processed as they participate in a classroom activity.
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Preparing for the Job Interview
Students determine the difference between gerunds and infinitives in oral and written form. They read a sample interview and discuss it as a class. They create their own do and don't list for interviews.
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Gerunds and Infinitives Fill in the Blanks
In this language arts worksheet, students read the definitions and usage of gerunds and infinitives. They fill in the blanks in 10 exercises that show their understanding of gerunds and infinitives.
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Cinquain Poems
Students write five-line, diamond shaped poems that are very easy to write then submit one through an automatic PIZZAZZ form.
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Small Talk Dialogues
Pupils study the rules for the use of infinitives and gerunds in written and spoken conversations. They devise a Small Talk dialogue and complete quizzes at their own rate.
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Acids, Copper, and Zinc
Students observe chemical reactions using post-1982 pennies. They observe the reaction of an acid with zinc but not copper under the same conditions over a two week period.