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The Giving Tree

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this The Giving Tree worksheet, students read the story The Giving Tree and identify words with pictures, fill in missing words, write correct numbers, and answer short answer questions. Students complete 4 activities.
Lesson Plan
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The Verb and Adverb Connection

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use pantomine and charades to explore verbs and adverbs. They, in groups, play a variation of charades to act out sentences with adverbs showing WHEN and WHERE.
Lesson Plan
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Spelling Words Puzzle II

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students receive instruction using examples to find missing letters in their spelling words. They fill in the blanks of each spelling word choosing from a list of animal names provided.
Worksheet
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I Can...

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict children in action. Students match these with sentences containing the verbs that describe them.
Lesson Plan
Smith Family Home

Transportation

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Here's an interesting lesson plan that combines elements of language arts, sociology, and a study of the many ways that people use transportation to get from one place to another. The eight-page plan includes worksheets and a word search...
Handout
San José State University

Adverbs

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
While designed for college students, this review of adverbs could be used in a high school classroom as well. The instructional activity begins with a detailed overview of adverbs which is followed by a six-question activity.
Lesson Plan
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Revising Pronouns and Antecedents

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students choose better pronouns to use in their writing. In this pronouns in writing lesson, students identify pronouns in their writing, then replace second person pronouns to improve their writing.
Lesson Plan
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"Contraction Action"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read and spell common contractions formed from a verb paired with the word not. They read and spell common contractions formed from a pronoun paired with a verb.
Worksheet
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Verb Masquerade: Verbals Don't Act Like Verbs

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verb worksheet, students read 6 sentences, look at the underlined words in each one and decide whether each underlined word is a gerund, infinitive or participle. Students use the word jump to write a simple sentence for one of...
Worksheet
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb

For Students 4th
In this grammar worksheet, 4th graders focus on the parts of speech.  Students complete the given table, filling in the spaces for 17 adjectives, nouns, verbs, and adverbs.
Lesson Plan
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Subject/Verb Agreement

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students recognize the relationship between singular and plural subjects and verbs as they relate to developing stronger writing skills. In this writing lesson plan, students write and organize their thoughts and feelings while using...
Worksheet
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Phrasal Verbs With "Turn"

For Students 8th - 9th
In this prepositions worksheet, students fill in the blanks in ten sentences with prepositions from a word box. Each preposition is combined with the verb "turn" to create a phrasal verb. This worksheet is intended to be used with...
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Guess the Word - Pat

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this guess the word worksheet, students build on the word "pat" and change letters to form new words. Students complete 9 problems.
Worksheet
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Animal Actions: Can and Can't

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this ESL activity worksheet, students respond to 12 questions pertaining to animals using the verbs in the provided word bank.
Worksheet
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Animal Actions: Can and Can't 2

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this ESL activity worksheet, students respond to 12 questions pertaining to animals using the verbs in the provided word bank.
Lesson Plan
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Describe Comoon Objects and Actions in both General and Specific Language

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are told that they are going to describe the noun and verb in a simple sentence to make the sentence more detailed. They are told that a noun is a person, place or thing. Students are taught that a verb is an action word. They...
Worksheet
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More Verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL verbs worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students match these pictures with the verbs that describe them.
Worksheet
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Are You Writing?

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
In this oral and written language worksheet, students practice asking and answering questions with "ing" verbs. Students collaborate in pairs. One person chooses an action from the word bank and mimes the action. The other person asks,...
Worksheet
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Tom Swifties

For Students 8th - 11th
In this algebra word problem, students are given the first and last two  letters of each word. They must figure out it the word is a verb or adverb and decipher what the meaning of each sentence is. There are 15 questions with an...
Worksheet
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Worksheet 14: Vocabulary Review, Page 1

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
This basic vocabulary activity could be used in upper elementary and ESL classes. After reading short sentences, learners identify the meaning of a word in 10 questions.
Handout
San José State University

Revising for Clarity: Characters and Their Actions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
This handout offers a three-step process for revising sentences for clarity: diagnose, analyze, revise. After reading an example sentence revision with a detailed explanation, learners complete three sample sentences using the three-step...
Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Multisensory Grammar Activities

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Meet your scholar's individual needs with four activities designed to address auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning styles to reinforce the concept of subject and object pronouns.
Worksheet
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Personal Pronouns: Putting It All Together

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this personal pronouns worksheet, students fill in 10 fill in the blank answers about personal pronouns and choose which multiple choice pronoun in parentheses correctly completes 8 sentences. Students practice using the pronouns I...
PPT
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Jeopardy! The Eight Parts of Speech

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Thrill your class with the daily doubles and increasing points of Jeopardy! Complete with sound effects and visual cues, the game focuses on parts of speech, including nouns, prepositions, and conjunctions. Each point square links to a...