Students add details to their narratives. For this narrative writing lesson, students look at a simple four sentence narrative and add adjectives and adverbs to make it more descriptive. They do this activity whole class, in partners and...

Here is a very nice presentation which shows students how to extend their sentences by incorporating adverbs and adjectives. After viewing what these words are and how they are used, pupils practice extending some sentences embedded in...

What better way to practice employing the different parts of speech than through a song? Young scholars color code different parts of speech in song lyrics, working first as a whole group and then individually. The parts of speech...

Students use their five senses to write about popcorn to share with the class. The study the use of action verbs, adverbs,, and adjectives.

Reinforce the importance of the writing process with this publication lesson. Elementary and middle schoolers compose a parts of speech book which includes one page each for nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions,...

An 11-slide PowerPoint covers many parts of speech including: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, interjections, and conjunctions. Each section has a description and examples of the parts of speech. Tip: Ask your listeners...

Help your class improve their writing with this handy presentation. Learners discuss how to use adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases to enhance their work. This is a terrific way to connect grammar to its everyday use.

Need an overview of the parts of speech? Young grammarians view 14 slides that define each part of speech, provide examples, and list the basic rules for the proper use of these elements. The presentation concludes with a sentence that...

Help your class build their own 20-word sentences with this step-by-step guide designed to enhance sentence depth, interest, and variety in the work of young writers. They complete five basic SVO sentences using a given word bank....

How adept are your pupils with the parts of speech? Have them focus on verbs, nouns, adverbs, and adjectives for this parts of speech instructional activity. Learners categorize a group of words by part of speech and then use these words...

Practicing sight words is all fun and games with this app! Users hear, read, and spell words off the Dolch Word List. But that's not all! Players also get to create their own avatar, collect BINGO bugs, view their scores, and more within...

Fifth graders locate the describing words in paragraphs. In this describing sentence activity, 5th graders find the words in a paragraph that make it interesting. Students are given two paragraphs and told to list the nouns, adjectives,...

In this grammar practice worksheet, students match infinitives with their past form, complete sentences with adverbs, and chose the correct verb to put in a sentence. Twenty nine fill in the blank questions are asked.

In this word categories worksheet, students choose words to go into language arts categories including adjectives, nouns, and adverbs. Students put 12 words into categories.

Students complete activities with the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. In this literature lesson, students read chapter one and brainstorm adjectives for the four main characters. They make a page of vocabulary words and...

For this grammar worksheet, students complete a table by filling in the correct words. The table is divided into adjective, adverb form, noun form, and verb form.

In this modifier phrases worksheet, students rewrite 5 sentences correcting the dangling modifiers in each one and combine 5 pairs of sentences into one sentence by using a modifier phrase.

Learners explore alliteration. In this writing lesson, students read the book Thank You for the Thistle and create sentences with alliteration. Learners create an alphabet booklet with alliteration.

Parts of speech are the subject of an engaging jellyfish-themed learning game. A jellyfish grabs corresponding words to match the part of speech that displays on the screen. Skills include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and...

Students listen to the story Toad, then the story is reread without any adjectives. The class discusses the importance of details in a story. Then the class creates a collaborative book following the same story pattern.

Whether it's dark, delightful, or somber, set the mood with William Golding's Lord of the Flies. High-schoolers practice descriptive writing by creating the appropriate mood for an original scene, starring one of the book's main...

In this why the whales came worksheet, students add adjectives and adverbs to a paragraph about nature. Students fill in twelve adjectives or adverbs from given words and then write sentences of their own.

In this adjective or adverb learning exercise, students fill in blanks in sentences, using words given in italics and the end of each, then list personal pronouns and verbal tenses found in sentences.

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.