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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Writer's Complex: Grammar Interactive Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has an index to interactive exercises testing knowledge of various types of grammar. Some categories offer basic and advanced exercises. Answers are explained.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Grammar Connectives

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the use of connectives (e.g. adverbs, adverbial phrases, and conjunctions) to structure an argument (E.g. if, then, on the other hand, finally, so).
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Other

Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.
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Other

Daily Grammar: Glossary of Grammar Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A succinct overview of basic grammar terms with links to lessons; written by a high school English teacher.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sentence Openers

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on adding variety to your writing with sentence openers. A PowerPoint presentation explains sentence openers and gives examples of ways to create interesting sentences, such as beginning with a prepositional phrase,...
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Other

Using English: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive A-Z index of grammar terms with explanations and examples. Each entry provides links to activities and other resources available on the site for more practice on that aspect of grammar. Suggested activities are often...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Color Personification Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
For this lesson, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book written by Mary O'Neill and Red Sings, and From Treetops: a Year in Colors, a book by Joyce Sidman, are used as mentor texts. Students will brainstorm to collect different adjectives,...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Possessive Forms

For Students 9th - 10th
As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Modifiers

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial provides a slideshow focusing on modifiers; it defines them, explains dangling and misplaced modifiers, gives examples, and tells how to prevent them. There is also a short automated slideshow of a practice example and its...
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The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th
Come and learn about all types of conjunctions when you visit this educational resource. This site gives a clear definition of the function of a conjunction. Use the "Turn the Page," function to learn more.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Modifier

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a modifier in the context of a sentence.
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Other

Saint Michael's College: Semicolon and Colon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site discusses the three major uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each of the uses. Also discusses the use of the colon.
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Other

Using English: English Language Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Over 200 short self-quizzes for English learners at beginner and intermediate levels. Quizzes span topics including spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation.
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University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: The Comma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Ottawa's Writing Center developed this site. The major sections of the site are "Comma Usage" and "Superfluous Commas." Right and wrong examples are included, along with links for definitions.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Infinitives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
To define infinitives and to discuss the different roles they play and locations they occupy in a sentence.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Gerunds and Infinitives: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces gerunds and infinitives and how they are used. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Gerunds and Infinitives."
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Room Recess

Room Recess: Parts of Speech

For Students K - 1st Standards
Find the fool's gold by clicking and dragging the correct parts of speech into the box below the mine cars. Good luck!

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