Curated OER
What Interests You?
Fourth graders investigate math in the real world using internet search methods to locate career fields of interest. They select an occupation, and draft brief paragraphs that reflect insight as to why that occupation interests them.
Curated OER
What I Can Do And See At Fiesta
First graders create a three page booklet about Fiesta. They use Kid Works 2 to create a project with illustrations and text.
Curated OER
Survival Story
Students discuss the pros and cons of being deserted on an uninhabited island. Then they write their own survival stories and complete a story jacket.
Curated OER
Job Interview
Eighth graders write a multi paragraphed, expository composition that explanins how one would conduct themself before, during, and after a job interview. In order to be prepared for the interview, 8th graders complete a thesis, have an...
Curated OER
If I Could Have Been Somebody Else
Students research a specific person from American history who played a significant role and had an impact on future events and situations. They write a multi paragraph essay which includes three reasons explaining why they would have...
Curated OER
My Wilderness Adventure
Students use a story starter and given questions to continue their adventure. They use the Internet and books to research about winter survival skills, how to find food, water and shelter in the snowy mountains and discover information...
Curated OER
The Odyssey Plan
Ninth graders read and analyze The Odyssey. They apply note-taking skills to identify enemy, type of enemy, and traits demonstrated throughout the book. Students create a storyboard that illustrates the selected episode from the book...
Curated OER
Personal Decision Making
Students create a powerpoint presentation documenting a decision they must make regarding Japanese internment during World War II. Working in groups, students are given scenario regarding internment. Using various resources, including...
Curated OER
Grammar and Punctuation
Students review grammar and punctuation rules from previous lessons. As a class, they work together to correct sentences on an overhead transparency. If there is a discrepancy about what needs to be changed, they must discuss the issue...
Curated OER
Reporting Live From...
Students examine the many disasters in West Virginia. In this US history lesson, students write about and give an oral presentation of one of the disasters as if they were reporters.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization
This tutorial teaches standard rules of capitalization and common errors. It offers a PowerPoint presentation over the rules for capitalizing proper nouns and information on capitalizing abbreviations with examples. This is followed by...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercises in Capitalization
In this exercise, students are read sentences with boxes in which to correct a capitalization error. They need to determine if the word is correctly capitalized and type a "C" in the box for correct or an "I" in the box for incorrect.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 13.1: Common Errors in Grammar and Punctuation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples that teach how to identify and correct errors in subject/verb agreement, comma splices, sentence fragments, capitalization of titles and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Basics of Capitalization
This lesson focuses on capitalization by providing a PDF of the 10 fundamental rules of capitalization and common errors. It also provides two short videos: "Capitalizing Proper Nouns" and "Capitalizing Headings and Titles." Real Player...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 1 (English I Writing)
You will proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 3 (English I Writing)
You will proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
English Plus+
English Plus: Grammar Slammar!
An easy-to-use grammar resource containing rules for style, usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, and letter writing. This site also includes a glossary of common grammatical mistakes.
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Language Arts Review 1
Students practice spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and usage skills by choosing the correctly written phrase for the underlined section in twenty-five sentences. Keep score as you go along and see your final score at the end of the...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 2 (English I Writing)
Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 1 (English I Writing)
Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Basic Elements of English
Sections include parts of speech, sentence elements, punctuation, and word use. Also includes a "brief explanations of common writing errors." The tutorials also include interactive quizzes to check your understanding.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Second Grade Daily Oral Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will demonstrate their ability to find and correct: grammar errors, capitalization errors, and punctuation errors.
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Language Review 4
Notice spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage errors in the underlined portion of twenty-five sentences, and choose the answer that corrects any mistakes. A percentage score is kept throughout the exercise and displayed at the...
English Club
English Club: Six Common Mistakes in Esl Writing
This EnglishClub tutorial provides a list, with brief explanations, of the most common writing mistakes made among English as a Second Language students.