Help your students mix up their writing with different kinds of sentences with this PowerPoint. Each slide gives a brief definition of the various types including: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and more! There are also examples...

Teach young historians about the historical legacy of Rosa Parks with a multi-faceted lesson plan. Pupils follow stations and use journals to explore prominent events, analyze primary resource documents, and engage in interesting...

Have your class doing everything from reading literature, analyzing literary devices, identifying independent and dependent clauses, discussing, and writing creatively with the rich resource found here. After a mini lesson plan on...

Did the United States Constitution uphold the institution of slavery, or did it help to destroy it? Young historians study Article 4, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution and evaluate the rights of slaveowners as they compared to...

Teach your kids about FANBOYS! Coordinating conjunctions, or FANBOYS, join two independent clauses to make a compound sentence, but don't forget the comma! Review this popular comma rule, and give your learners this short worksheet. An...

Looking for a good presentation which teaches how to write higher-level sentences? Then, this one is for you! Learners are shown how to expand their sentences by using connectives, adding clauses, and how to appropriately use commas to...

As part of a study of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, class members examine four Supreme Court decisions—Gitlow v. New York, Mapp v. Ohio, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Griswold v. Connecticut—that incorporated the due...

Using sentences from the book Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, this presentation explores the use of correct grammar. It starts out by giving examples of complete and incomplete sentences, and then moves on to nouns, verbs, and...

How far does freedom of religion truly go? The 1972 Supreme Court case Wisconsin v. Yoder introduces the concept of the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. Individuals examine the case with a short video and open discussion. To...

In this sentence combining worksheet, students combine sentences using subordinating clauses. Students use adjective clauses, adverb clauses, or noun clauses to combine the sentences.

In this cause and effect worksheet, students answer 8 questions about cause and effect adverb clauses. They identify the cause and effect in sentences and then combine them using "because" and "now that" where appropriate.

In this because clauses worksheet, students choose the best way to shorten a because clause from the options provided. Students complete 10 sentences.

In this sentence reduction worksheet, students create shorter sentences by using one of three types of reductions. Students use either a time adverb clause reduction, a cause/effect adverb clause reduction, or an adjective clause...

In this present perfect simple or past simple worksheet, students decide which tense time clauses are in and then fill in the blanks to sentences with each tense. Students complete 2 activities.

In this relative clauses instructional activity, students fill in the blanks with should, shouldn't, might, or might not, write sentences, and combine sentences. Students complete 4 activities.

In this grammar worksheet, students complete a variety of activities including identifying whether sentences are correct or have a comma splice, correct comma splices in sentences and insert a comma to combine two sentences or more for...

In this conditionals review worksheet, learners complete an online activity as they review the use of conditional verbs. They insert the correct form of a verb in each of 15 sentences and answer a question based on their understanding of...

In this language arts worksheet, students study present time verb clauses by first reading an information chart. Students write the correct form of the verbs to complete the present time clauses in 10 sentences. The page format could be...

In this grammar worksheet, students identify if each underlined phrase in twenty sentences are infinitive, appositive, gerund, prepositional, clause or a participial phrase.

In this grammar worksheet, students identify the underlined phrase in twenty sentences as infinitive, appositive, gerund, prepositional, clause or a participial phrase.

In this Christmas activity worksheet, students follow the directions to create a jigsaw puzzle of Santa Clause. Students follow 6 directions.

While this activity is a personality questionnaire, it could be used for a variety of purposes. High school students might use this activity as a way to spur discussion about individual traits. The 20-question activity contains scenarios...

Are you teaching the comma rules in your classroom? This resource packet covers several comma rules, gives examples of each, and provides short practice opportunities for your learners. Answers are not included. 

Connectives are words that link clauses or sentences. Conjunctions link clauses with in a sentence, so get ready to bring two thoughts together with this slide show on connectives. Listed are various types of connectives used to compare...