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"Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the expressive and descriptive language used in the books "Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets" and "Planet of the Robots." In pairs they take notes about each other's physical appearance and conduct interviews, identify the...
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Comma Exercises

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the comma rules by reading over them for review. They perform independent practice and the answers are included for the 20 sentences.
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Connecting Ideas Using Coordinating

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students recognize and use coordinating junctions. They also explore subordinating conjunctions.
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Essay Editing Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss reasons to edit their written work and observe how to correctly use proofreaders marks to correct a paragraph. In groups of four, students exchange previously written papers and write suggestions and comments for...
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Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 2

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, learners proof read 20 sentences to find the mistakes. They label each sentence as to the mistake using the key at the top of the page which includes the misuse of articles, commas, apostrophes, and capital letters.
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'P' Is for Poetry

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write rhymes for each letter of the alphabet. In this rhyming lesson plan, students come up with various words that could rhyme for each letter. Once they come up with rhymes for each, they publish them in a book along with...
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Semicolons

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
This worksheet provides a good description of when to use a semicolon, followed by 6 sentences to practice inserting punctuation. A key is provided.