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Apples

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this understanding expressions worksheet, students explore statements about apples. Students are given three sayings about apples where they determine the meaning of the saying from three choices.
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Instruments

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this musical instrument word map worksheet, students study the names of 12 musical instruments. Students place these names in word maps. The instruments all begin with capital letters even though they are common nouns.
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Grammar Skills

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In 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.
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Word Roots 7: Spect, Sta, Vert Intermediate-Crossword

For Students 9th - 12th
Given the clues, can you complete the crossword puzzle for words containing the Latin roots spect, sta, and vert? No word list is given, but using the answer sheet, you can provide your class with the list of words to choose from. This...
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Create a Word

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Brainstorm new words for a class dictionary. In small groups, young learners read and discuss an article about how words get into dictionaries. They then develop a new word, use it in a sentence, and share their creations with their...
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Massachusetts Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this matching terms and descriptions worksheet, students use the names of people and places in the word bank to match their descriptions. Students match 10 answers.
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Parts of Speech: Building Good Sentences

For Teachers 3rd
Using technology, 3rd graders will complete a reinforcement project to differentiate between nouns (common and proper), verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. Using the teacher-made template, they will create PowerPoint slides on the...
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Surrealist Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a game of Exquisite Corpse. By looking at a painting by Ren?? Magritte and creating their own Surrealist "room," students further explore the Surrealist idea of placing common objects in unusual locations.
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Lesson Plan 18: Cleaning It Up

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Careful proofreading is an important step in the writing process.  After guided practice using a provided worksheet that details common grammar concepts, young writers refer to the worksheet as they proofread their own work....
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Lead vs. Led

For Students 5th - 10th
Teach a lesson on the commonly confused words lead and led and assign this activity to review the material. Learners must not only choose the correct word for each sentence, but they also need to determine whether the word is used as a...
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Prepositions of Time

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
On, at, in, since, for, during, within... what do all of these words have in common? They are prepositions and they are all prepositions that are included on this hand-out. This handout breaks down prepositions used when talking about...
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Literacy Revision

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Language Arts instructional activity, learners participate in a variety of grammar activities. For example, students write the plural form of six words and find the prefixes and suffixes of six words.
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I Am a Book

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss books that have been banned and the things that they have in common. They explore the concept of freedom of speech and write poems based on their discussion.
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Commonly Mixed Pairs of Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this word meanings worksheet, young scholars practice choosing the correct word for the sentence. Students complete fifteen sentences by choosing the correct word for each sentence.
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Kennings vs. Stock Epithets – A Quick Review

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Bone-crusher. Troll-wife. Battle-sweat. Blood-worm. What study of Beowulf would be complete without offering readers of this Old English epic poem an opportunity to craft their own kennings and epithets? Provide individuals with a copy...
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Punctuation (The Comma vs. The Semicolon)

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Explore English by participating in a grammar correcting activity. Elementary and middle schoolers distinguish when to use commas from when to use semicolons. Then they correct twelve sentences by placing commas and semicolons in the...
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San José State University

Sentence Fragments

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Work on sentence fragments with your class using this handout and brief exercise. This resource, which could be used as a reference sheet for learners, goes into detail about complete sentences and the different errors that cause...
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English Skills: Vocabulary and Spelling Practice

For Students 6th - 11th
Learners complete various activities using their spelling words, which are not provided on the worksheet. Activities include using spelling words alliteratively, finding synonyms, using words in sentences with specified parts of speech,...
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English Skills Worksheet

For Students 7th - 12th
Help your class brush up on their spelling words and review lots of other English skills in the process. They are given 10 activities to complete to review parts of speech, compound words, synonyms, and alliteration. Creative writing is...
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English Skills Worksheet

For Students 7th - 12th
To practice English skills using spelling words, learners answer 10 questions, some of which ask them to use a spelling list, though none is included. The questions cover the following topics: spelling, parts of speech, alliteration,...
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Avoiding Nominalization

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Improve syntax with this explanatory handout. It clarifies one way to make writing more precise: avoiding nominalization. This resource provides four ways to find and change nominalization problems and 10 sentences to correct. There are...
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Using Indefinite Articles 1

For Students 1st - 2nd
First graders choose which indefinite article to use before 15 nouns. Students will write "a" or "an." Since these are two of the most common articles, this worksheet provides valuable practice.
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Spring Matching Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - K
In this spring matching worksheet, learners draw a line from the pictures of spring objects to the words that name them. Note: All names are in capital letters even though they are common nouns.
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Ocean Animals Alphabetical Order

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students arrange 8 names of ocean animals in alphabetical order. No two words will begin with the same letter. Note: Each word begins with a capital letter even though they are common nouns.

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