Curated OER
Science Careers Want Ads
Sixth graders examine the important items that need to be included in a want ad. They create a want ad for a career in science.
Curated OER
WRITING AN ARTICLE FOR A CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE
Students engage in the writing of a magazine article. They focus upon the reading of a children's fiction book and create an informative narrative. They create main ideas and supporting details for the article. The supporting of main...
Curated OER
Wacky Web Tales
Students study the parts of speech and then review them. They identify each part of speech and place them on a tree map. Then they visit a website to create a "Wacky Web Tale" using information from the tree map. They print their tales...
Curated OER
A Formal Analysis of Science Fiction
Students write a five paragraph expository theme. They explain in their theme how the story they read qualifies as science fiction. Students write using all the conventions of English correctly.
Curated OER
Writing a Legal Brief
Twelfth graders work together to write appeals for their side in a famous case. Using a format, they write a legal brief and incorporate the legal, scientific and environmental information needed to make a strong case. They share their...
Curated OER
Pronouns
In these pronouns worksheets, students review the definitions of different types of pronouns and then complete three pages of activities to help them with the pronoun types.
Curated OER
Writing with Style: Six Traits of Good Writers
Fourth graders listen as the teacher reads a picture book that emphasized word choice. They discuss words and how word choice impacts a piece of writing. Students view various passages on the overhead, and highlight adjectives and verbs...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Complex Pirate Sentences
In this lesson, Melinda Long's picture book entitled How I Became a Pirate is used as the mentor text. Learners will record their favorite complex sentences from the text and share them. Students will also use interactive buttons to...
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Madison: Subject Verb Agreement
This excellent site explains numerous guidelines, complete with examples, for determining subject-verb agreement.
BBC
Bbc: Skillwise: English: Sentence Variety Grammar Games
Designed to help students practice the elements of sentence design, these games provide different levels of difficulty for users of all ages. The sentence variety games include: Is This a Compound Sentence, Logging Sentences, Make a...
Towson University
Towson University: Subject Verb Agreement
This webpage provides a list of nine rules for subject-verb agreement including examples with detailed explanations including arrows and notes as well as exceptions to the rules. It also provides links to terms which are defined with...
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Elements of Sentence Construction
This entry focuses on the Elements of Sentence Construction including subjects and predicates, phrases and clauses, compound sentence elements, and avoiding fragments, run-ons, and fused sentences.
Other
Critical Reading: Subject and Predicate
Part of a larger site on "The Fundamentals of Critical Reading and Effective Writing," this section on the simple sentence focuses on the subject and the predicate. Definitions and examples are provided along with a section on...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Run on Sentences
This site shows how to repair run-on sentences. Students and teachers will find this interactive resource helpful.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Senternce Structure Worksheets
In this learning module, students will learn more about various sentence structures. Reinforcement worksheets are provided. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III students via different instructional options.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Simple and Compound Sentences | No Nonsense Grammar
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb and by itself contains a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator:...
University College London
The Internet Grammar of English: Sentences
This site from the Internet Grammar of English of the University College of London provides a general overview of sentence structure. Content includes an online exercise, and is worth checking out on the subject.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Compound Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines compound sentences and discusses conjunctions and punctuation to combine the sentences. It provides many examples utilizing color-coding to help define each of the sentence parts.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Possessive Forms
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Combining Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains opportunities to combine sentences focusing on subjects and predicates.
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: 15 Shocking Student Writing Fails (Infographic)
This infographic is provided to help alert students about common writing mistakes. The following types of errors are discussed: commas, verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, apostrophes, pronouns, and prepositions.
abcteach
Abcteach: Grammar
[Free Registration/Login Required] Every grammar teacher will love finding this site filled with ready-made activity worksheets to practice basic grammar skills. Some include compound sentences, prepositions of location (with pictures),...
Towson University
Towson University: Usage Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
An explanation of pronouns, antecedents, and the rules of pronoun-antecedent agreement. Examples of labeled sentences, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects, collective nouns, plural nouns, and more.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abstract Nouns
The composition of a noun is more than just a person, place or thing. Use this resource to study examples of nouns and their many uses.