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Rockin' English Lessons

"I Am, You Are, He/She Is" Song–Present Simple "To Be" Lesson–Rockin English (Grammar)

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
I am, you are, he is, and she is. Gather around and sing loud and proud with this rock n' roll song designed to inform learners about the present tense verb to be. 
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TED-Ed

How Misused Modifiers Can Hurt Your Writing

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Misplaced modifiers are a common grammar error, but can your learners identify when a modifier can interfere with a reader's understanding? Watch a short and entertaining video from Ted Ed that illustrates misplaced modifiers, as well as...
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TED-Ed

How Many Verb Tenses Are There in English?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
You don't need a time machine to travel through time—you just need the English language! Explore the 12 possible ways to describe something that happened, something that is still happening, or something that will happen with an engaging...
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TED-Ed

Does Grammar Matter?

For Students 7th - 12th
Does grammar matter? Sure it does. Ask a prescriptivist who will tell you about common established patterns of language at a given time while a descriptivist will describe a set of linguistic habits. Learn about these very different...
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TED-Ed

When to Use "Me", "Myself" and "I"

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Clarify your kids' writing with a video about pronouns, specifically me, myself, and I. As kids watch the short video, they see cute robots demonstrate the proper use of each pronoun, as well as the definitions of...
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TED-Ed

Grammar's Great Divide: The Oxford Comma

For Students 5th - 10th
The Oxford comma, who'd have thunk it would be at the center of a great debate? Also known as the serial comma, this pesky piece of punctuation premiers as the star of a short video that investigates the question "To use, or not to...
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Ereading Worksheets

Verbs and Verb Phrases | Parts of Speech App

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Enhance grammar instruction with a video highlighting verbs and verb phrases. Get insight into what verbs are, the different types of verbs, and what makes a verb phrase. Following the lesson, an interactive pop quiz and review concludes...
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TED-Ed

Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo: One-Word Sentences and How They Work

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Sentences made up of one word? Yes. Introduce kids to lexical ambiguity with a short video that shows how complete, grammatically correct sentences can be composed of one word used each time as a different part of speech.
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Study

Pronouns: Relative, Reflexive, Interrogative

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Gary, the grammar gorilla, graciously introduces viewers to a variety of pronouns and models how relative, reflexive, and interrogative pronouns operate in a sentence. This presentation is more complex than the other resources in the...
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TED-Ed

Do Animals Have Language?

For Students 5th - 12th
Do animals have language? To answer this question, Michele Bishop's video examines the four qualities often associated with language—discreteness, grammar, productivity, and displacement—that separate communications systems from language.
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Rockin' English Lessons

This and That Song

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Learn how to use the demonstrative pronouns, this and that, with a music video featuring a steady beat and hand-drawn animation. 
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TED-Ed

Beware of Nominalizations (AKA Zombie Nouns)

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Save your sentences from the zombie apocalypse! All you need are juicy, verb-driven sentences. Watch the video to find out how to awaken the living dead in your writing, and then how to put the dead to rest and the life back into your...
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Texas A&M University

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Are your pupils leaving their modifiers dangling? Or perhaps they've simply misplaced them. Help your class handle their modifiers properly by showing them a short informational video. The video includes definitions of the grammatical...