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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: When to Use Commas and When Not

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the uses and misuses of commas. It provides examples of comma uses and explains when the commas are unnecessary.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Racetrack Sentences

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
For this lesson, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Young scholars will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Complex Pirate Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Melinda Long's picture book entitled How I Became a Pirate is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite complex sentences from the text and share them. Students will also use interactive buttons to...
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Compound Subject

For Students 9th - 10th
The goal of this site on the compound subject is for you to be able to recognize compound subjects when you see them. In order to accomplish this, the site begins with definitions for the various types of verbs, then gives examples for...
Activity
University of Texas at Austin

Tex's French Grammar: Subject Verb Inversion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar provides a clear and concise description of forming a question through subject/verb inversion. Includes negation,, using 'est-ce' and 'y a-t-il', compound tenses etc. Provides both audio and written...
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University of Texas at Austin

Tex's French Grammar:irregular Verb " Tre" Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of the irregular verb etre, with usage examples, interactive practice exercises (written and audio), and links to its usage as an auxiliary in compound tenses.
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Other

Blue Book: Hyphens

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation contains seven rules for correctly using the hyphen, along with examples for each of the rules.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: Objective Case Pronouns

For Students 6th Standards
This resource page defines, describes, and gives examples of pronouns as objects of verbs, prepositions or compound objects.