In this word choice activity, students read 6 incomplete sentences with picture clues. In each blank, students write either "these are" or "those are" to make the sentence correct. No rules or examples are provided.

Explore proofreading strategies with this lesson. Eighth graders practice finding errors in punctuation, capitalization, and formatting. Then, they write about a given topic and then proofread their compositions, looking for errors in...

Young readers select a book from a provided list to use as the basis for an intensive class study of Holocaust novels. After completing their novels, groups create a multimedia presentation highlighting the elements of literature...

Use the present tense to create written assignments. Critical thinkers take a passage written in past or future tense and rewrite it in present tense. They then write a set of instructions in present tense.

What would your dream house look like? A cottage? A medieval castle? High schoolers enrolled in Algebra design the perfect house while using slopes to write equations for various aspects of the project.

In this ESL activity worksheet, students practice using conditionals as they match the 11 sentence fragments in the left-hand column to the fragment that correctly completes the sentences in the right-hand column.

For this language arts worksheet, 3rd graders focus on the correct usage of verbs, punctuation, and capitalization. Students respond to four multiple choice questions.

A handout to guide peer editors, this checklist delineates common problems with paragraph structure and specific proofreading items to check. It also provides encouragement about the collaborative part of the writing process. Formats...

A reading of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech launches a study of rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, allusion, metaphor, simile, personification, connotative language and parallel structure. Class members then...

Investigate prewriting activities in this brainstorming lesson. Middle schoolers are divided into groups and are assigned a topic. They decide which prewriting technique to choose from, including free write, looping, brainstorming,...

In this recognizing action verbs activity, students read incomplete sentences for context and verb tense clues, select a multiple choice verb and use it to complete the sentences. Students complete five sentences.

Students choose a short story and role play one of the characters in the story. They interview each other about the character they are playing to research them.

Fifth graders discuss interjections reviewing them to be words or phrases that express excitement or strong emotion. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders understand that commas or exclamation marks are used to separate interjections...

Third graders read and discuss "The Hangman" by Maurice Ogden and answer questions about the poem. They list things they can do to combat prejudice using each of the letters in the word and create a small poster with a slogan against...

Students complete autobiographical writing assignments throughout the school year that they save and rewrite to put into a published book during the last month of class. They include photographs, drawings and mementos of their lives in...

Students reflect and explore their feelings and reactions to a segregation experiment through poetry. They discuss acceptable behavior during the experiment and the next day write journal entries reflecting their experiences.

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.

Third graders create an autobiography on the computer. They write, design and illustrate using word processing and graphic tools on the computer.

Students solve various word problems that deal with common denominators, and write the mathematical explanations they used to obtain the solutions.

Use this online, interactive resource to assess your English language learners' sense of the passive voice. There are 10 incomplete sentences shown, and users must select which of three options contains the correct verb tense. 

What is the difference between the verb saber and conocer? Although they are similar, they are used differently. Test your language learners with this short exercise. They complete the provided dialogue by completing the incomplete...

Students explore the parts of a sentence through analysis, design, and drawing in this nine lessons unit on Grammar. The diagramming of sentences comprises the main thrust of this unit through the utilization of higher cognitive skill...

In this rock cycle worksheet, students match 5 terms with their definitions about rocks and minerals, they fill in 5 blanks to complete sentences about types of rocks and they identify kinds of rocks and processes in the rock cycle.