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The General Grammar Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
For this verb tense and sentence writing worksheet, students must determine wlhat tense a verb is written in; what type of sentences are given along with the number of clauses. Students rewrite sentences and complete sentences to match...
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School-Home Links: Prefixes 2

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this prefixes worksheet, students review the definition and several examples for prefixes. Students then change the verb in the given sentences by adding the prefix dis-. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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ESL Phrasal Verbs-"Get"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL phrasal verb learning exercise, students fill in blanks to complete sentences, using a given drop down list. Students may check answers by clicking on a link.
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Tears of Joy Theatre Presents Anansi the Spider

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Accompany the African folktale, Anansi the Spider, with a collection of five lessons, each equipped with supplemental activities. Lessons offer multidisciplinary reinforcement in English language arts, social studies, science,...
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Grammar Puzzles

For Teachers 3rd
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...
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Get in the Newspaper Habit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Dive into journalism with your high schoolers! The resources provided here will help your learners write unbiased, clear, and succinct newspaper articles. First they spend time sifting through stacks of articles, filling out a graphic...
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ASL Lesson 8

For Teachers 1st - Higher Ed
Another awesome ASL lesson! Teach ASL to a special ed class, hearing impaired child, or for your own enrichment. This lesson provides comprehensible ASL language development. Each highlighted blue area links to a video, printable image,...
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Borrowing Narrative Skills from Mr. Fletcher: Using a "Prompts in Reverse" Technique to Inspire Your Writers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your class find their writing voices with this lesson which uses the work of Ralph Fletcher to guide a "Prompt in Reverse" activity. Using the chapter "First Pen" from Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams, learners decipher what they...
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Jack of All Tails

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
After reading the book Jack of All Tails, learners complete vocabulary activities, play charades, consider a list of questions, and complete a list of verbs. There are also several suggestions for how to connect this language...
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How Do Adjectives Improve Writing?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using adjectives to create vivid descriptions is the focus of exercises in this resource. A cloze reading activity asks class members to add missing adjectives to passages from Mark Teague's The Lost and Found. They then read...
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Using Drama as a Resource for Giving Language More Meaning

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students revise and provide spoken and written practice of modal verbs in the past for criticism.
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Learning About Prepositional Phrases

For Students 3rd - 6th
What is a prepositional phrase? Read through the first page of your packet to give your budding grammarians a better sense of what a prepositional phrase is. Then, have them complete the two activities provided. The first asks them to...
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Making Sense of Homographs

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
What is a homograph? Develop your learners' vocabulary with a word association tool.   Language arts classes discover what a homograph is and how it can be used as a visual thesaurus. They discover the other uses for homographs...
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Punctuation

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
As a short review of punctuation, such as the use of commas and semicolons, this presentation could be helpful in an upper elementary classroom. The series of slides defines each term and provides examples.
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Food

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, discussing/brainstorming about food likes/dislikes all around the world with vivid verbs to talk about food preparation, create an original poem on how food is prepared in different parts of the world.
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Time Frequency - "How Often ...?"

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
How often do you ride a bike? Time frequency words are featured in a lesson designed for ESL/ELD classrooms. 
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Think Like a Historian: A Viewing Guide

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Calling all junior detectives! Scholars use the tools of investigation to determine the causes and impacts of the American Civil War. Using viewing guides, videos, group research, and written resources, they discover what it takes to...
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Evaluating Reliable Sources

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan instills the importance of locating reliable sources. Scholars are challenged to locate digital sources, analyze their reliability, search for any bias, and identify frequently found problems that make a source unusable. 
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Verbs Rule!

For Teachers 6th
Students practice writing and speaking using conventional grammar, usage, and sentence structure. Students practice as a whole class and then demonstrate their knowledge in written activities. Handouts and worksheets are imbedded within...
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TAKS Quiz-Abstract Nouns

For Students 4th - 6th
In this TAKS quiz worksheet, students take an online quiz focused on abstract nouns. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.
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Intro to Parts of Speech

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students define eight parts of speech, classify words as specific parts of speech, describe their function, and explain how parts of speech help us to communicate more clearly.
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Sentence Train

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students in a special needs classroom practice making sentences. Using a graphic organizer, they compose sentences using an article, adjective, noun, verb and adverb. They use the idea of a train to help them make complete sentences.
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ESL-Gerunds and Infinitives

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL gerunds and infinitives worksheet, students complete 4 short exercises, choosing the correct verb form from a drop down list. Page contains a link for audio and HTML code.
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Adverbs - 6 Foolproof Steps

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students review rules of grammar, specifically those that help find adverbs in a sentence. They practice finding the adverbs in a worksheet of sample sentences.

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