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Should and Must
In this grammar learning exercise, students rewrite fourteen sentences with the helping/linking verbs should and must. Students share their responses with their classmates.
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The Uses of 'can'
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite each sentence by adding in the linking/helping verbs may, might or be able to. Students share their sentences with their classmates.
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Using the verb "To be" Exercise
For this verb tenses worksheet, students complete each sentence by using the correct form of the verb "to be." Students are instructed to use the present progressive tense in each of the 10 sentences.
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What's in a Sentence? Getting to Know the Parts of Speech
What a kick! After examining the definitions and looking at examples of the different parts of speech, partners work together on a retelling of a famous nursery rhyme. For each sentence, they must select a word that matches the part of...
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English Grammar: Parts of Speech
A good overview of the basic parts of speech, this presentation is ideal for a junior high class that likes flashy animation and bright colors. The concepts are complete, but simple enough to lend well to lecture notes. Use the slide...
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Guidance for Creating Writing Lessons for Dyslexic Students
How do you help a child with dyslexia succeed as a writer? Here is a resource for those who need guidance in creating writing lessons for their young scholars with dyslexia. It discusses research-based strategies that can be used and...
Roald Dahl
Matilda - The First Miracle
As the story unfolds, readers discover Matilda has a superpower. Take part in an activity that has learners talking about what superpower they would have, how they would use it, and how it could help others. Then, after reading the 14th...
University of North Carolina
Style
Just like you choose your clothes to ensure they fit the occasion, you should choose your words deliberately while writing. Style, the main topic of one handout in a series on writing skills, involves choosing words carefully and paying...
Reed Novel Studies
The Hobbit: Novel Study
All it takes is a little adventure to interrupt a quiet, simple life. A study guide for The Hobbit explores the adventures that disrupt Bilbo Baggins' quiet life. Questions discuss key events found within J.R.R. Tolkien's novel and...
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Drill with Modals
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite each sentence with a different helping/linking verb modal. Students follow the example given on the worksheet.
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Recipe
Students discover how vocabulary fits into different categories depend on its usage. Given a recipe with blanks in place of the verbs, student pairs are asked to fill in the blanks with the correct action to complete the recipe. ...
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School-Home Links: Prefixes 2
In this prefixes learning exercise, learners 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 learning exercise.
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ESL Phrasal Verbs-"Get"
In this ESL phrasal verb worksheet, 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
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, and arts...
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Get in the Newspaper Habit
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
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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Jack of All Tails
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 arts lesson...
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Should and Must
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite ten sets of sentences utilizing the helping/linking/auxiliary verbs should and must. Students share their sentences with their classmates.
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How Do Adjectives Improve Writing?
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 Teague's...
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Using Drama as a Resource for Giving Language More Meaning
Students revise and provide spoken and written practice of modal verbs in the past for criticism.
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Learning About Prepositional Phrases
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
What is a homograph? Develop your students' 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 such as...
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Punctuation
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
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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