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TOEFLesque Quiz-- Public Transit in San Francisco
In this TOEFL quiz worksheet, students identify the incorrect part of each sentence. Each sentence contains one error in usage.
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Preposition Pizazz
Students examine examples of poems and identify the prepositions in them. They write original poems using prepositional phrases and create illustrations to go with them.
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School Day
Students participate in a lesson that involves writing a persuasive essay. They use the prompt of "extending the school day". The paper should contain correct elements of sentence structure with clear purpose that is supported with...
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Fifth Grade Editing
In this language arts worksheet, learners demonstrate proofreading and editing skills by fixing the errors in 10 sentences. Students identify the capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors and rewrite each sentence correctly.
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Synonyms: Words with Similar Meanings
In this synonyms practice worksheet, students read 15 sentences and identify the words that are synonyms for the designated words in the sentences. A word bank is provided and answers should be written in complete sentences.
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Undercover Vocabulary
Fourth graders, in groups, create a skit using identified vocabulary words and perform the skit for the class. They choose a place and a person to become such as Batman, Romeo and work all the vocabulary words into their skit. They...
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Chinese Zodiac
Fifth graders identify the basic elements of a narrative story, such as the beginning, middle, and the end; to analyze the character traits in the story to write a summary using the 5 Ws and How chart included; through sample stories...
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Here's an Instant Activity for February 17, 2003
Eighth graders discuss common grammatical errors made in spelling. In this spelling lesson, 8th graders examine homophones and homographs to discover the reason why they are often misused. Students create sentences using...
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Could You Repeat That?
Pupils participate in an oral story telling activity designed to show how story embellishments occur. They read "Beowulf" and identify incongruities that suggest additions and embellishments over the years.
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Eudora Welty Internet Scavenger Hunt
Students use the Internet as a research tool. they read, comprehend, identify, evaluate, and select the correct answers to contextual questions.They write a rough draft, edit/revise, and a final draft summarizing the information located.
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Frankenstein
Learners use an outline of the story "Frankenstein" to identify mistakes in English. They practice making corrections to make the sentence correct. They answer questions to end the lesson plan.
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What is Good Writing
Young scholars identify the qualities of good writing. In this writing lesson, students use the 6+1 Traits of Writing and use a rubric to discuss samples of writing on the overhead. Young scholars discuss the strengths and weaknesses of...
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Poetry: Form, Syllables, Mood, and Tone
Looking for a resource to introduce homeschoolers and other out-of-class learners to the elements of poetry? Check out this packet that defines and illustrates important poetry terms.
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Deciphering the Document: Unlocking the Meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation
Help your learners truly understand the Emancipation Proclamation by asking them the put it into their own words. After reading the document out loud to the class, and briefly discussing the legal language, split your class into small...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: Question-Answer Relationships
As part of their study of Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, class groups examine passages from the story and respond to a series of QAR questions.
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Homer/Scarecrow Worksheet
In this Pre-calculus worksheet, students consider a scenes from The Wizard of Oz and The Simpsons refering to the Pythagorean Theorem. Students analyze the statement for errors and write about another mathematical formula...
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Capitalization
In this language arts learning exercise, students find capitalization errors in 4 sentences. Students read a sentence which is divided by slash marks into 4 parts. Students identify which part of the sentence has the capitalization error.
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Dependents and Tax Credits
Students identify "count" and "non-count" nouns, and examine and discuss the Earned Income Tax Credit. They define key vocabulary words, complete various worksheets, read a newspaper article, and answer discussion questions.
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The Odyssey Plan
Ninth graders read and analyze The Odyssey. They apply note-taking skills to identify enemy, type of enemy, and traits demonstrated throughout the book. Students create a storyboard that illustrates the selected episode from the book...
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Daily Language Review Quiz #3
In this language arts review worksheet, students correct 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization errors. Students write an antonym for happy, give the plural of cherry, and write 2 words in the ch family.
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Language Arts Review Quiz #6
In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises: students correct 2 sentences with errors, circle action words, circle words that go together, write 3 words in the 'ick' family, and put words in alphabetical order.
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Quotation Mark Exercise
In this grammar worksheet, students read a review on quotation marks and punctuation. Then they read through ten sentences identifying whether the sentence has correct punctuation or not. If it does not, students fix the error(s).
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Preparing for the New SAT
Read the College Board's explanation of changes in the SAT for 2005, including essay and grammar questions, use College Board's suggestions for ways to study, practice sample questions, and explore other sites with practice tests.
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High School Literary Paragraph Development
You can cover literary elements, writing organization, and proofreading skills in this SMART board lesson. Using student paragraphs from a previous assignment, the class reviews the best examples of writing. A SMART board activity guides...