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.

Seventh graders read the novel, The Light in the Forest. They work in groups to research and create artifacts for a Native American Living Museum. They complete a Powerpoint presentation of their virtual museum to classmates.

High schoolers investigate the process of writing an expository paper. The purpose of the paper is established in the introduction and the supporting details are sequenced in a logical order. The paper possesses punctuation and...

Pupils role play proper greetings and etiquette in formal and informal work and social situations. Students compare and contrast introductions and conversational conventions in their native country and in the United States by writing an...

Students write position papers on a form of alternative energy production. They use several class periods to develop and write their paper and them participate in an extensive peer review session.

In this spelling worksheet, students read a list of 100 commonly misspelled words. Words include absence, accept, accidentally, embarrass, and perceive.

Students write a five paragraph expository theme. They explain in their theme how the story they read qualifies as science fiction. Students write using all the conventions of English correctly.

Twelfth graders work together to write appeals for their side in a famous case. Using a format, they write a legal brief and incorporate the legal, scientific and environmental information needed to make a strong case. They share their...

Students choose a subject for a biographical research paper. They use books, the Internet, encyclopedias and articles to gather information on a determined subject then follow a rubric to write a research paper.

Students research a major historical event from the ancient world and write a newsletter about the event.

Students read background information about Rachel Carson found on the listed website links. They analyze and answer questions about her work and how it is linked to science then they research pesticide usage and alternative methods.

This is an introduction to a unit on grammar and writing. It focuses on reviewing parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, parallel structure, and properly formating writing assignments using MLA guidelines. The essential questions focus...

This page focuses on correcting mistakes in parallel structure when using the word "than" in a comparison. It also covers how to correct the parallelism.

An explanation of how to use parallel structure in lists.

An explanation and examples of using parallelism in writing.

An explanation with examples of using parallel structure with prepositions.

An explanation with examples of using parallel structure with gerunds and infinitives.

An explanation and examples of using parallel structure with the correlative conjunction either or.

An explanation of how to use parallel structure with clauses.

This site from the Capital Community College defines the term and gives many examples of faulty parallelism and the corrected version of sentences. Includes links to a couple of quizzes at the bottom of the page. "Most of the...

A list of ten situations where writing should be parallel. Each contains a link to additional information.

Learn about parallel structure and correcting mistakes in parallelism. Practice with parallel structure questions that could be found on standardized tests.

This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure.

This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure.