Second graders brainstorm words to describe Thing One and Thing Two characters from Dr. Seuss computer program, use variety of adjectives to create descriptions, and create new set of characters, Thing Three and Thing Four, by drawing...

In this identifying nouns in sentences worksheet, students read sentences and write all the nouns in each sentence. Students write 35 answers.

Students recite the poem "Jack Be Nimble". In this poetry instructional activity, students read the poem and discuss other action words to use instead of jump. They rewrite the poem using their own name and a new action word. 

Explore descriptive writing and visual art. Listen to the story Go Away Big, Green Monster by Ed Emberley and generate a list of adjectives used in the book. Name familiar shapes and create a shapes list. Choose an adjective and shape to...

In this adding nouns to sentences instructional activity, students use nouns in a word bank to fill in the missing nouns and complete the passage, "Tortoise of the Galapagos Islands". Students add 31 nouns.

In this irregular verbs instructional activity, students fill in the blanks with the correct form of the irregular verbs given. Students complete 13 short answer, 18 multiple choice, and 10 fill in the blank questions.

In this identifying nouns in sentences worksheet, students underline the nouns and label them as persons, places, or things. Students write 30 answers.

In this online interactive verbs learning exercise, students find and highlight 20 simple past tense verbs in a word search puzzle. Students fill in the correct multiple choice verb to complete 5 sentences grammatically correct.

In this verb review instructional activity, students determine correct verb tense usage in sentences. Students fill in the blanks writing eighteen answers.

In this interactive grammar activity, students complete a chart of adjectives by typing in an adjective into the twenty text boxes.

In this grammar worksheet, students underline the redundant phrases in twenty sentences. Students explain why each phrase is a redundant phrase.

Students enhance their understanding of parts of speech by writing a cinquain poem about Louisiana. In this cinquain poem lesson plan, students read example cinquain poems and study the format for a cinquain poem. Students create a class...

For this feelings worksheet, students match the words to the pictures of feelings, and write sentences about them. Students complete 9 matches.

Young scholars find vivid verbs in literature and use them in their own writing. In this vivid verbs lesson, students use a 'Thinking Thesaurus' of major verbs to study common verbs. Young scholars then practice rewriting sentences using...

Practice both regular and irregular verbs with this fill-in-the-blank activity. Pupils read sentences with the verbs in parenthesis and use context clues to write the correct verb tense to complete each sentence. Some of the sentences...

Students determine which animal best represents them write reasons why. This is a nice culminating lesson for students who have been working on descriptive writing.

For this parts of the body worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of parts of the body. Students match these with the words that describe them.

In this ESL parts of the body test worksheet, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict parts of the body. Students match these pictures with the verbs that describe them. Note: All body parts are written in all capital letters.

In this parts of the body picture and word match worksheet, students examine 5 pictures that depict parts of the body. Students match these with the words that describe them.

In this ESL parts of the body worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict parts of the body. Students match the pictures to the nouns that describe them.

In this ESL parts of a house vocabulary instructional activity, students examine 7 pictures of items found in a home. Students read the questions about whether they own this item, and answer "yes" or "no" to the question.

Paragraphs are simply visual cues to separate information. Briefly display the different types of paragraph organization with these slides. A good tool for beginning readers and writers.

Readers match five literary terms -- personification, narrator, tone, dialogue, foreshadowing -- with their definitions. They also spell, identify the part of speech, define, and write a creative sentence for each of five...

Fourth graders use an online word list editor and software to create opening lines for a poem. They select and edit these into a complete, polished poem about an animal. They investigate parts of speech and alliteration.