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Unit 3: King Arthur and the Round Table

For Teachers 4th Standards
Over four weeks, fourth graders study King Arthur and the Round Table, retold by Alice M. Hadfield. Fifteen lessons take pupils through each chapter, complete word work, and the writing process to draft paragraphs, sentences, dialogue,...
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Vocabulary Practice with Present Tense Verbs

For Students 3rd - 4th
Learners determine the meaning of vocabulary in each of eight sentences and select from three possible sentences that have the same meaning expressed differently. A rigorous way to practice vocabulary; more thought is needed than if you...
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Vocabulary in Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th
With a vocabulary usage worksheet, readers use context clues to determine the correct choices of vocabulary words to complete sentences. They complete 12 questions, most of which are based on gerunds and infinitives. 
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Sentence Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students focus on sentence structure, and how to construct the necessary elements for a sentence to be considered complete. They practice diagramming sentences, focusing on the independent and dependent clauses.
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Edit Your Story

For Students 4th
For this writing worksheet, 4th graders read a checklist of editing reminders and practice editing a paragraph on the worksheet.
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Intermediate Vocabulary Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
For this recognizing vocabulary words in context worksheet, students read sentences and choose the vocabulary word in parenthesis that correctly completes the sentences. Students choose 12 answers.
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Vocabulary Practice: Connecting Ideas

For Students 5th - 6th
In this similar sentences worksheet, students read 8 sentences. From three choices, students circle the letter of the sentence that has the same meaning as the first sentence.
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Vocabulary Practice

For Students 5th - 6th
In this vocabulary practice instructional activity, students complete the 12 sentences with the correct word or phrase from the word pool.
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Vocabulary Practice

For Students 5th - 7th
In this vocabulary practice worksheet, students choose the correct word out of the 2 words given that completes each of the following 16 sentences.
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Vocabulary Practice Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students explore their word recognition skills. Students complete sentences by choosing the word that fits in each of the twenty sentences.
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Complete the Sentence 6

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary usage activity, students read the words in the word bank and the incomplete sentences, use context clues, and complete the sentences with the correct vocabulary words. Students fill in 10 blanks.
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Past Time: Vocabulary Practice

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this past time worksheet, learners select the word or phrase from 3 choices that means the same as the word in bold in 12 sentences. All pertain to events in the past.
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Improving Editing and Proofreading Skills

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore language arts by correcting grammatical errors. For this proofreading lesson, students identify the importance of editing their own writing and demonstrate their proofreading abilities by correcting several incorrect...
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Editing for articles, pronouns, and singular plural agreement

For Teachers 5th - 10th
In this editing worksheet, students edit sentences for articles, pronouns, and singular plural agreement. Students edit 20 sentences.
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Daily Edit- Lori's New Puppy

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice their editing skills. For this editing lesson, the teacher writes a daily edit on the board and students copy it into their notebook where they edit it. Students come to the board and write their corrections.
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Getting to Know You Through Peer Editing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders get to know their classmates through 'personalized' sentences that feature one student each day, and offer practice in proofreading and peer-editing related to capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and/or grammar rules.
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Practice Test: Grammar

For Students 4th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, students edit sentences for the correct grammar usage. Students edit 21 sentences total on this worksheet.
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Proofreading Practice

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate proofreading marks. In this proofreading lesson plan, students evaluate a paragraph for editing mistakes. Students correct mistakes and return to the teacher.
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Advanced Sentence Correction 1

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
Applying grammar rules to everyday language is an important skill for students to master. Using this activity, learners can practice forming grammatically-correct sentences.  
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Beginning Sentence Correction 15

For Students 3rd - 5th
This activity provides students with practice identifying and correcting verb tense errors in simple sentences. This activity could be used as a warm-up with beginning ESL learners.  
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Vocabulary Practice: Complete the Sentence

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary practice worksheet, students read ten sentences and analyze the word in italics. Students find a word in the word box that has a similar meaning as the italicized word.
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Sentence Revision

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the procedures for revising sentences. After viewing a PowerPoint presentation, they read a handout of common wordy phrases and discover how to jazz up their writing. They complete a worksheet in which they revise the...
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Vocabulary Practice: Find the Correct Word to Complete a Sentence

For Students 4th - 5th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read ten sentences that have a missing word. Students complete each sentence with the correct word from the list.
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Grammar Practice

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this grammar worksheet, students complete problems on editing sentences, analogies, plurals, grouping words, and proper nouns. Students complete 5 problems.