Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 10 - Compound Words
Individually, words have power, but when added together, they can take on a whole other level of meaning. Readers learn about compound words in the 10th of 17 lessons of the Word Recognition and Fluency series. A script provides guidance...
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Mechanics: Section 2
Here are 10 sentences, and each contains a mechanical error. Your class will revise each sentence, correcting capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. This activity in online and can be scored immediately.
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Whether/Weather/Wether
Is it whether, weather, or wether? Learners explore the differences between these three words using examples and descriptions. They conclude by taking an interactive test.
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Present Tense (2)
Learners correct the errors in four sentences related to subject-verb agreement and spelling with the change y to i and add -es rule. A chart with relevant examples makes up the top half of the sheet.
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Present Tense (5)
Your young editors correct errors in eight sentences. Most relate to subject-verb agreement, but a few involve knowing when to change y to i and add -es for third person singular subjects. Contains no reference information.
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Learning to Use Quotation Marks
Tired of correcting errors with quotation marks? Use this lesson plan to reinforce the proper use of quotation marks. Tenth graders study the rules for quotation marks, and then practice using quotation marks within sentences.
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Spelling 1: Post Test
In this spelling activity, middle schoolers choose the sentence that contains no spelling errors. If the sentence contains no errors, students choose "No Error."
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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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Remember and Remind Exercise
In this recognizing the differences in usage of remember and remind learning exercise, students read sentences with the words and write the translation, correct errors, fill in the blanks, and create new sentences. Students write 25...
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Worksheet on Commas
In this grammar worksheet, students investigate the proper use of commas by reading 20 sentences and inserting commas when necessary. Students then read the comma rules and write a sentence using the rule indicated. Students read a...
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Subject-Verb Agreement Rules
In this subject verb agreement worksheet, students read information about subject-verb agreement and then identify the correct verb in a sentence, practice using delayed subjects, and underline the verb that agrees with the subject in...
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Subject-Verb Agreement (Subjects)
For this grammar worksheet, students underline the subject and then choose the correct verb in parentheses that correctly completes twenty sentences.
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Wrong Word Mistakes 2
In this correcting wrong grammar usage in sentences learning exercise, 3rd graders read each sentence and change one word to correct the grammatical error. Students write 20 short answers.
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Dangling Modifiers
Students identify misplaced and dangling modifiers and correct these errors in their writing. They create illustrations to match the misplace and dangling modifiers.
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Beat the Spell Checker 1-- Going on Holiday
In this language arts worksheet, 4th graders practice proofreading skills by reading and correcting the errors in 8 sentences. The words that are misspelled are highlighted; students write the correct spelling underneath each incorrectly...
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Fly Swatter Spelling
Young scholars practice spelling words by swatting fake insects. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students participate in a spelling game in which teams must spell a word correctly one letter at a time. Young scholars may fix...
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Defending Great Literature
Students defend Mark Twain and the study of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn using persuasive techniques, appropriate word choice, and correct letter format, in response to a fictional letter by an upset parent.
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Child Safety Brochure
Students practice communication skills through brochure writing. In this child safety brochure lesson plan, students gather important child safety information and rewrite it into a brochure. Students must use correct...
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Phonemic Awareness: Words
I'm not sure what the purpose of this exercise is but I'm sure someone will find it useful. Learners repeatedly say a single sentence over and over with their teacher, then count each word in the sentence. They don't count phonemes or...
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Pronoun-Antecedent Exercises
Clarify pronoun references and pronoun antecedent agreement with this worksheet. This resource could act as a quiz or activity and could lead to teachable moments. The errors in these sentences are subtle, so this might be more...
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Capitalization Activity
Learners correct capitalization errors in a set of five sentences. Page includes links to answers and additional activities. A good, basic worksheet!
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Dissatisfied Customer
Learners complete a conversation between Bob and a car dealer to practice using proper verb tenses. There are 15 fill-in-the-blank sentences where learners use the proper tense of the provided verb. This in an online quiz and answers can...
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Fragments and Run-ons
In this online grammar instructional activity, students identify fragments and run-ons. After the students make the identification, they correct the fragments or run-ons to form complete sentences.
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Conditional Grammar Quiz- Conditional 0, 1, 2, and 3
In this language arts worksheet, learners answer 5 multiple choice questions in which they choose a phrase to complete a conditional statement. All sentences have the word "if" and students select the most correct way to end the sentence.