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Run-On Sentences

For Teachers 8th - 10th
What exactly are run-on sentences and comma splices? Polish the writing skills of your middle and high schoolers with this brief presentation. First, each term is defined and an example is given. Then, different ways to revise run-on...
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Subordinate Conjunctions and Complex Sentences for SMART Board

For Teachers 6th - 9th
A SMART board is a great way to get kids engaged and excited about grammar. Using this SMART board lesson plan and worksheet, pupils study the rules of conjunctions, clauses, and complex sentences. After they have worked on the...
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Compound Sentence Structure

For Teachers 10th
SMART boards a great way to create interest in any subject - even grammar! Using the provided SMART board lesson, have your 10th graders come up to the board and combine two independent clauses using a "glue" word (coordinating...
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Sentence Fragments

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Reinforce what constitutes a complete sentence using this presentation. Colorful arrows point to missing parts and clear explanations are presented for missing verbs or incorrect prepositional phrases. Avoid sentence fragments in writing...
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Sentence Order: "Tell Me Why!"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this sentence order worksheet, learners rearrange words to correctly put sentences together. Then they complete sentences in their own words. There are sixteen questions to complete.
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Beginning Sentence Completion 11

For Students 3rd - 4th
Help your English language learners use the appropriate verbs to complete their thoughts. Have them practice with this multiple choice worksheet. There are 12 sentences provided, and the learner has to choose the best verb (out of five...
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The Sentence Contest

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars review the definition of a sentence and identify the sentences (complete thoughts) from a list of possibilities. Students evaluate complete and incomplete sentences by being judges at a sentence contest.
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Beginning Sentence Completion 9

For Students 3rd - 4th
English language learners choose the correct multiple choice option to complete 12 sentences. There is no common theme here, so this might function best as a time-filler. 
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Sentence Combining

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students combine simple sentences into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.  In this combining sentences lesson, students are given short, choppy sentences and combine them into more mature sentences.  Students...
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Ordering Sentences: Literacy

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Use this resource as a creative way to have your class practice sentence structure. Learners take a sentence that has been scrambled into a nonsensical communication, and reorder the words. The process requires thought and ingenuity. It...
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Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study persuasive writing. They analzye an editorial for introductory,body, and concluding sentences. They develop arguments for and against various topics in small groups.
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Library Writing

For Students 1st - 2nd
Tie reading and writing to library appreciation! Learners answer four questions about the library and draw a picture of the location they most often visit. Extend the activity by taking a trip to a local library and checking out books to...
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Naughty Wildebeests

For Students 3rd - 5th
Listen in on a conversation between a bunch of wildebeests. Using the word bank (located at the bottom of the page), elementary schoolers select the appropriate word to complete each sentence. Note: There's a clue on the bottom right...
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Sentence Combining

For Students 8th
Work on combining sentences with this grammar practice worksheet. Middle schoolers rewrite six simple sentences to make compound, complex and compound-complex sentences.
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Combining Sentences: Correct Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses

For Students 7th - 12th
Break down the particularities of sentence combining with this explanatory handout. Using three example sentences, the handout demonstrates a variety of ways to combine sentences. This resource could act as a reference sheet for your...
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Varying Sentence Structure

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Show your writers how to use simple, compound, and complex sentences to add variety to writing. In addition, examples show how to employ semicolons and coordinating conjunctions to combine sentences. Colorful illustrations and graphics...
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Creative Writing - Getting Ideas

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners examine the procedures that writers utilize to obtain and develop ideas for writing. Journal writing is fostered as a primary step in the writing process. Learners are encouraged to pay careful attention to using complete...
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Sentence Fragment Exercises #1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students read 16 sentences and mark a C if the sentence is complete and an F is there is a sentence fragment.
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Recognizing Types of Sentences

For Students 6th - 7th
Use this types of sentences activity in your grammar lesson. Young writers read eight sentences and determine if each is simple, complex or compound. They write the answer on the line. There are no examples of these types of sentences.
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Essay Writing

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Are your learners working towards their GED? First they study the GED essay rubric, and then they read a sample essay as a group. After studying the basic elements, they write an essay of their own. After peer editing, they revise their...
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Clauses and Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Review sentence structure using this presentation. Learners identify complete and incomplete sentences. Then, they read a list of simple sentences and make them more complex. After this experience, learners could take a look at their own...
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Sentence Fragments

For Students 7th - 9th
Tired of finding sentence fragments in your students' writing? Use this straightforward activity to help them identify when a sentence is not complete. Sixteen sentences prompt learners to rewrite fragments as parts of a complete...
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Teaching Grammar in Context: Using Sentence Combining to Teach Subordination

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Reinforce sentence styles with this lesson, which prompts young grammarians to build complex and compound-complex sentence structures. They respond to non-print text and identify subordinators as parts of speech procedure. They spell...
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Recognizing Types of Sentences

For Students 7th - 9th
Determine if sentences are simple, compound, or complex in this grammar worksheet. Young grammarians write the sentence type on the line under each of eleven sentences.

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