Students experience a writing activity aimed at spicing up their writing. They use the classroom Luscious Language Box to add creative parts of speech to their writing.

Sixth graders examine the important items that need to be included in a want ad. They create a want ad for a career in science.

Third graders research the different aspects of the human heart. Groups work through steps to create a multimedia slide presentation. The presentation must follow pre-set criteria.

In this language arts learning exercise, 2nd graders are assessed in their writing ability according to a formal assessment. The sheet classifies them into different categories.

Students write a brochure that educates incoming middle school students on how to succeed.

Second graders, in groups, produce a Family Cookbook by bringing recipes from home.

Third graders explore how to write the five-paragraph essay.

Third graders write essays after participating in mini-lessons that encourage better writing. They write using the model of a skeleton to which they add the muscles.

Fourth graders write a short story using 100 words or less.

Students design a mosaic depicting the city of Constantinople during determined periods of history. They include historical evidence that shows whether the city was under Muslim or Christian rule.

Third graders write an essay which answers the question, "What kind of student do you want to be?"

Second graders research facets of their community in order to create an informational brochure. After brainstorming ideas of what could be included in the brochure, student groups get information from the internet, the library or a...

This slideshow lesson focuses on sentence fragments and how to correct them. It defines fragments, gives two methods for identifying them, provides various ways to correct them with examples, and discusses subordinators and fragments...

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice identifying complete sentences and sentence fragments.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with identifying complete sentences and sentence fragments.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with identifying complete sentences and sentence fragments.

This lesson focuses on complete sentences, fragments, subordinating conjunctions, and dependent clauses. It defines each and provides examples; then provides a self-assessment in which students read sentences or parts of sentences and...

Students will sort phrases into bags labeled "sentences" or "fragments."

This entry focuses on forming complete sentences by identifying fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences and learning how to correct them. It provides the rules, examples of errors, and examples of how to correct each type of error.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This downloadable reference provides notes and examples of different types of sentences. Simple sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences are discussed on the resource pages.

This slideshow lesson focuses on sentence length and style; it lists four types of sentences: fragments, short sentences, long sentences, and run-ons. It explains the effect that is achieved by using each of these sentence types for...

This slideshow lesson focuses on the appropriateness of sentence fragments. It defines sentence fragments and discusses how writers use them: to gain the reader's attention, to emphasize an important word or phrase, to answer a question,...

This lesson focuses on the intentional use of sentence fragments. It offers a YouTube video asking the viewer to spot the fragments, and a PowerPoint presentation listing 5 appropriate uses of fragments: to get the reader's attention, to...

This lesson will give students tools and tips to edit sentence structure so that fragments and run-on sentences will not hamper their writing.