Transitions, words that reveal the relationship between two ideas, are the subject of a presentation that provides color-coded illustrations to show viewers how this part of speech functions in sentences. The PowerPoint concludes with an...

This is a fantastic collection of a wide variety of rubrics for writing, listening, and speaking! The resource contains over 14 rubrics for assessing such items as a summary, autobiographical sketch and narrative, speech, oral...

Tenth graders identify Mark Anthony's scheming brilliance in his three major speeches in 3.1. They isolate the main idea by cutting the speech in half and then they perform the speech chorally. Each student also identifies three phrases...

Students investigate the different parts of speech by participating in a fill in the blank activity. In this Mad Libs lesson, students define the different parts of speech and discuss how they are used appropriately in sentences....

Learners explore grammar by completing numerous exercises in class. For this parts of speech lesson, students discuss the differences between comparatives, superlatives, possessive pronouns, adverbs and other types of words. Learners...

Third graders discuss books that have been banned and the things that they have in common. They explore the concept of freedom of speech and write poems based on their discussion.

Students watch videos, listen to speeches and analyze the information that is presented about the civil rights movement. They examine visual art of the period.

In this sentences worksheet, 2nd graders complete multiple choice questions about complete sentences, defining words in sentences, subjects and predicates, and parts of speech in sentences. Students complete 15 questions.

In this language learning exercise, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions about sentence structure, commas, parts of speech, and more. Students complete 15 questions.

Instruct your class on how to put together a sentence in Spanish. The resource covers the different parts of speech, showing how the Spanish version of each sentence compares with the English version. While there are no procedures...

A beginning study of linguistics will include phonetics and the way sound is made. Show your class these great slides with pictures and examples of consonants, vowels, and blends. Placement of the tongue, lips, etc. are displayed to give...

Examine the changing nature of language in the U.S. View and discuss excerpts from a PBS documentary with your class and then conduct Internet research, and complete a team project on the evolution of teen expressions. 

Slightly confusing upon first glance, this lesson is actually a neat idea! Present your learners with a series of sentences (at the top of the page), and have them follow the directions to cross out adverbs, verbs in the past tense, etc....

One of the reasons presidential inaugural speeches are so inspiring is the way word choice reflects the historical context of the time. An interactive timeline invites learners to click on their president of choice and view the most...

Teach your kids the foundational building blocks of grammar: the eight parts of speech. Young scholars review these and also discuss how to correctly use interjections. They identify the interjections on a worksheet, for which answers...

Have your class play this grammar game to practice identifying parts of speech. Focusing on punctuation, adjectives, nouns, verbs, and more, learners take a sentence and change it according to the prompts provided.

Compare real events from Mark Twain's life to events in the story. Middle school readers identify point-of-view, its purpose, and its reliability by citing two examples. They describe the tone of the story using four examples and...

Elementary schoolers analyze correct usage of proper nouns. They correct six sentences and rewrite them on the lines provided correctly capitalizing all proper nouns.

Here is a 114-slide PowerPoint that covers the proper use of articles, singular and plural nouns, and rules of capitalization. Your students should gain valuable practice from working through the examples present in the slides. This is...

Understanding what prefixes are, why they are used, and how they change the meaning or purpose of words, are the focuses of this language arts presentation. A lot of valuable practice is embedded in each of the 19 slides. Pupils are...

Here is a well-designed presentation on apostrophes and their many uses. The apostrophe is used in many different ways, and this PowerPoint does a great job of showing how it's used. There is a nice interactive component built in, and...

America was founded by dreamers, and the American dream still resonates in our country today. Track the American dream from its Puritan beginnings to its optimistic descendants with a instructional activity that focuses on speeches...

In order to make evidence-based claims, one must be able to draw explicit information from text. From here, learners take that information, analyze the text to develop a deeper understanding, and connect with the information in order to...

In this conjunctions instructional activity, students read about conjunctions and then take a multiple choice quiz on them. Students complete 10 questions.