Read the descriptive paragraph (included) with your middle schoolers, and have them study the stylistic elements included. They'll look for vivid verbs, alliteration, assonance, similes, and personification. Before writers craft their...

Help your learners make their writing more meaningful and lively. They review the ways verbs are used in a sentence, describe passive and active types, and discuss techniques for improving their writing. This resource could be a...

Descriptive sentences are the focus of this resource. You can have your class explore ways to improve their writing by discussing and evaluating the examples provided. The presentation begins with a discussion of simple sentences, and...

Add interest to your class's writing by having them focus on strong verbs. Using this worksheet, first have them identify all of the main verbs in each sentence. Then, have them rewrite each sentence using a stronger verb. Practice often...

Pluralize it! Pupils take 10 subjects in English and write them plural in Spanish. Then, in the second exercise, they re-write a series of sentences (already written in Spanish) to make the subjects plural. 

Practice writing one and two nouns with a series of grammar activities. English learners read the instructions and list nouns, write sentences, and focus on irregular endings.

Everyone loves a great riddle, right? Everyone except for the characters in Shakespeare's Pericles, who will be killed unless they answer the king's riddle correctly. With the study guide, scholars use words coined by Shakespeare to play...

They say when you are told something enough times, you eventually begin to believe it's true. Sadly, Max in Freak The Mighty believed he was stupid and dumb, so he learned to be alone. That changed when he met another outcast, Freak....

Review comparatives and superlatives. Middle schoolers are introduced to modifiers such as Adjectives and Adverbs. They will talk about comparatives and superlatives such as: What makes them different, fo over rules for each type of...

In this using commas learning exercise, students read about the proper use of commas. They also read about overuse and misuse of commas in their writing. They link to five practice exercise that are listed at the bottom of the page.

As kids develop writing skills, run-on sentences are bound to happen. Review what a run-on sentence is with the first part of this learning exercise, and then let them try to correct the 10 run-on sentences provided. Since there are a...

Set up your learners to become master sentence combiners with this sentence combining instructional activity! There are 3 columns on this resource. Writers merge simple sentences from the first column and second column using the clue...

Here is a colorful, cute worksheet to provide your emerging readers with practice understanding and using comparative and superlative adjectives. They fill in cartoon train cars with each form for five adjectives, and underline the form...

Divided into two 10-question exercises, this activity provides practice with irregular verbs in the simple past tense. Ten present-tense, monosyllabic verbs are given in a word bank; learners write the past tense form in a blank in each...

Learners fill in the blanks with a choice of a word or phrase either containing the article the or not to complete the sentences and then list them in the categories Zero Article or The. Students write 31 answers.

Writing flows better with complex and compound sentences. Teach your learners how to combine sentences using relative clauses. This worksheet has 10 questions, but there are no examples provided. Consider providing at least a few...

Scholars take pictures of people, places, and things around the school and glue pictures onto the correct noun categories. They will put together a "grammar shots" portfolio identifying pictures with the correct noun category and write...

Pupils report classroom news. First, they write complete sentences using adjectives and adverbs to describe events. Next, they take turns presenting interesting news to the class using appropriate volume and clarity. As an extension,...

Take the complexity out of writing complex sentences. Young writers practice taking two ideas and putting them together to make a complex sentence. Create a list of subordinating conjunctions to help each individual make better sentences.

What is the passive voice? What is the active voice? Which voice is typically preferred in writing? Use this worksheet to discuss the different voices. Then, have learners rewrite a series of sentences so that they are in the passive...

Help your students to vary their sentence structure with this presenation, which teaches them to use relative pronouns and adjective clauses to change the order of their sentences. The presentation details different ways to write the...

Writing words in their plural form will be a little easier for your class after viewing this presentation. It provides a step-by-step discussion of the spelling rules for changing words from singular to plural. This is a handy resource...

Who is your boyfriend or girlfriend? Have each learner choose a friend to describe with the use of adjectives. Basic information includes where he or she is from, the high school they attend, and basic traits they do or don't have....

Is your Spanish class learning object pronouns and -ar verbs? Need a formative assessment to gauge their current understanding of these topics? Use this quick practice. Consider adding a part c, and have them write a few sentences of...