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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Organize a Lesson Plan

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students fill out a lesson plan, just like their teacher.  In this how to lesson, students discover the components needed in a lesson plan. Students plan a lesson and share it with the class.
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Handout
TES Global

Tes: Sentences: Simple, Compound and Complex

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
[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.
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Handout
University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: Hyper Grammar: Building Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent site which outlines the types of sentences - simple, compound, and complex. Gives in-depth information and examples of each. Includes review exercises for practice or assessment.
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Grammar Basics: Types of Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides multiple resources on the different types of sentences. Students can observe a presentation on simple, compound, and complex sentences, watch a video [4:19] about simple sentences, and link to a video about compound...
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Other

English Grammar Revolution: Types of Sentences

For Students K - 1st Standards
This site offers a brief tutorial on the four types of sentences, then two exercises of 10 sentences each, for student practice or assessment. Answers are also available.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Types of Sentences

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
A nine-part learning module with links to texts, videos, and websites to use while learning about clauses and simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Teaching Simple and Compound Sentences in Context

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A teaching resource with lesson plans, handouts, and four videos demonstrating how to teacher sentence structure through mentor sentences.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Simple Sentences: Oh So Happy!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Six slides introducing simple sentences, explaining how they are formed, and demonstrating how they can be linked together to create a compound sentence.
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Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: Sentence Structure Challenge Trivia Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A ten-question exercise where students read each sentence and decide if it is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence. When finished, students can check their answers and see the correct answers to any questions missed.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Compound Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An eight-slide presentation introducing compound sentences and explaining how to write them and why writers use them.
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Unit Plan
Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson starts with the simple sentence and explains sentence parts, independent clauses, types of sentences, coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, and sentence errors (comma splices and fused sentences). Links to practice...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound Complex Sentences: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson defines and provides examples for each of the types of sentences: simple, complex, compound, and compound-complex. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Complex and Compound Complex Sentences: Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Choose the sentence that correctly combines two statements in order to create a complex or compound-complex sentence in this seven-question quiz.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: No Nonsense Grammar: Using Varied Sentence Types

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
While they aren't wrong, overusing simple sentences can be dull and boring. Make use of compound or complex sentences! [0:44]
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Handout
Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Kinds of Sentences and Their Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry focuses on the kinds of sentences and how they are punctuation including simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Complex Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Nine slides introducing complex sentences, dependent clauses, and independent clauses and explaining how to identify and create them.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simple and Compound Sentences | No Nonsense Grammar

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb and by itself contains a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator:...
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Activity
University College London

The Internet Grammar of English: Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Internet Grammar of English of the University College of London provides a general overview of sentence structure. Content includes an online exercise, and is worth checking out on the subject.
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Activity
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Run on Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site shows how to repair run-on sentences. Students and teachers will find this interactive resource helpful.
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Quia

Quia: Simple and Compound Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Do you know the difference between simple and compound sentences? Find out what you know about by taking this practice quiz.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Simple and Compound Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This lesson introduces students to simple and compound sentences and gives them a chance to try identifying them for themselves.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Sentence Structure Practice Game

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An interactive game focused on sentence structure. Students answer fifteen increasingly difficult questions about simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences in order to win the game. Three hints are available, but if a...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit: Sentence Types

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Lessons and materials to teach simple, compound, and complex sentences to middle school students.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Sentence Types and Comma Rules

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A 21-part learning module including links to texts, images, videos, exercises, and websites on simple, compound, and complex sentences and their rules for comma use.