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Constructing and Using Different Types of Sentences with Support from The Shurley Grammar Method
Students analyze parts of speech, sentence structure, and ver usage in this ten lesson unit on grammar. Through games, activities, assignments, and printed material, the concepts are supported and reinforced in a creative way.
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A Simple Task Made Complex: Types of Sentences
Looking for a lesson about differing sentence types? Use this lesson on compound and complex sentences in your grammar unit. After composing simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences individually and as part of a group,...
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Combining Sentences: Correct Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses
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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Language with Linguistic Legos
Students visualize and manipulate sentences as building blocks, and, given a key, use Legos™ to demonstrate how to construct sentences of variety (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex).
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Completing a Christmas Story
Students discuss with teacher how to complete a short story and the elements necessary: characters, settings, themes, and plots. They then use the worksheet to complete the short story.
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Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
What kind of sentence is it? This can be a complex subject, so don't compound the difficulty by skipping over the topic! It's simple, just have your class read and go over the information here and then complete the included exercise.
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Writing Resolutions
Students prepare for Youth Voices Forum by writing resolutions using actual format employed by United Nations. Students explore components of resolution, including formal language, and practice writing and critiquing resolutions.
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Learning About Contractions
Students identify contractions. In this phonics lesson, students define what a contraction is and give examples on the board. Students complete a worksheet as a follow-up.
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Learning About Vowels - Part One
Help learners examine the vowels as the teacher writes them on the board. They watch as the teacher circles the vowels. Then they can complete a worksheet where they circle the vowels in the given words.
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Friendly Letter Writing and Sentence Structure
Explore communication through writing by analyzing individual sentences with young writers. They practice writing compound sentences and identifying sentence fragments. The next step has them learn the five parts of a friendly letter....
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Ingredients For a Great Story
Focus on writing with this presentation. It includes a list of the ingredients of a great story. It is an interesting and thorough exploration of this topic. This is a great presentation to show to your class before a creative writing...
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Alphabetizing Vegetables
Students explore alphabetical order. In this language arts lesson, students are given a list of twenty vegetables and complete a worksheet putting the names of these vegetables in alphabetical order.
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Punctuation Practice
For this punctuation worksheet, students determine the correct punctuation mark that matches a given description. Students may check answers by clicking an answer button beneath each sentence.
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Lesson on Run-on Sentences
In this lesson on run-on sentences worksheet, 7th graders read the explanation and examples of sentence construction and punctuation, then rewrite 10 sentences correctly.
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Simple and compound sentences
In this simple and compound sentences worksheet, students decide whether sentences are simple or compound sentences. Students also identify homophones, and plurals in sentences.
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Punctuation Cards
In this literacy activity, learners work with the cards in order to develop the skills of punctuation. They concentrate upon word form and sentence structure.
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"At Castle Boterel"
For this "At Castle Boterel" worksheet, students complete eight short answer questions about assonance, alliteration, rhyme, stanzas and Thomas Hardy's story telling abilities about the "At Castle Boterel" poem.
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The Wild Life: Writing Exercise
For this description worksheet, students describe a typical summer morning in a teepee village. Essays should include introductory paragraph, body paragraph, and concluding paragraph.
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The Teaching Challenge: Lynne Truss
Students watch movie featuring Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, and scour community pointing out bad punctuation to shopkeepers and restaurateurs.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Semi Colons
Comprehensive tutorial illustrates how to use semi-colons properly.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Semi Colons
This resource discusses two uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each use.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Colon and Semicolon Exercise
The first part of this site provides information and examples for the correct usage of the colon and the semicolon. The second part is an exercise. Click on "semi-colon" of "colon" to correctly punctuate the sentence. Then click on...
Other
Saint Michael's College: Semicolon and Colon
This site discusses the three major uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each of the uses. Also discusses the use of the colon.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Connecting Sentences
This Grammarly Handbook resource provides ways to connect sentences using transition words and punctuation (colons and semi-colons). Includes a list of transitional words and their uses, and a discussion of how punctuation is used to...