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University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: Parts of the Sentence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This University of Ottawa site overviews the parts of the sentence and then provides a list of links to the various individual parts including subject and predicate, objects and complements, noun, pronoun, phrase, clause, and a review...
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Writing Fix

Writingfix: Alliteration Potluck

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, Potluck by Anne Shelby, is used as a mentor text for word choice. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight alliteration. Each student will use alliteration in a sentence as the student include his/her name, a...
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Grammar Tips

Grammar Tips: Nonfinite Verb Forms (Verbals)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource offers a clear explanation of verbals and their proper use. There are some examples, but the resource is primarily devoted to definition.
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College Claparede (Switzerland)

English Exercises Online: Use of the Gerund

For Students 6th - 8th
Practice creating the gerund form of words by typing them into boxes within a set of ten sentences. Hints are available if needed, and answers can be checked when the exercise is finished.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
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University of North Carolina

Univ. Of North Carolina: Seeing and Correcting Sentence Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Action Packed Rain Forest Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Jane Yolen's Welcome to the Greenhouse is used as a mentor text. Students will record their favorite verbs from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use interactive...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Action Packed Ocean Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Andrew Clement's awesome picture book, Big Al is used as a mentor text. Students will record their favorite verbs from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Crazy Illustrations

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this instructional activity, Flotsam, written by David Wiesner, is used as a mentor text. Students will analyze the author's use of crazy illustrations and word choices. Students will then use a game on this web site where they will...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Parts of Speech in Sentences: The Order of Operations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this comprehensiv learning module students identify the parts of speech by following a certain order until each word in a sentence is labeled. In a variety of exercises, learners practice finding verbs, prepositional phrases,...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Tail Acrostic Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur Mentor, Silver Seeds by Paul Paolilli, and Henry & The Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall are used as mentor texts. Students will practice their acrostic skills on the...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Color Personification Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book written by Mary O'Neill and Red Sings, and From Treetops: a Year in Colors, a book by Joyce Sidman, are used as mentor texts. Students will brainstorm to collect different adjectives,...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Camping Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
In this instructional activity, Teaching Grammar in Context by Constance Weaver provides foundational information for this instructional activity. When I Go Camping with Grandma, a book by Marion Dane Bauer, is used as the mentor text of...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Who/what/where/when Game: Wild Weather Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan, Teaching Grammar in Context by Constance Weaver provides foundational information for this lesson plan. Brave Irene, written by William Steig, is used as the mentor text of this lesson plan. Students will develop...
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ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Parts of a Sentence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the world of "Parts of a Sentence." Find out about adjectives, nouns, prepositions and more. This site features an overview of each part of speech.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Subject

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Part of larger website devoted to sentence structure, grammar, and writing skills, this tutorial teaches the subject of a sentence--the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.
Activity
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Grammar Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of concise explanations of various aspects of English grammar and usage. All topics include exercises that can be done, checked, and corrected online. Solid resource for English language learners at the intermediate...
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The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Verbals: The Basics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines verbals and provides several examples, but it also goes through several steps to verbal identification.
Activity
SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Writer's Complex: Grammar Interactive Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has an index to interactive exercises testing knowledge of various types of grammar. Some categories offer basic and advanced exercises. Answers are explained.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Verbals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry defines verbals, gerunds, participles, and infinitives; discusses each their different functions in sentences, and provides examples of each.
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Other

Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Grammar Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get a collection of self-help handouts on different parts of speech and common usage topics.
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University of Ottawa (Canada)

Hyper Grammar: The Parts of Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This grammar tutorial site offers a thorough discussion of the various parts of speech.
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Other

Sjrc Writing Center: Parallel Structure Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site explains the topic of parallel structure. Numerous examples of sentences with parallel structure are provided.
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English Zone

English zone.com: Noun Clauses: Using Infinitives

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An interactive exercise with four examples followed by ten sentences. Students complete each question by combining two sentences while using an infinitive phrase. When finished, students can check to see how many answers are correct.

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