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What's In a Noun: Grammar and Usage

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Nine lessons in a grammar and usage unit provide endless opportunities for drill and practice. Topics include the four types of sentences, subject and predicates, nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs and prepositions, conjunctions...
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Subject-Verb Recognition Practice #1 Natural Order Sentences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this subjects and predicates practice worksheet, students read an informative instructional activity. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to write down the complete subjects and complete predicates and then...
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Subject-Verb Recognition: Natural and Inverted Order Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this subject/verb worksheet, students read about natural and inverted order sentences, then locate the simple subject and simple predicate in a set of 10 sentences.
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Understanding Predicates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify predicates in a sentence. In this grammar lesson, students highlight the subject and predicate in various sentences. Learners examine the various types of predicates and practice identifying them in a sentence. This...
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Nouns, Verbs, and Describing Words

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders photograph items in their school and write a sentence that describes the items. They use different colored fonts when word processing the sentence to highlight nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
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Grammar Review

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Review grammar rules for simple and compound sentences. Learners diagram sentences and identify conjunctions, interjections, and prepositional phrases. As a class, they study their notes and complete pages in their grammar book to...
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Understanding Simple and Complete Predicates

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars study simple and complete predicates. They explore the simple and complete predicates in a variety of sentences. Students identify both simple and complete predicates. They use simple and complete predicates correctly in...
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The Verb and Adverb Connection

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use pantomine and charades to explore verbs and adverbs. They, in groups, play a variation of charades to act out sentences with adverbs showing WHEN and WHERE.
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Renewable Energy Sentences

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners construct sentences using nouns and verbs from a "renewable energy" word bank. In this cross curriculum ecology and sentence structure grammar and mechanics lesson, students listen to the book Our Earth: Clean Energy by Peggy...
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Recipe for Sensational Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 7th
'Cook-up' sensational sentences with your class. They expand sentences by adding more descriptive words. Then discuss the importance of using appropriate grade level language in daily speaking and writing.
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What's Cooking

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice following and writing directions through the use of simple recipes. First they write directions for creating an ice cream sundae. Then they make the sundaes using the recipe written by their classmates.
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The Sequential Teaching of Writing Skills at Grade Eight

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the techniques to write properly. As a class, they practice writing complete sentences and discover how to avoid run-on sentences. In groups, they review action and state of being verbs and practice...
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Gerund Recognition Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this gerund practice worksheet, young scholars discover what gerunds are as they read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify gerunds and identify the types of nouns they act as in...
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Parts of Speech Review

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice the parts of speech using index cards to label words in a sentence.
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Clauses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students understand that there are different types of clauses and define the differences. In this clauses lesson, students complete activities to practice works with different types of clauses.
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Parts of Speech Review

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students need to know how to correctly use words in their writing and speaking. By reviewing parts of speech with hands-on activities, students retain and enjoy studying sentence structure.
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Prefixes, Un-, Re-, and, Dis-

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify prefixes and use prefixes correctly in sentences. They edit and change sentences containing prefixes.
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Publishing: A Persuasive Essay

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are given an opportunity to create a visual to accompany their presentations of their persuasive essays. They may use the computer or other media as resources.