Students write five-line, diamond shaped poems that are very easy to write then submit one through an automatic PIZZAZZ form.

Students review periodic table of elements, choose one element, and create piece of poetry about it using Cinquain, Haiku, or Acrostic format. Students then read aloud their poems to classmates.

In this language arts worksheet, middle schoolers read the rules and format for a diamante poem. They fill in the lines on page 2 while following the guidelines.

Students discuss the importance of leaving an appropriate message on an answering machine or voice mail system. They write a message for a friend and in pairs take turns reading their message while their partner writes it down.

Present progressives describe an action in progress, or something that started in the past and is still happening. It is formed with the helping "to be" verb in the present tense and the present participle of the verb. [0:42]

Rules, exceptions, and examples of how to add -ing to verbs, dependent on the ending of the original word.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to spell regular verb endings s, ed, ing (link to grammar work on tenses).

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses how the spelling of verbs changes when ing is added.

Decide which inflectional ending matches the verb in each sentence.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed for students to practice adding -s, -ed, and -ing to words.

Practice conjugating verbs in this article on the role of women in modern marriage. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in the designated tense: present, present subjunctive, future, preterite, imperfect, or a gerund....

Learners practice making words with -ed, -ing, and -er suffixes. [PDF]