In this verbs learning exercise, students analyze a detailed picture of 15 children who are playing in a tree. Students write a sentence with a vivid verb to describe what each child in the picture is doing.

Read the descriptive paragraph (included) with your middle schoolers, and have them study the stylistic elements included. They'll look for vivid verbs, alliteration, assonance, similes, and personification. Before writers craft their...

In this sentences worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions about extending sentences with nouns, articles and pronouns.

Students learn about the differences among action verbs with similar meanings by placing them in order on a graphic organizer from weakest to strongest.

Learners learn about the differences among verbs with similar meanings by placing them in order from least to most on a graphic organizer.

Six sets of three words with similar definitions but varying shades of meaning. Learners cut out the words and place them in order of weakest to strongest.