Curated OER
Weather Adjectives
How would you describe that twisting, powerful, destructive, ferocious tornado? Have your scholars analyze a tornado using adjectives: students write six adjectives on a graphic organizer, and then use each in a sentence below. This...
Curated OER
Idiom Workout
Teach your students that identifying a phrase as an idiom isn't an insult! Providing an ample definition of the term "idiom," as well as three categories of popular idioms ("get the..." "in a..." and "on the..."), the activity prompts...
Curated OER
Giving a Persuasive Speech
Students examine how to plan their own thoughts, write down specific notes, and prepare to give their speech on a topic from the list. They take a specific side and present their arguments to the class.
Curated OER
Amazing Speeches
Students study the speeches of Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and Chief Joseph. Students write a story set during the Nineteenth Century Era. Students present their story to the class. Handouts and worksheets are included in the...
Curated OER
Parts of Speech
In this parts of speech worksheet, students recognize affirmative and negative expressions. Students put the correct response in ten sentences.
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Beyond Birmingham, Summer 1963
The assassination of Medgar Evers. The integration of the University of Alabama. The March on Washington. The "I Have a Dream" speech. Created by the Alabama History Education Initiative, this resource examines how the events...
Digital History
Representation: By State or by Population
Should representation in the new United States government be based on population? This worksheet illustrates the details of this important quandary through an adaptation of speeches on the topic given at the Constitutional Convention....
Bully Free Systems
Bully Free Lesson Plans—Seventh Grade
Having a hard time defining bullying with your seventh graders? Discuss the different types of behavior one would see in a bullying situation with a series of lessons, worksheets, and group activities.
Curated OER
Lesson Four: Comparatives and Superlatives
Put on your best smile, or a least a better one, for this lesson on superlatives and comparatives. English language learners first fill out a graphic organizer by finding other people in the class who are taller than they are, shorter...
California Education Partners
Hope Despair Memory
Elie Wiesel's "Hope, Despair and Memory" provides ninth graders an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to analyze complex text. Individuals craft an essay that draws evidence from the text of the speech to show how Wiesel develops...
Worksheet Web
Heteronyms
Challenge scholars to identify and use heteronyms in a sentence with a two-page learning exercise designed to boost grammar skills.
K12 Reader
Add a Prepositional Phrase to an Adjective Phrase
Don't just rely on adjectives to describe the nouns in your sentence! Use a handy worksheet to review prepositional and adjective phrases. Learners read eight sentences and add prepositional phrases as adjectives after either the subject...
Curated OER
Verb City
In this verb worksheet, learners read 15 sentences and underline the action words. Students also underline the action words in a story.
Curated OER
Understanding Prepositions
Students receive instruction on the definition and the role of prepositions viewing the board for examples. They then complete the worksheet on prepositions; locating it in each sentence and writing it on the line.
Curated OER
My Worksheet-- What Was the Question?
In this questions and answers worksheet, students look at a picture and read the statement. Students write the question that goes with the answer provided.
Curated OER
ESL Use of Most and More- True and False Worksheet
In this ESL use of the words most and more worksheet, students read 7 sentences. They circle true or false for each sentence as they check the use of the words most or more.
Curated OER
ESL Colors of the Rainbow- Color Labeling Worksheet
In this ESL color labeling worksheet, students examine 8 clipart pictures before writing as many colors as they can name in each picture.
Curated OER
ESL What Do They Do? Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL jobs multiple choice worksheet, learners look at 8 pictures to determine what people are doing. They pick the best answer to complete a statement that tells what a person does such as, "A fisherman is a person who...."
Curated OER
ESL Winter Picture/Word Matching Worksheet
In this ESL winter word/picture worksheet, students draw a line to match each picture with the sentence. They examine 7 pictures while completing the matching activity.
Curated OER
Indirect Object Pronouns
Directly address the use of the indirect object pronouns with a lesson plan on how to locate them in sentences and worksheets that provide opportunities for practice using them.
Curated OER
Gerund Recognition Practice
In this gerund practice worksheet, students 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 the...
Curated OER
Transitive/Intransitive Verb Practice
In this transitive and intransitive verbs practice worksheet, pupils read an informative lesson plan. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify verbs and label them as transitive or intransitive.
Curated OER
The Past Tense -- Simple Past
A quick review of the past tense begins this learning exercise. It focuses on the simple past, and has a diagram to identify past actions in visual terms. Adding -ed or -ied is explained, and the past forms of to...
Curated OER
Active/Passive Voice Recognition Practice
Practice the active and the passive voice with this worksheet. Print this sheet for your class, and they can practice identifying the verb and deciding whether the verb is in the active or passive tense.