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Run-On Sentences
Have you seen run-on sentences in your learners' writing lately? If you're looking to address this issue, you might use this run-on sentence handout as a reference sheet. This handout lists examples of run-on sentences as well as...
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The Writing Tips: One, Two, There, You're Out!
Introduce your class to the importance of using active verbs in writing. Learners read sentences in which the word there is used, and identify an active verb that can be used instead. The activity comes with a comprehensive worksheet for...
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Develop a Paragraph
Need a recipe for a paragraph? Young writers cook up the opening paragraph for a speech on food preparation. They prepare by reading the directions and cutting out the provided sentence strips. Then, they mix up the strips and paste the...
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Declarative and Interrogative Sentences
Learners write interrogative and declarative sentences in a short message. After seeing many examples of these types of sentences, students write sentences of their ownl.
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Sentence Fragments
Reinforce what constitutes a complete sentence using this presentation. Colorful arrows point to missing parts and clear explanations are presented for missing verbs or incorrect prepositional phrases. Avoid sentence fragments in writing...
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Commas
Help your pupils punctuate properly! This particular worksheet focuses on commas and requires learners to write original sentences that fulfill certain comma requirements.
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Subordinate Conjunctions and Complex Sentences for SMART Board
A SMART board is a great way to get kids engaged and excited about grammar. Using this SMART board lesson plan and worksheet, pupils study the rules of conjunctions, clauses, and complex sentences. After they have worked on the...
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Compound Sentence Structure
SMART boards a great way to create interest in any subject - even grammar! Using the provided SMART board lesson, have your 10th graders come up to the board and combine two independent clauses using a "glue" word (coordinating...
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What's the Case? - The Three Cases of a Personal Pronoun
In this grammar learning exercise, students learn about personal pronouns (subject, object and possessive) in sentence writing. They then answer the 14 questions on the learning exercise. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Module 7--Socializing
In this socializing worksheet, learners write a response to seven statements that people might say, think of a creative way to reply to seven sentences and write a sentence for one social custom from eight various countries.
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Clauses and Sentences
Review sentence structure using this presentation. Learners identify complete and incomplete sentences. Then, they read a list of simple sentences and make them more complex. After this experience, learners could take a look at their own...
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Creative Writing - Getting Ideas
Learners examine the procedures that writers utilize to obtain and develop ideas for writing. Journal writing is fostered as a primary step in the writing process. Learners are encouraged to pay careful attention to using complete...
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Compound-Complex Sentences
What is a simple sentence? What about a complex sentence? Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with this nine-slide resource. Example sentences are presented, and a short writing opportunity follows. After showing this...
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Should I Use “I”?
Despite the formal nature of academic writing, personal pronouns frequently appear in high school and college papers. While your first instinct may be to cross them out, sometimes it's okay to use them, an idea covered in a handout that...
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I'm Published! A Parts of Speech Book
Reinforce the importance of the writing process with this publication instructional activity. Elementary and middle schoolers compose a parts of speech book which includes one page each for nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs,...
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Harmony and Expression in Writing Form
How do you write an interesting beginning, middle, and end of a story? With this activity, young writers look to other stories as examples. Then, they use some of the attached graphic organizers to help them create their own story. Note:...
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Visible Speech: A Short Course in the Fundamentals of Writing
Use this presentation to introduce a class or lecture about writing organization. The slide show is the first part in a five-part series, titled "What is an Essay?" The slideshow is short and could use more detail, but functions as a...
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The Writing Process
Lead your learners through the different stages of the writing process. Show them this presentation as they work through a writing assignment, breaking it up over several days of work. You might also post this on a class website as a...
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Revising Pronouns and Antecedents
Students choose better pronouns to use in their writing. In this pronouns in writing lesson, students identify pronouns in their writing, then replace second person pronouns to improve their writing.
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Whip up a Storm of Writing Ideas
Need a key to unlock writer's block? Introduce your writers to four easy steps that will release them from their mental prison. The brainstorming worksheet, designed to set free their imaginations, even has an answer key.
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I Have Been Thinking…
Scholars read a short story about a girl visiting her grandmother, identify the main idea of the tale, and then write a sentence about this idea. Learners practice their phonics skills by filling in word blanks with letters to complete...
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How to Write a Four Star Extended Response
Teach pupils how to write a strong extended response with this handout. Learners can follow the instructions to write their responses and keep this page with them for reference. There are examples included. This might be a useful...
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Writing a Number Sentence
Third graders analyze word problems. In this number sentence lesson, 3rd graders evaluate word problems. Students create number sentences from word problems.
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Writing Descriptive Sentences
In this writing activity, learners write a descriptive sentence to tell about each clip art character. They write sentences to describe a teddy bear, a dragon, a basketball player, and a rubber duck.