What will you do when you grow up? What are you going to do after school is over? Learn about future time clauses and how they connect to independent clauses with a helpful grammar presentation.

Read this bizarre story with your French class! The story is about a half-page in length, but the word choice and sentence structures are geared towards intermediate and advanced Francophones. Activities focus on vocabulary development,...

A tweet can only be 140 characters long, including spaces. Challenge class members to write a positive note to one or more of their peers in 140 characters or less. It is a great activity to give on Valentine's Day to upper...

Complete personal pronoun practice activities. Pupils use correct personal pronoun form in sentences the teacher writes on the board. They review the function of a pronoun and the various cases and practice placing personal pronouns by...

A unit plan uses short texts to teach literary elements such as theme and characterization. Included are passages by authors such as Walter Dean Myers and Sandra Cisneros. Activities include quick writes, filling in graphic organizers,...

Students make sentences and then play a silly game of switching the subjects and the predicates to create hilarious new sentences.

Students practice composing sentences that pertain to the description of a picture. They use critical observation skills in order to derive the best details. The sentences are required to follow the correct subject and verb pattern.

Students practice changing sentence fragments into complete sentences.

In this coordinating conjunctions worksheet, students decide the best way to write a sentence, choosing the answer that is both correctly punctuated and has the same meaning.

Second graders analyze the steps taken in writing a paragraph in the ten lessons of this unit. Writing for a particular purpose is developed as the conventional grammar skills utilized.

Seventh graders access an organizer from an earlier lesson and transition sentences to begin a new essay.  In this organization and composing lesson, 7th graders work in small groups to create a draft of an article about...

In this grammar worksheet, students determine if a group of words is a complete sentence or a fragment. Students rewrite the fragments to make complete sentences. Students correct run-on sentences by adding appropriate punctuation....

In this revision worksheet, students correct the mistakes in sentences, combine sentences, insert verbs in sentences, and more. Students complete 4 problems total.

In this language arts fill-in-the-blank worksheet, students locate sentence fragments in a paragraph. They make corrections to all the fragments by adding or combining material. They write the correct sentences on the blank lines.

In this combining sentences learning exercise, students examine 10 pairs of sentences and rewrite each pair as 1 single sentence using paired conjunctions.

In this grammar worksheet, students read, locate and rewrite and fragments they find in fifteen sentences. Students check to make sure each one is grammatically correct.

Third graders receive Gummi hamburgers. They discuss parts and structure of a (real) hamburger. Students dissect the gummi hamburger and rearrange the pieces. Students discuss the problems that would be caused by this with a real...

Third graders compose two or more simple sentences in response to a picture. They construct sentences and produce captions with 3 or more sentences that extend the subject/verb pattern. They demonstrate age appropriate correct use of...

In this paragraph structure worksheet, students read an excerpt about Europe and identify the sentences that focus on human characteristics as well as physical characteristics. Students rewrite the selection as two paragraphs that...

Students define specialized terminology involving parts of speech. They identify main and subordinate clauses and create complex sentences. They edit and revise writing to incorporate complex sentences and identify parts of speech...

Students explore language arts by reading a classic children's story in class. For this story structure lesson, students read the Judith Viorst book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Students discuss the...

Students summarize a story, identify the plot structure, and create a symbol that represents the essence of the story.

What is historical fiction? After explaining the difference to your learners, it's time to give each learner a try! With your support, encourage them to research, plan, and write their own historical fiction story. Don't forget to have a...

Eighth graders read copies of The Declaration of Independence, United States constitution, and the Bill of Rights. They write an opinion about the document they feel is most important in the history of the united states. This is their...