Which or That

Dependent clauses are the subject of a grammar exercise that asks learners to use either who, which, or that to correctly complete a series of sentences. Definitions for and examples of essential clauses and non-essential clauses are...

Should you use which or that when using a restrictive clause? What about a non-restrictive clause? Young writers practice their grammar skills with this resource, which provides a straightforward guide to which vs. that, as well as ten...

Show your class the difference between which and that with this basic and straightforward learning exercise. Using the context of each sentence, learners circle the appropriate word choice. Assign this as a warm-up activity or a short...

Expose the inner-workings of relative pronouns (that, who, whom, which) with this explanatory handout and brief exercise. After reading through the proper situations in which to use certain relative pronouns and tips for using these...

Encourage kids to think deeply about what they are reading with five thought-provoking questions about one passage. After choosing a passage that is intriguing or confusing to them, learners write a summary, explain what they like or...

In this grammar worksheet, students make ten unfinished sentences into complete sentences by utilizing the words who, which or that.

Robert Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death . . ." are the focus of a series of close reading exercises that help learners develop their skill reading challenging text....

Struggling to get your learners to understand irony? Try out this video, which clarifies each type of irony before going into more depth on dramatic irony. The narrator relates this type of irony to both horror and comedy films and...

Is, as Walt Whitman contends, America’s “almost maniacal appetite for wealth,” the heart of the American dream? Class members grapple with this question as they read David Brooks’ article “The Commercial Republic,” and quotes that...

Launch a fiction writing unit with this video that encourages writers to craft their stories with language that permits readers to experience the illusions of their stories.