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Santa Claus Quiz
Students investigate Santa Claus. In this traditions lesson, students listen to Christmas songs and answer questions based on the music. Students complete a quiz about Santa Claus. Students explore verb usage in Christmas related...
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Adverbs
While designed for college students, this review of adverbs could be used in a high school classroom as well. The worksheet begins with a detailed overview of adverbs which is followed by a six-question activity.
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The Verb and Adverb Connection
Fourth graders use pantomine and charades to explore verbs and adverbs. They, in groups, play a variation of charades to act out sentences with adverbs showing WHEN and WHERE.
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Participles
In this recognizing participles in sentences worksheet, learners read definitions and examples of participle usage, read statements, identify one or two participles, and write the noun or pronoun they modify. Students write 34 answers.
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Verbs Rule!
Students practice writing and speaking using conventional grammar, usage, and sentence structure. Students practice as a whole class and then demonstrate their knowledge in written activities. Handouts and worksheets are imbedded within...
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Creative Writing Workshop (Middle, Reading/Writing)
Bring this lesson into your unit about creative writing and precise language. First, middle schoolers create a piece of writing with the help of their classmates. In the second part of this workshop, they edit their own piece of writing....
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Pronouns: Interrogative, Demonstrative, Indefinite
English language pronouns pose special usage challenges. The second session about them on EnglishCramSchool.com addresses interrogative, demonstrative, and indefinite pronouns. Aspiring grammarians review rules and information,...
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Constructing and Using Different Types of Sentences with Support from The Shurley Grammar Method
Students analyze parts of speech, sentence structure, and ver usage in this ten lesson unit on grammar. Through games, activities, assignments, and printed material, the concepts are supported and reinforced in a creative way.
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States of Being
Use this with your English language learners or your English grammar classes. Bring your class to the computer lab, and access this website. First they read about the states of being and some common mistakes. Then they complete a short...
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Phonemic Awareness Infusion
Students explore and describe various kinds of work experiences and skills practicing the regular past tense -ed sounds. They practice pronouncing those sounds with verbs within their reading passages as well. In addition, they repeat...
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Time Signifiers - Past or Present Perfect?
Students refine their usage of past simple or present perfect. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs and utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them gain practice with time signifiers.
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Speaking Skills - Asking Questions
Students focuses on the question form and helping students gain skill while switching tenses in the question form. They improve speaking confidence when using quesion forms.
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English Exercises: Present Continuous-Advanced
In this present continuous worksheet, students read about the usage of present continuous, then correctly fill in blanks in sentences. Links to additional resources and audio are included.
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Integrating Past Continuous
Students recognize the situations in which the use of the past continuous would be beneficial in writing. They focus on the use of the past continuous as a descriptive tense when something important occurred.
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Already/Yet
In this already and yet learning exercise, students complete the sentences with the correct grammar usage of phrases with already and yet about expecting a baby. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Infinitives
In this grammar worksheet, 9th graders focus on the usage of infinitives. Students read 25 sentences and identify and underline the infinitves in each.
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Adjectives and Adverbs: Bad and Badly
In this adjectives and adverbs worksheet, learners learn the correct use of "bad" and "badly". Students correct the word usage in 10 sentences.
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Prefixes
In this prefix worksheet, students read information about the prefix un-, observe examples of its usage, and write sentences changing the verbs meanings by adding the prefix un-. Students write two sentences.
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Lexicheck
Middle schoolers review the production or reception of word usage. They practice using vocabulary tips in both written and spoken usage. Students incorporate a variety of ways to comprehend unknown words.
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Language Expression and Mechanics
In this language arts worksheet, 3rd graders focus on the correct usage of verbs, punctuation, and capitalization. Students respond to four multiple choice questions.
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Who? What? When? Where? Asking Questions
Sixth graders interview Veterans or role play to answer who, what, where, when questions. In this Veteran's Day questioning activity, 6th graders learn about the events in the military service of veterans. Students may simulate...
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What is Proofreading?
Is your essay coherent? Does it make sense? Is it formatted correctly? Does it adhere to standard English conventions? This helpful and informative slide-show walks learners step by step through the editing and proofreading process. Each...
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An Overview of the THEA Writing Test
Prepare your class for the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) or any other upcoming writing test (such as the SAT) with this presentation. Complete with instructions on the composition and rubric of the test, as well as sample...
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Neat Nouns
It's all about nouns as kids participate in several activities that help them recognize and identify people, places, and things. Day one and two start with an assessment and a game of bingo, on day three and four the class sings a song,...
