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Sentence Work on Derivative Nouns
Students, after reading about derivative nouns, bring in a rough draft to class.
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What's In A Name? British Surnames Derived from Places
Students study how British surnames were derived from locations. They observe that some of the more common names are still prevalent today.
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Cell and Compound Nouns
Students explore the definition and derivation of the popular usage of shorten compound nouns. Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the word "cell" when used in varying contexts. They also consider the...
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Irregular Plural Nouns
In this irregular plural nouns worksheet, students read explanations and examples of irregular plural nouns, then interactively type the plural form of 15 nouns, with immediate online feedback.
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Derived Adjectives From Nouns
For this interactive grammar worksheet, learners view a noun and write the derived adjective in the box to the right. Students can check their answer by using the tab key.
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British Surnames Derived from Places
Young scholars use a guiding question in order to provide a context for future research. They develop an understanding of British surnames derived from locations and learn some of the more common names still prevalent today.
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Parsing Worksheet for The Death of Laocoon
Latin learners will complete this parsing worksheet for The Death of Laocoon. With the word provided on the left, learners will identify the part of speech, the word it derives from, and other basic information to demonstrate...
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Word Structure-Prefix and Suffix
Students identify the common prefixes and suffixes used in the English language. They dissect a word into its various (root, prefix, suffix) parts and use a dictionary to determine the proper usage and derivation of each word part. ...
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Excessive Nominalizations
Eliminate unnecessary nominalizations from your middle schoolers' writing! After reviewing a reference page for the -tion ending (and when it can be excessive in writing), students rewrite eight sentences to change nominalizations to a...
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All About Kennings
The word kenning is derived from an old Norse phrase. It means, "to express a thing in terms of another." Pupils practice identifying and using kennings in the modern English language. This presentation was produced in Britain, and has a...
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Word Formation
In this word formation worksheet, students choose the kind of words that the bold words are and fill in the blanks with words derived from other words. Students complete 35 problems.
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Write A Description
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.
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Rooting One's Way to Meaning
Discover the Virtual Thesaurus with your class. They use the Virtual Thesaurus to assist them in an inquiry-based approach to discovering the meanings of some common Latin and Greek roots. Each child then teaches a particular root and...
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Diagramming sentences
In an orderly fashion, go through diagramming sentences with your class. Beginning with a simple sentence and the placement of subject and verb, subsequent slides slowly add on more branches and lines with explanations of sentence types...
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Some Adverbs from Feminine Adjectives Grow
Looking for a clear explanation of Spanish adverbs? Here it is! There's a set of seven bullet points that gives the rules, and there is a short practice activity at the end.
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Jabberwocky - A Creative Writing Lesson Plan
Make some sense out of Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense poem "Jabberwocky." After reading through the poem, introduce the word portmanteau and send small groups off to alter the original poem.
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Easily Confused Words: Precede and Proceed
So many words are easily confused in the English language. Take precede and proceed, for example. Look at the example sentences provided here, and then have your learners take the short quiz. Have they mastered these vocabulary terms?
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Diagramming Sentences
Show this presentation to demonstrate how to diagram sentences. Meant for more advanced grammarians who know the difference between indirect and direct objects, this PowerPoint adds on new elements to each slide. The graphics and sound...
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Participial Adjectives 2 -ed/-ing
In this participial adjectives worksheet, students choose the correct way to complete the sentences with adjectives either ending in -ed or -ing. Students complete 16 sentences.
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Intro to Parts of Speech
Students define eight parts of speech, classify words as specific parts of speech, describe their function, and explain how parts of speech help us to communicate more clearly.
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Rooting One's Way To Meaning
Students use a thesaurus on the internet to explore the meanings of Greek and Latin roots. They find definitions of given words, draw a concept map for root words, and write four synonyms for each word. Students discover how Latin and...
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Easily Confused Words: Descent, Decent, Dissent
In this easily confused words: descent, decent, dissent worksheet, students read the definitions and examples of each word, then interactively answer 3 multiple choice questions with immediate online feedback.
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Amount, Quantity, Number
In this English grammar worksheet, students understand the differences between the usage of the phrases "amount of," quantity of," and "number of." Students read the definition of each and the given examples before taking the online...