Use the present tense to create written assignments. Critical thinkers take a passage written in past or future tense and rewrite it in present tense. They then write a set of instructions in present tense.

Young scholars explore interactive web sites to improve their editing and proofreading skills. Using the SMART Board, students identify capitalization and punctuation errors in a given sentence. Young scholars discuss proofreading...

First graders read and discuss several stories. They share information about different types of shelter around the world. They explain that lifestyles and shelter depend very much on where people live and how they use the resources...

What is a sentence? Second graders will explore the components of a sentence in the ten lessons of this unit. The subject, predicate, the process of proofreading, punctuation, and sentence sequence are analyzed in this unit. Handouts and...

An overview of the history and tradition of Ash Wednesday in 2 paragraphs is accompanied by an array of language activities: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation,...

The vowel/consonant/vowel combination of /i_e/ is one of the most common in our language. In this lesson, kindergarterners share the book, The Doctor's Line to gain practice in reading these kind of words. A brainstorm session...

Pupils review the fantasy of Alice in Wonderland and discuss the author. After reading the poem, "Jabberwocky," they look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary. Working as partners, they create a list of "protmanteau" or invented words...

Who uses who and whom correctly? Practice this enigmatic interrogative pronoun question with this learning exercise set. Middle schoolers read two pages that explain the proper use of "who," "whom," and the five interrogative pronouns....

What is an antecedent? Introduce your class to pronouns and antecedents with this four-slide PowerPoint. First they are defined, and then a few examples are provided. The final slide has a 10-sentence practice opportunity to see if your...

In this conjugate a verb worksheet, students conjugate verbs by completing the examples in each section including past, present, and future tense.

In this ESL zero conditional worksheet, students collaborate with classmates to ask and answer 18 questions. Students respond using the zero conditional, which is the present simple form used to speak about general truths.

In this verb tense worksheet, students read the sentences and complete them with a verb in the past tense form. Students complete 10 exercises.

In this grammar learning exercise, students complete a table of plural and singular verb tenses for the following verbs: be, go, do, have, see, and eat. The verb tenses to be filled in include: present simple, past simple, present...

In this proofreading instructional activity, students rewrite a paragraph to correct for errors. Each paragraph may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.

In this grammar worksheet, learners read ten sentences where the vowel is missing in some of the words. They put the correct vowel in the space to make each sentence make sense. Students also identify whether each word is a short or long...

In this grammar worksheet, students match the occupation with the tasks that a person with that job would perform. There are 4 occupations and 8 tasks on this page.

In this verb tense learning exercise, students learn about 7 different past, present and future verb tenses. They then fill in the correct verb tense in the 32 questions on the page.

In this present tense worksheet, 4th graders watch three different videos on YouTube and answer 16 questions for Act 1, 11 questions for Act 2 and 12 questions for Act 3 in the present tense.

In this grammar learning exercise, students fill in the blank using the correct tense. Students are given 24 sentences to practice the skill.

Fifth graders increase skills in organizing information for writing.  In this organization instructional activity, 5th graders use correct grammar to design math problems for real world math.

In this English worksheet, students, working with a partner, practice acting out one of thirty-three mimes with each other to see if their partner can guess what the other one is miming.

Students discuss impact and value of modern technological inventions on society, contemplate world without technology, skim magazines and newspapers for advertisements highlighting modern technologies, and work with partner to create...

Students, while examining an intense list of vocabulary terms on types of money, change and simple foods, name and state the cost of food items in supermarkets, grocery stores and flea markets with flash cards and newspaper ads.

Use this resource to introduce the passive voice. The first box highlights important information on the passive voice. The second box contains a short assessment. Are your middle schoolers understanding how to use it?