Quia
Quia: Character Terms
Complete each sentence by typing the correct character word into each box in this ten-question quiz.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Words With More Than One Job
An explanation and examples of how some words can function as different parts of speech in different sentences.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Word of the Day
Links to seventeen different word lists under the following categories: common words, verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and interjections.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Health 1
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to different types of food. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Health 2
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to different types of food. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
English Club
English Club: Business Crossword 7
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with business.
Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar: Describing Weather
Lean twenty-two words to use when describing the weather by reading short passages and using context clues to define weather related vocabulary words.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Play Match It Sentences Games
Complete ten analogy sentences by choosing the word that matches the relationship in each sentence.
TES Global
Blendspace: Sentence Varying=smooth Reading
A sixteen-part learning module with links to images, videos, websites, and texts about varying sentences to improve fluency.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Story Vote
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use information from their reading and writing to increase vocabulary and enhance language usage in this flipchart. The use of Activotes is incorporated for assessment. A literary elements...
Washington State University
Washington State University: Other Commonly Misspelled Words
This Washington State University page lists the correct spelling for hundreds of commonly misspelled words. The list is in paragraph form and does not provide correlated misspellings.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Common Issues With Homophones
This lesson goes over homophones that are commonly confused.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Common Issues With Homophones
This lesson goes over homophones that are commonly confused.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Identifying Connected Words
This lesson explains how to identify connected words when determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Antonyms
This lesson defines antonyms, explains where to locate them in a dictionary and thesaurus, discusses why it is helpful to know antonyms, and provides examples. Offered in both text and audio formats.
Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar: Grammar Quizzes
365 interactive quizzes on various grammar and writing skills. While answering questions on each topic, students are provided with notes about the topic and information needed in order to reach the correct answer.
Education Development Center
Tv411: Vocabulary: Finding New Ways to Say Something: Activity 1 of 3
Practice your vocabulary skills by choosing the stronger synonym from a word bank to complete each sentence.
English Zone
English Zone: Main Page
This site lists links to an assortment of reading-related activities.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing With Pizzazz Word Choice
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews ways that students can create more meaningful writing by choosing words carefully. Links to online thesaurus and opportunities to evaluate and create sentences are included.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Teaching Spelling in 8th Grade
This article focuses on spelling in the 8th grade including applying standard English conventions to unfamiliar words, how to practice spelling words, and a link to 8th-grade sight words.
Other
Wisewire: Use Precise Language
Practice identifying precise language by reading passages and answering questions. Answers are provided. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.d