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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Count Noun

For Students 9th - 10th
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a count noun in the context of a sentence.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Indefinite Pronoun

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify an indefinite pronoun in the context of a sentence.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Participle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify participles in the context of sentences.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Pronoun

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a pronoun in the context of a sentence.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Proper Noun

For Students 9th - 10th
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a proper noun in the context of a sentence.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Subject Complement

For Students 9th - 10th
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a subject pronoun in the context of a sentence.
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Other

Using English: English Language Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Over 200 short self-quizzes for English learners at beginner and intermediate levels. Quizzes span topics including spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Noun Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation with examples of noun strings.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Gerund

For Students 9th - 10th
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a gerund in the context of a sentence.
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Other

Sjrc Writing Center: Parallel Structure Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site explains the topic of parallel structure. Numerous examples of sentences with parallel structure are provided.
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Able Media

Classics Technology Center: Online Latin Drills

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed to coordinate with the Oxford Latin Course, these comprehensive drills will help any student practice a variety of skills. Each chapter has at least 2 exercises. However, the drills for volume 3 don't appear to work all the time.
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Kent State University

Ohio Literacy Resource Center: Spelling: Practice Five: Possessives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this 10-question practice, students write in the correct spelling to form possessives based on the information given. When finished, check answers with answer key. Java is required.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: William Strunk on the Possessive Singular

For Students 9th - 10th
William Strunk Jr.'s "Elements of Style" on the creation of possessive singular nouns. Provided by Bartleby.com
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Self Portraits: "I Come From" Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant Mentor and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox are used as mentor texts to help young scholars realize what are important in the characters' lives and in their...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous & Interesting Story Titles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, The Paper Bag Princess, a book written by Robert Munsch, is used as a mentor text. Students will reflect on how nouns can sometimes be used as interesting adjectives. Students will collect these ideas in their notebooks...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Crazy Illustrations

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, Flotsam, written by David Wiesner, is used as a mentor text. Young scholars will analyze the author's use of crazy illustrations and word choices. Students will then use a game on this web site where they will click to...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Three Serendipitous Nouns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this activity, the book entitled A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? (Words Are Categorical), written by Brian P. Cleary, is used as the mentor text. After learning the basic definition of noun, a person, place, thing, or...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Airplane Flight Sentences

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, Robert Burleigh's picture book entitled Flight is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Racetrack Sentences

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Learners will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Creepy Crawly Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, the picture book entitled Toad, written by Ruth Brown, is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Action Packed Ocean Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
For this lesson, Andrew Clement's awesome picture book, Big Al is used as a mentor text. Young scholars will record their favorite verbs from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter B

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, and nouns that begin with the letter "B" in them. Students will continue to generate letter "B" words...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: What's Been Lost?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, The Black-Eyed Peas song entitled "Where is the Love?" will be dissected by students. Then students will build upon the song's them and compare it with the picture book by Denise Fleming, Where Once There Was A Wood....
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Regular Plurals of Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Learn how to make nouns plural. This concise lesson explains the process and contains a chart with examples. Practice your new skill with exercises at the bottom of the page.