Curated OER
Pronoun Reference
For high school students, this presentation defining the correct use of pronouns, might be invaluable. Many students have trouble knowing when to use them in a sentence. By engaging in this presentation, learners can start to explore the...
Curated OER
Types of Nouns: Common & Proper Nouns
Elementary school students often falter when asked to distinguish between a common and proper noun. Even older students may not be sure. This presentation provides a comprehensive review of nouns. Great fun!
K20 LEARN
The War of the Words: Grammar and Parts of Speech
Here's a lesson that adds some zip to a study of parts of speech. Class members read two versions of the same article, one loaded with evocative nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, while the other is missing this sensory language....
K20 LEARN
Do Hungry Dragons Really Like Crunchy Tacos?: Adjectives
Tacos are the theme of a lesson all about adjectives. Scholars list as many adjectives as possible to describe tacos and play a game of Not Like the Others before reading Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin. Peers guess their favorite foods...
English Club
Romance and Relationships
Romance and relationships are the subjects of an ESL worksheet designed for intermediate language learners. Class members match 10 sentences with the correct endings, match verbs with their correct definitions, and complete sentences...
English Club
Verbs Associated with Travel
An ESL vocabulary worksheet focuses on verbs associated with travel. Intermediate language learners complete 10 sentences using the correct verb, match five verbs with their definitions, and complete five sentences using the correct...
Arcademics
Word Invasion
Parts of speech are the subject of an engaging jellyfish-themed learning game. A jellyfish grabs corresponding words to match the part of speech that displays on the screen. Skills include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and...
University of Victoria
Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns
Why can't they agree? Scholars learn about agreement with indefinite pronouns with online materials. First they learn what indefinite pronouns are as well as examples. They look at examples of indefinite pronouns used in sentences before...
EngageNY
Analyzing a Thematic Concept: Becoming Visible Again, Part 2 (354–380)
Scholars take a close look at the life of Louie in Unbroken. They discuss events considered turning points in their life and use several graphic organizers and guides to help direct their thinking. After thinking about their responses,...
Curriculum Corner
Sports of All Sorts
Do your students love sports? Do they love math and reading? If the first answer is yes and the second is no, a resource with sports-themed math and literacy games may change their minds! Learners move through stations to practice...
K12 Reader
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: Words That End in F and EF
Is it giraffes or giravves? Practice changing 20 singular nouns to plural nouns with a helpful grammar worksheet.
K12 Reader
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: No S at All!
What do a man and a mouse have in common? They're both irregular nouns! Practice the exceptions for plural nouns with a grammar exercise worksheet.
Poetry4kids
Alliteration and Assonance Lesson Plan
Scholars analyze the poem My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye by Ken Nesbitt in order to locate examples of alliteration and assonance. After reading the poem, alliterative words are underlined and assonant words are circled.
Poetry4kids
How to Write an Alliteration Poem
Learners follow five steps to compose an alliteration poem. They choose one consonant and brainstorm as many nouns, verbs, and adjectives they can think of to create rhyming sentences that come together in a poetic fashion.
Poetry4kids
Simile and Metaphor Lesson Plan
Similes and metaphors are the focus of a poetry lesson complete with two exercises. Scholars read poetry excerpts, underline comparative phrases, then identify whether it contains a simile or metaphor. They then write five similes and...
K12 Reader
Change the Verbs to Nouns
Come one, come all to the grammar magic show—where you can transform verbs into nouns! A practice instructional activity lists 10 verbs that require suffixes in order to become nouns.
K12 Reader
Spelling Rules: Add S to Nouns to Make Them Plural
Would you like more than one cat? Or more than one prize? Learn how to make singular nouns plural by adding an -s to the end of each word.
K12 Reader
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: Words That End in Y
Changing the -y to an -ies in a plural noun isn't as straightforward as it sounds! Check out a worksheet that features 20 singular nouns that need to be changed to plural nouns—and instructions about the grammar rule needed to do so.
K12 Reader
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: Words That End in X and Z
Pizzas is correct, not pizzaes. So why is sixes correct and not sixs? Sort out any grammar confusion with a learning exercise on pluralizing nouns that end in -z or -x.
K12 Reader
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: Words That End in O
Why do heroes and photos end in different ways? Learn the differences among different words that end in -o with a grammar exercise worksheet.
K12 Reader
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: Words That End in CH and SH
Have you done the dishes? Or closed the hatches? A practice learning exercise invites learners to check 20 words with different endings, and to add either -s or -es to each.
K12 Reader
Plurals: Nouns and Verbs Ending in Y
If a word ends in -y, to make it plural you change it to -es, right? Not always! Use a worksheet that addresses both nouns and verbs that end in -y and prompts learners to follow the grammar rule when changing each word.
K12 Reader
Find the Pieces: Predicate Adjective, Noun and Verb
This activity is helpful! Young grammarians review ten simple sentences, each with a subject, linking verb, and predicate adjective, before noting each part of speech appropriately.
K12 Reader
Nouns Verbs: Write it Both Ways
A worksheet gives scholars the opportunity to take five words and use them as a noun and a verb. Changing the verb tenses and making nouns singular or plural work to compose a grammatically correct sentence.