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Words in the News Smoking Ban- 15 February 2006
Students complete vocabulary building exercises before reading an online article. They complete worksheets and an online quiz. They focus on relaltive clauses on the final worksheet. They write a letter about second hand smoke in a...
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Eliminate Fragments and Run-ons
Fix fragments and run-ons. Kids practice editing a piece of their own writing, read, and take notes of common examples. They practice connecting independent clauses and then use the information to edit previously written pieces. Note:...
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Non-Defining Relative Clauses
In this non-defining relative clauses worksheet, 7th graders review and discuss what non-defining relative clauses are and how to use them in writing. Students answer six questions regarding relative clauses.
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Complex Sentences Made Easy
Take the complexity out of writing complex sentences. Young writers practice taking two ideas and putting them together to make a complex sentence. Create a list of subordinating conjunctions to help each individual make better sentences.
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Punctuation (The Comma vs. The Semicolon)
Explore English by participating in a grammar correcting activity. Elementary and middle schoolers distinguish when to use commas from when to use semicolons. Then they correct twelve sentences by placing commas and semicolons in the...
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Practice with Commas
Young grammarians practice comma usage in an interactive online quiz. Focusing mostly on restrictive/nonrestrictive clauses and the "FAN BOYS" rule, about joining two independent clauses with a conjunction, each of 10 sample sentences...
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Complex Sentences
Review the parts of a sentence! This short slide show describes simple, complex, and compound sentences. Examples of each are shown, and on the final slide, viewers finish five dependent clauses to create complete sentences.Â
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Using Punctuation Correctly
A PowerPoint presentation outlines the basic rules for correct comma usage. Viewers then edit texts for correct comma usage, identify which rules are being addressed, and complete worksheets as needed. The PowerPoint is included;...
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Colon Exercise- Independent Clauses, Lists, Quotations and Examples
In this writing worksheet, students read about the proper use of colons as they follow independent clauses, lists, or quotations or, introduce examples. They decide if 10 sentences correct or incorrect before making any corrections.
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Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences in Your Writing
Encourage your young writers to make their writing more interesting by varying their sentence structures. Each color-coded slide offers definitions and models of sentence forms. The final slide in the presentation presents viewers with...
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Compound and Complex Sentences
Compound and complex sentences are the focus of this language arts instructional activity. Learners write a clause or phrase from each of the four sentences, then rewrite each sentence adding another clause to make a compound or complex...
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Kinds of Sentences
Help your students mix up their writing with different kinds of sentences with this PowerPoint. Each slide gives a brief definition of the various types including: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and more! There are also examples...
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Combining Ideas into an Effective Sentence
Here is a lesson that is best utilized as reinforcement in identifying sentences that combine independent/dependent clauses, and phrases that are awkward, fragmented or complete. Learners use the red, yellow, and green light method of...
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Although, Though, Despite and However
Using a short quiz, learners review the use of although, though, in spite of, and despite. This could be a good way to review this concept quickly and easily. There are 13 questions on the page.
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Comma Practice Worksheet
Start by introducing your class to basic comma rules, and then give them this practice sheet. First, learners add commas where necessary, and then they write down which comma rule (or rules) used in each sentence. Great practice!
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The Complex Sentence
Develop the writing skills of your middle and high schoolers with this learning exercise on complex, compound, and simple sentences. This resource assumes your learners are familiar with simple and compound sentences, so only the complex...
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Vocabulary Practice
This quick and easy review of vocabulary could be used for a variety of purposes. Learners could engage in this 12 question activity as part of a review of specific vocabulary in elementary or middle school or as part of an English...
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Commas After Introductions Exercise 2
In this comma usage activity, students are given ten sentences that they must correct by placing a commas in the correct place. Students must identify whether there was an introductory word, clause or phrase in the sentence.
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Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 1
In this writing exercise, students are given a series of sentences and asked to rewrite them to eliminate wordy phrases and clauses, repetition and passive voice.
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Compound-Complex Sentences
What is a simple sentence? What about a complex sentence? Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with this nine-slide resource. Example sentences are presented, and a short writing opportunity follows. After showing this...
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What Is in a Sentence, Paragraph, and Story?
Language arts is made up of many parts. Learners review the parts of a sentence, as well as how to make a simple sentence into a complex sentence, before examining full paragraphs and identifying the topic, body, and concluding sentence...
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Non-Defining Relative Pronouns Exercise
In this relative pronouns worksheet, students review the three rules about non-defining relative clauses. Students then combine the sentences using non-defining relative pronouns to complete the 10 exercises.
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Using Because, When, After, As, Although, Since, Even Though, and While
In this grammar worksheet, students complete ten unfinished sentences by adding a commas where necessary when adding additional clauses and phrases.
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The General Grammar Quiz
In this verb tense and sentence writing instructional activity, students must determine wlhat tense a verb is written in; what type of sentences are given along with the number of clauses. Students rewrite sentences and complete...
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