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Prop Box
What other uses can you brainstorm for a key? What about a pair of sunglasses? Bring a bag of props into your classroom and have learners create different uses for a selection of objects. Then, after everyone has shared, translate the...
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Thesaurus Forage
Looking for a game that teaches students about how to use a thesaurus, and reinforces the concept of synonyms? Each player will have the opportunity to use their "tools" in this engaging lesson. They will use their thesauruses in order...
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Wordiness Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite ten sentences eliminating extra words and combining short sentences into longer ones when necessary.
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Irregular Verbs Worksheet 1
In this grammar instructional activity, students read two paragraph passages, underline the irregular verbs in each one and write the correct form of the verb right above the incorrect one.
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Word Choice
In these word choices worksheets, students read the sentences and complete the sentences with the correct word from the choices of lose and loose.
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Commonly Confused Words Worksheet 1
In this grammar learning exercise, students practice identifying commonly confusing words in two passages and correct the twenty mistakes on the lines provided.
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Painting with Words
Fifth graders discuss words that are over used in their writing such as good, nice, happy, glad sad, etc. they complete a survey about word choice then hear a story and discuss descriptive phrases used in the story and how they help to...
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Holey Story
Sixth graders create a cloze activity based on an article of a current event. They switch worksheets and the next group chooses the words they feel are missing and justify their word choices.