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Parts of Speech Vocabulary Maze

For Students 5th
In this parts of speech vocabulary maze, 5th graders navigate through the maze using fourteen clues;  all of the words are about language and parts of speech.
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Elliptical Adverb Clauses

For Students 5th - 7th
In this adverb worksheet, students complete the elliptical adverb clauses and tell what they modify. Students complete 5 problems.
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Synectics - creative metaphors technique

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create new ways of thinking about old things. They may use a modified approach to make unfamiliar material familiar (after teacher provides brief introductory materials, for example).
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Sentence Completion

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar instructional activity, students complete ten sentences by adding an idea after the -ing modifier. Students check to make sure each sentence is grammatically correct.
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Completing Sentences Set III, 29

For Students 9th - 10th
For this writing worksheet, students complete ten sentences by adding an idea after the -ing modifier. For example, "while playing first base..."
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Quiz 1A: Nouns Used as Adjectives

For Students 6th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, students complete the sentences with nouns that modify other nouns. There are 10 sentences to complete.
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QUIZ 1A: Nouns Used as Adjectives

For Students 5th - 8th
In this grammar quiz worksheet, students respond to 10 questions that require them to complete sentence starters with nouns that modify other nouns.
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Breaking News: GM Cows to Produce Human Breast Milk

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore current events by reading and analyzing an article in class. In this human diet lesson, students read an article about cows which are being genetically modified in order to produce human breast milk for consumption....
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From Ordinary To Extraordinary Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the quality of writing while focusing on the use of sensory words to convey meaning and ideas. The power of similes and metaphors is emphasized while they create and edit works of writing. The skill of descriptive...
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Color

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students learn the effect that warm and cool colors have for those who see them used in visual art. They create a collage of variety of colors. They participate in a gallery walk to view the artwork of others.
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Creating Artwork to Explain Environmental Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review artwork that relates to the environment and communicates a value. They view and analyze art by Andy Warhol, Eric Carle and Albert Bierstadt and then create original pieces with an environmental theme.
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Amazing Autobiographies

For Teachers K - 5th
Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience. They apply knowledge of language structure,...
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Del Corazon

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine family traditions. They develop a list of family traditions, explore an artist website, read a biography about a selected artist, write a description and critique of an art piece, and write a description of a family...
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The Annotated Bibliography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students put sources into correct Modern Language Association (MLA)bibliographic format, and evaluate accuracy of information and research value of two articles through short written annotated bibliography for each.
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Time Management

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are taken through the design process to develop a system of time management for themselves and others. They practice participating in a critique of other students' time schedules and modify and improve their initial time...
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Comparisons And You

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the structure and language of sentences that are used for making comparisons. They drill through a series of sentences for a model and practice. Then students write sentences that make comparisons after...
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Book Letters

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study language. In this writing lesson, students listen to a story and then compose a friendly letter, about the  book, to a friend. They work independently to compose their letter depicting what happened in the story,...
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Gerund Phrase Recognition Practice

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this gerund phrases practice worksheet, pupils discover what gerunds are as they read an informative instructional activity. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify gerund phrases and identify the types of...
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Good/Well Practice

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this good and well practice worksheet, students read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 15 questions that require them to fill in the blanks in the sentences with "good" or "well."
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Adverbs

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
While designed for college students, this review of adverbs could be used in a high school classroom as well. The worksheet begins with a detailed overview of adverbs which is followed by a six-question activity.
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Adverb Recognition Practice

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this adverbs worksheet, students analyze the definition and examples for adverbs. Students read ten sentences and write down all the adverbs they see.
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Infinitive (Adverb) Recognition Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this infinitives and adverbs practice worksheet, students read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify infinitives that are being used as adverbs.
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The Complex Sentence

For Students 7th - 9th
Develop the writing skills of your middle and high schoolers with this worksheet 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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Infinitive [Adjective] Recognition

For Teachers 5th - 6th
For this infinitive adjective worksheet, students read about infinitives and adjectives, then find infinitives acting like adjectives in a set of 10 sentences. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.