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Clauses
Young scholars understand that there are different types of clauses and define the differences. In this clauses lesson plan, students complete activities to practice works with different types of clauses.
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Extra Practice--Reductions
This worksheet provides an explanation of how to reduce or shorten time adverb clauses, cause/effect adverb clauses, and adjective clauses. After the explanation, students have an opportunity to practice reducing each type of clause....
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Clauses: The Trilogy
In this three types of clauses worksheet, students read sentences with highlighted clauses and identify them as noun, adverb, or adjective clauses. Students fill in the blanks in ten sentences.
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Understanding Adjective Clauses: Lesson 14
This PowerPoint features information about adverb and adjective clauses. Several examples of sentences that include adjective clauses are provided along with explanations of their functions in the sentences. Some slides contain practice...
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The Functions of Clauses
In this clauses worksheet, students choose the clause in bold that completes each sentence. Students check their answer to complete the online quiz. Students complete 10 examples.
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Improving Sentences
Help your class improve their writing with this handy presentation. Learners discuss how to use adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases to enhance their work. This is a terrific way to connect grammar to its everyday use.
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Combining Sentences Using Subordination
In this sentence combining worksheet, learners combine sentences using subordinating clauses. Students use adjective clauses, adverb clauses, or noun clauses to combine the sentences.
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Reductions in Sentences
In this sentence reduction learning exercise, students create shorter sentences by using one of three types of reductions. Students use either a time adverb clause reduction, a cause/effect adverb clause reduction, or an adjective...
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Dependent Clauses Worksheet 2
In this dependent clauses worksheet, identify the dependent clause in the sentence, identify the part of speech, write how it is functioning, and write 3 sentences on their own. Students complete 16 sentences.
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Adjectives and Adverbs
Young scholars identify adverbs and adjectives in an advertisement. In this adjectives and adverbs lesson, students complete several activities. A worksheet is included for practice.
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Subordinate (Dependent) Clause (Adjective) Practice
In this adjective clauses worksheet, young scholars analyze ten sentences and write the subordinate clause in each. Students tell what noun or pronoun it modifies.
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Adverbial Phrases
What is the purpose of adverbial phrases? Find out what questions adverbial phrases answer with a worksheet that focuses on grammar. As kids work through 16 sentences, they underline the phrases and use the space provided to mark what...
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Adverbs
In this adverbs worksheet, students review and discuss how to recognize adverbs in sentences and complete a two part test over adverbs.
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English Grammar: Parts of Speech
A good overview of the basic parts of speech, this presentation is ideal for a junior high class that likes flashy animation and bright colors. The concepts are complete, but simple enough to lend well to lecture notes. Use the slide...
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Kinds (Function) of Prepositional Phrase Recognition Practice
In this adjective and adverbial phrases practice worksheet, students read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify prepositional phrases and label the adjective or adverbial clause.
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Grammar Practice Workbook
Make sure your pupils exercise their grammar muscles with this collection of worksheets. Organized into units, the packet covers everything from the parts of speech to sentence structure to punctuation.
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Telling "how" something is done
In this adverbs worksheet, learners fill in the correct phrase to the sentences for how something is done. Students choose the phrase for 16 sentences.
Collaborative Learning Project
Simple to Complex Sentences
Such a creative game idea, this activity might actually make grammar fun! Learners play a modified game of connect-four by identifying the grammatical name for different words and phrases and then working them into simple sentences to...
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Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar and Usage
If grammar practice is anywhere in your curriculum, you must check out an extensive collection of warm-up activities for language arts! Each page focuses on a different concept, from parts of speech to verbals, and provides review...
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Introduction: So / Such
In this introduction to so and such worksheet, learners are given a brief overview of the proper usage of each and then must choose which word correctly completes the sentences. Students add a clause to sentences containing the word 'that'.
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Sentence Combining
Avoid short, choppy sentences in your class's writing by focusing on sentence structures. The first page in this two-page packet shows your class how to combine sentences using conjunctions, a list, an appositive, or compound predicate....
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Sentence Problems
Writing is tough to perfect. Help your class improve their writing skills by studying different sentence problems. This reference guide covers sentence fragments, run-ons, and misplaced modifiers, but that's just to start! There's a...
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Creative Writing Workshop (Middle, Reading/Writing)
Bring this lesson into your unit about creative writing and precise language. First, middle schoolers create a piece of writing with the help of their classmates. In the second part of this workshop, they edit their own piece of writing....
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Misplaced Modifiers
Misplaced modifiers can alter the meaning of a sentence, and take away from a writer's intended message. Use the reference sheet and activity to show middle schoolers how to edit confusing sentences with misplaced modifiers. A great...