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Which or What Exercise
In this word usage worksheet, students read the questions and select either which or what to complete the 10 online questions.
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Used To or To Be Used To Exercise
In this word usage worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct form of used to or to be used to. Students complete 10 exercises.
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"Know and Meet" Exercise
In this word usage worksheet, students read the sentences and use either know or meet to complete the sentences. Students complete 16 exercises.
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Proofreading Lesson 5
Fourth graders explore various proofreading strategies. They develop their proofreading strategies. Students find and correct errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. They discuss sentence formation, usage, and mechanics.
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6 Traits: Word Choice
Students explore language arts by participating in a vocabulary usage activity. In this word choice lesson, students read examples of great word usage in literature and discuss with the class why some words appear stronger than others....
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Proofreading: Lesson 1
Fourth graders examine instructions for proofreading activities and develop strategies to use in proofreading. They find and correct errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics in different writing samples.
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6 Traits: conventions
Students watch a video and write using conventions. In this conventions lesson plan, students edit their writing for the correct spelling, grammar, and paragraph usage.
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Understanding Homophones
Students define homophones, give examples of different words that are considered homophones, determine if a word is a homophone, and demonstrate correct usage and spelling of different homophones.
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Cell and Compound Nouns
Pupils explore the definition and derivation of the popular usage of shorten compound nouns. Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the word "cell" when used in varying contexts. They also consider the...
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Moving With Your Roots
Students dissect common words to study the origins of those words. In this language arts lesson, students study the Greek and Latin roots found in many words within English language. Students use dictionaries to fill out worksheets...
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AN INTERNATIONAL MENU
Studentsl expand vocabulary through word study, literature and class discussion (e.g. word origins, roots and affixes, meaning in context, levels of usage, etc.). They recognize food-related words that have entered the English language...
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Word Structure-Prefix and Suffix
Students identify the common prefixes and suffixes used in the English language. They dissect a word into its various (root, prefix, suffix) parts and use a dictionary to determine the proper usage and derivation of each word part. ...
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Grammar Review Project
Students design an review and design an assessment for a grammar and usage unit.
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Write Me a Mystery
Eleventh graders, in groups, pre-write, draft, edit and revise a murder mystery short story to hone their skills in short story drafting, editing and revision, group collaboration and computer usage. They also evaluate writing for both...
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Verb Review 1 (Past Prerogative/Past Tense)
In this verb usage worksheet, students change the verb tense of the word in parenthesis in 36 sentences. The verbs will be past progressive/past tense.
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Salinger and the Vocabulary of the Vernacular
Young scholars discuss the use of slang expressions in literature. In this literary analysis instructional activity, students examine the use of slang words and expressions in the popular novel Catcher in the Rye. Young...
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Verb Review (Present/Past)
In this verb usage worksheet, students practice using verbs in the present and past forms. Students complete the sentences by placing the correct form of the verb provided in the blank. There are forty-one blanks in all.
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Question Words
In this questions words activity, students read the questions and write in the missing question word to complete the 15 exercises.
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Language Arts: The Doctor Will See You Now
High schoolers are able to compare the treatments available for certain medical conditions during three different points in time during the last hundred years; list the medicines and drug therapies available now that have helped them and...
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Hyperbole, Idiom, Oxymoron
Fourth graders identify the usage of idiom, hyperbole, and oxymoron in literary passages. They apply this knowledge of figurative language through a composition exercise. The writing of teacher generated examples is also helpful.
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Present Simple Worksheet-Positive or Negative
In this verb usage worksheet, students fill in the blanks in eight sentences with the proper form of the provided verb. This worksheet is intended to be used with beginning English language learners.
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Do and Does - Health ELL
In this do and does ELL activity, students learn the correct usage for the words do and does by reading the conversation and filling in the blanks with do, does, doesn't, or don't.
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Glossary, Index, and Table of Contents
Fourth graders use two separate sources to learn about index, glossary, and table of contents usage. For this library lesson, 4th graders use two books, Learning About Weather with Graphic Organizers, and The World Almanac for Kids, to...
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Sentence Writing
In this article usage worksheet, students practice their sentence writing skills. Students complete eight sentences with one of the three articles, a, an, or the.