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Perspectives on Written & Spoken English
Students explore issues surrounding language norms, including the distinction between prescriptive and descriptive norms, the differences between norms for spoken English and those for written English, how word meanings change, and...
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CTBS Usage Practice #6
In this CTBS usage practice worksheet, students identify simply subjects, topic sentences, sentences off topic, and combine multiple sentences. There are seventeen multiple choice questions.
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English Vocabulary Activity
In this literacy instructional activity, students find the words that are used to challenge average vocabulary usage. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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What's in a Word?
Students complete a unit on words, their origins, and their usage. They explore various websites, create a word ladder online, develop a list of anagrams, write a story using homonyms, and create a list of vocabulary words.
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School-Home Links: Verb Usage 3
In this verb tense instructional activity, students review the rules for present and past tense verb usage. Students then complete each sentence by changing the given verb into either present or past tense. Parents or guardians must sign...
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Grammar Usage: Must Not and Do Not Have To
In this modals with not worksheet, students choose the correct usage for "mustn't" or "don't have to" by completing 10 given sentences.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #4
For this online interactive grammar and usage worksheet, students examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision using the rules of standard formal English for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 2
In this online interactive grammar and usage learning exercise, middle schoolers examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #2
For this online interactive grammar and usage worksheet, middle schoolers examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #3
In this online interactive grammar and usage learning exercise, students examine a paragraph that is missing words or phrase. Students select the appropriate words or phrases to complete each of the sentences and submit their answers to...
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Grammar and Usage: Section 1, Paragraph
In this online interactive grammar and usage worksheet, students examine a paragraph that is missing words or phrase. Students select the appropriate words or phrases to complete each of the sentences and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 2
In this online interactive grammar and usage worksheet, students examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #2
In this online interactive grammar and usage instructional activity, students examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 1, Paragraph #2
In this online interactive grammar and usage activity, students examine a paragraph that is missing words or phrase. Students select the appropriate words or phrases to complete each of the sentences and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #3
In this online interactive grammar and usage instructional activity, students examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #4
In this online interactive grammar and usage worksheet, students examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar and Usage: Section 1
In this online interactive grammar and usage instructional activity, students examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
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Next 200
Use this comprehensive list to have your class practice reading and spelling commonly used words. View this resource before spelling tests or as a center activity. Learners can practice reading and writing the words.
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Collective Nouns Sentence Maze
Amaze your class with this activity! A maze is made up of lines as well as words. Class members connect the words in each sentence to find their way through the maze. Learners must employ correct usage of collective nouns and have...
Film English
Father and Son
Explore word relationships and the relationships between people with an interesting lesson. Learners practice pairing words that typically go together and write brief narratives using these words. They then go through a similar process,...
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Sayings Quiz: Mixed 4
Comprehend English sayings! Elementary schoolers read familiar sayings in isolation and in context in order to determine their usage. They choose 10 multiple choice answers and use the buttons to check their answers.
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Performance Task Preparation: Peer Critique and Mini-Lesson Addressing Common Errors: Revising Draft Essay to Inform
Time to revise! Using a writing evaluation rubric, scholars participate in a peer editing process to provide feedback on each others' informative essays. Next, pupils begin revising their drafts based on the feedback they receive.
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Analyzing Word Choice: Atticus’s Closing Speech (Chapters 20-21)
Choose your words carefully. Scholars begin by reading a line of Atticus's closing speech in To Kill A Mockingbird. Readers work independently on their note catchers, then complete a Think-Pair-Share activity with partners. They finish...
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Fanatically Grammatically Correct
Research guidelines for correct usage, then explore how creative writers employ punctuation as an essential tool in their craft. Secondary classes create board games to teach elementary school students how to properly punctuate. From the...