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Modals of Advice
In this interactive grammar learning exercise, students practice using should, ought to, and had better in sentences. Students choose the correct word for each of the eight sentences.
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Compound Subjects and Predicates
In this identifying compound subjects and predicates worksheet, learners read complete sentences to determine whether they have a compound subject, a compound predicate, or both. Students answer 10 questions.
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Subject and Predicate
Give your class foundational skills by teaching them how to identify the subject and the predicate of a sentence. Walk them through the information on the top of page one, and then let them complete the practice opportunity...
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English Lesson Plans for Grade 8
Demonstrate how to engage in a polite and professional conversation with this banking and interfacing lesson. Focusing on explanatory and informaitonal texts, middle schoolers write sentences using banking and finance terminologies....
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Teacher Kit Unit 1
Nine lessons makeup a unit designed to reinforce grammar and vocabulary through practice pages based on readings of African folktales. Each lesson consists of a mini lesson, a vocabulary review, and a worksheet. Topics include...
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Present Perfect: Creating the Correct Form
Practice conjugating verbs in the present perfect form. Using this online tool, users create sentences based off of the words provided. If they're lost or confused, they can click the button that says show a letter to gain more...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.1
Despite English grammar rules, in the e-world the plural of mouse is mouses. lol. Standard American English is constantly evolving. Introduce your class members to a variety of terms that describe different usage changes (economy,...
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Comprehending the Story
Learners explore story-grammar. They discuss story-grammar and read That Mean Man. A story map is created and a Venn Diagram is used to compare and contrast concepts within the story. They retell the story and use a story pyramid to...
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Modals: Passive Voice
Bring this modals practice learning exercise to your grammar unit. Middle schoolers respond to twenty-six short answer and fill in the blanks questions that require them to use the appropriate passive voice verbs. This activity is a good...
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What Color and Clothing Are You Wearing?
Young learners identify the type of clothing and color for eight multiple-choice questions. Just print this sheet out, and you're good to go!
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5
"Timid, scared, terrified." High school scholars examine words, their denotations and connotations, in a series of exercises that use lines from Shakespeare to explore figurative language and word relationships. Participants then...
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Future Actions
How do you conjugate a reflexive verb? This plan suggests reading a children's book to your intermediate Spanish speakers. Follow the reading with a PowerPoint slide show that presents reflexive verbs, a sentence using the verb, and a...
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Women’s History Month- Susan B. Anthony
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a paragraph about Susan B. Anthony and then respond to 5 short answer questions.
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Historical Fiction: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell's classic tale of Karana, a young girl stranded on an island off the California coast, is the focus of a 16-slide presentation that includes a list of vocabulary words, guided reading questions,...
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Who or Whom? Which Interrogative Pronoun?
Who uses who and whom correctly? Practice this enigmatic interrogative pronoun question with this worksheet set. Middle schoolers read two pages that explain the proper use of "who," "whom," and the five interrogative pronouns. They...
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"Some Excellent Dumb Discourse:" Caliban as native American
Explore The Tempest and how language and power are intertwined in the play. Through a series of questions (provided) and an intense activity that has groups translate Caliban's speech into American Sign Language, learners recognize...
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What's the Case? - The Three Cases of a Personal Pronoun
For this grammar worksheet, learners learn about personal pronouns (subject, object and possessive) in sentence writing. They then answer the 14 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Recognizing Types of Sentences
Use this grammar worksheet to help your young writers with sentence variety. Middle schoolers determine if the sentences are simple, compound or complex sentences. There are eleven questions on this page.
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Verbs: Did or Have Done
Study the present perfect or past simple verb forms with this resource. There are two exercises provided; in the first, budding grammarians complete a set of eight sentences with the correct verb form. In the second, they rewrite a list...
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Parallel Structure and Paired Conjunctions
In this parallel structure activity, learners respond to 16 questions that require them to finish the sentences using parallel structure.
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Coordination and Subordination
Young scholars sharpen grammar skills with this activity. Composed of ten multiple-choice questions, this resource asks learners to practice coordination and subordination by choosing the correct conjunctions and clearest sentences. This...
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What is a Preposition?
Where and when should you use prepositions? A handy instructional activity provides examples and instructions about prepositions and prepositional phrases, as well as eight practice sentences. Learners underline the prepositional phrases...
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Interviews with the American People "Days of Infamy"
Students compare and contrast statements made by people in "Man on the Streets." They are interviewing them on the current war in Iraq and how they felt on Sept. 11th. These interviews are tape recorded. To see what kinds of questions to...
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Active/Passive Voice
Reinforce your lesson on passive and active voice with this grammar worksheet. Young grammarians review examples of active and passive voice, and then determine which voice is used in a set of ten sentences. Next, students rewrite...