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Instructional Video3:26
TED-Ed

Grammar's Great Divide: The Oxford Comma

For Students 5th - 10th
The Oxford comma, who'd have thunk it would be at the center of a great debate? Also known as the serial comma, this pesky piece of punctuation premiers as the star of a short video that investigates the question "To use, or not to...
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Instructional Video10:48
Curated OER

Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #4

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Practice forming questions and pronouncing them correctly in part four of Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense. Questions are formed based on the subject and the object from part three. Scrambled sentences are given to put in...
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Instructional Video3:40
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GCFGlobal.org

Word: Check Spelling and Grammar

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed Standards
What's the best way to proofread a Microsoft Word document? Viewers of a helpful video learn how to create polished prose by running a spelling and grammar check. They also discover how to ignore some of Word's incorrect suggestions and...
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Instructional Video6:03
Curated OER

Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #2

For Teachers 5th - 9th
In part two of "Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense," the reason to use simple past tense is explained more thoroughly. The same video from part one is shown with questions focusing on the reason the past tense is used....
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Instructional Video11:15
Curated OER

Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #3

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Part three of Basic English Grammar concentrates on asking questions in the simple past tense. A review using a different scenario covers types of past tense verbs, asking learners to fill in the correct form of the verb in various...
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Instructional Video4:38
TED-Ed

Does Grammar Matter?

For Students 7th - 12th
Does grammar matter? Sure it does. Ask a prescriptivist who will tell you about common established patterns of language at a given time while a descriptivist will describe a set of linguistic habits. Learn about these very different...
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Instructional Video3:20
TED-Ed

How Misused Modifiers Can Hurt Your Writing

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Misplaced modifiers are a common grammar error, but can your learners identify when a modifier can interfere with a reader's understanding? Watch a short and entertaining video from Ted Ed that illustrates misplaced modifiers, as well as...
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Instructional Video1:35
Learning Upgrade

Titles Punctuation Song

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
It's hard to remember how to punctuate titles correctly, but after you listen to this grammar video a few times, you'll never italicize a song title again! Hip hop-themed and catchy, the song is a great addition to your punctuation unit.
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Instructional Video2:57
GoEnglish

Present Continuous Uses

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Grammar is one of those skills you're always improving. Learn more about ways to use the present continuous verb tense with a short grammar video and explanatory examples.
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Instructional Video9:13
Curated OER

English Grammar & Writing - Capitalization

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Go over the basics of capitalization and when to use upper-case letters. A young woman with a whiteboard writes examples and explains. This is a good resource for ELL or ELD students due to its simplicity. One grammatical mistake is made...
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Instructional Video8:25
Curated OER

Prepositions - English Grammar #3

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Finish the series on prepositions of location and direction in this video. Direction and location are distinguished with a description and a vignette at the local playground. Viewers then see a statement and choose the correct...
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Instructional Video10:08
Curated OER

Prepositions - English Grammar #2

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Continue learning about prepositions of location and direction in part two with Jennifer. Different prepositions are discussed with the same fill-in-the-blank format from part one. The video ends with questions where the viewer chooses...
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Instructional Video8:14
Curated OER

Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #1

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Listen to a few sentences describing the actions of the person shown. The sentences are then written in the past-tense for you to see and identify the simple past-tense verbs. Regular and irregular verbs are then defined with sentences...
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Instructional Video4:50
Curated OER

Prepositions - English Grammar #1

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Discover how to use prepositions in order to talk about location and direction. Definitions of prepositions, prepositional phrases, noun phrases, and more are given. Separate prepositions are then discussed and used in sentences....
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Instructional Video3:54
Jen Johnson

Independent Clauses, Dependent Clauses, & Fragments

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
When is a clause a complete sentence, and when do you need to add a subordinate conjunction? Practice complex sentences and avoid fragments with a grammar video. With fun pictures and interesting graphics, the video will get through to...
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Instructional Video12:50
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Ereading Worksheets

Conjugating Verbs: Verb Tense and Aspect | Parts of Speech App

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Take a look at an in depth video to learn all there is to know about conjugating verbs. Find out what conjugating verbs are, why we conjugate verbs, and all the rules to properly form grammatically correct sentences. After gaining much...
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Instructional Video2:28
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Ereading Worksheets

Adjectives | Parts of Speech App

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Give grammar instruction a boost with a video that focuses on adjectives. First, find out what adjectives are and view multiple detailed examples. Then, participate in an interactive pop quiz and review to check for understanding. 
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Instructional Video3:26
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Ereading Worksheets

Verbs and Verb Phrases | Parts of Speech App

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Enhance grammar instruction with a video highlighting verbs and verb phrases. Get insight into what verbs are, the different types of verbs, and what makes a verb phrase. Following the lesson, an interactive pop quiz and review concludes...
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Instructional Video4:24
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Ereading Worksheets

Adverbs | Parts of Speech App

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Give grammar instruction a boost with a video showcasing adverbs! Gain insight into what adverbs are, how to write them, and how to correctly use the words good and well in a sentence. Following the detailed information, is an...
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Instructional Video9:09
Study

Pronouns: Relative, Reflexive, Interrogative

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Gary, the grammar gorilla, graciously introduces viewers to a variety of pronouns and models how relative, reflexive, and interrogative pronouns operate in a sentence. This presentation is more complex than the other resources in the...
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Instructional Video3:27
TED-Ed

Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo: One-Word Sentences and How They Work

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Sentences made up of one word? Yes. Introduce kids to lexical ambiguity with a short video that shows how complete, grammatically correct sentences can be composed of one word used each time as a different part of speech.
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Instructional Video1:17
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Rockin' English Lessons

"I Am, You Are, He/She Is" Song–Present Simple "To Be" Lesson–Rockin English (Grammar)

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
I am, you are, he is, and she is. Gather around and sing loud and proud with this rock n' roll song designed to inform learners about the present tense verb to be. 
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Instructional Video2:56
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TED-Ed

When to Use "Me", "Myself" and "I"

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Clarify your kids' writing with a video about pronouns, specifically me, myself, and I. As kids watch the short video, they see cute robots demonstrate the proper use of each pronoun, as well as the definitions of reflexive and intensive...
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Instructional Video0:57
Learning Upgrade

Sentence 1 Song

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Yeehaw! Review the basic structure of a sentence with a fun Western song. The video explains that a sentence must start with a capital letter, end with a punctuation mark, and contain words to convey an idea.

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