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Word Roots 7: SPECT, STA, VERT Beginner Synonym or Antonym Word Puzzle
With a word bank, information on Latin roots, and instant feedback, this resource is a good way to practice vocabulary as well as antonyms and synonyms. For this online activity, learners fill in an antonym and synonym for each of six...
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Introduce: Summarizing Narrative Text
When scholars re-tell a story, do they boil it down to important details in a logical order? Practice summarizing narratives using this think-aloud strategy, which is scripted here for your convenience. After explaining why this is an...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: Question-Answer Relationships
As part of their study of Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, class groups examine passages from the story and respond to a series of QAR questions.
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Hamlet 1.2: Hamlet's First Soilloquy
O, that these too, too obscure words would resolve themselves into modern English! High school scholars are asked to do a close reading of Hamlet’s first soliloquy (I, ii) and recast these famous lines into contemporary speech, identify...
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Whip up a Storm of Writing Ideas
Need a key to unlock writer's block? Introduce your writers to four easy steps that will release them from their mental prison. The brainstorming worksheet, designed to set free their imaginations, even has an answer key.
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Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words/Base Words
Get your class on track with their affixes by covering prefixes, suffixes, and root words in depth. This short three-lesson unit includes vocabulary lists to study, detailed plan procedures, and some accompanying worksheets.
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Writing Conventions: Punctuation
In this writing conventions instructional activity, students read the sentences and then choose the kind of sentence type it is. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Commas and Semi-Colons
Students practice editing sentences. For this punctuation lesson, students learn how to use commas and semi-colons in sentences and then practice what they've learned by completing a worksheet independently.
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Intermediate Forming Questions --
Students unscramble 8 groups of words to form 8 complete questions involving a form of the verb "be." This very basic language worksheet is suitable for young learners who are engaged in lessons on sentence structure, and different types...
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What's In a Name?
Students write a story. In this identification lesson, students write their name vertically and think of a word or phrase to match each letter. Students write a paragraph or story based on their name descriptions.
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Understanding Adjectives
Students practice identifying and using adjectives in sentences. In this adjectives lesson, students review types of adjectives and find examples of them in the example sentences. Students also rewrite sentences and add adjectives to...
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Acrostic Poems: What's In a Name?
Young scholars find words that begin with the letters in their own names, using a variety of sources including word banks and online dictionaries. They create an acrostic poem. Pupils revise poems as needed, for meaning and...
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Choosing the Correct Verb
For this grammar worksheet, students review all different types of verbs and then circle the appropriate verb in twelve sentences. Students check to make sure that each sentence is grammatically correct.
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Women's History Month--Susan B. Anthony Question Review
This writing instructional activity instructs students to read a short paragraph about Susan B. Anthony, then write 5 questions to 5 answers. This instructional activity would be quite useful when teaching students about sentence...
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Possessive Determiners and Pronouns
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students complete the 18 sentences by typing the correct possessive determiner or pronoun into the text box.
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Technical Writing / Siddhartha
Twelfth graders are introduced to and produce several types of technical writing. They watch a crime video and write a police report, explore websites and draft summary sentences, write a personal vision quest based on "Siddhartha" and...
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Interactive Pronoun Quiz #2
In this grammar instructional activity, students identify and choose the appropriate type of pronoun the underlined word is in twenty sentences.
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Conjunction Practice Exercise
In this grammar activity, students choose the appropriate type of conjunction for each underlined word in twenty sentences. Students check their answers when completed.
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What is Opera?
In this opera worksheet, 8th graders read about the history and evolution of opera as a type of theatre. They answer 4 questions based on the reading using complete sentences.
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Advanced Forming Questions - "To Do"
In this forming sentences worksheet, learners read a series of statements of increasing difficulties, then turn then into "to do" questions.
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Vocabulary Review Worksheet 9
For this vocabulary synonyms worksheet, students read 9 sentences and analyze the word in bold type. From four choices, students circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same.
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Vocabulary Practice: Meaning of Words
In this words and meanings worksheet, students read ten sentences and analyze the words in bold type. Students circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as each word.
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Spelling Connections: Grade 6: Dictionary Respellings
In this grade 6 spelling worksheet, students read 20 sentences with a spelling word written in bold type as a dictionary pronunciation. Students write the correct spelling word. There is no word list.
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Idioms
In this idioms learning exercise, students use context clues provided to determine the meaning of idioms shown in bold-faced type in a set of 12 sentences. An answer key is included.