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Worksheet
Curated OER

Total English Advanced: Participle Clauses and Gerunds

For Students 7th - 10th
In this participle clauses and gerunds instructional activity, students read a paragraph and fill in the 10 blanks with a verb from the list. Students then complete a story including verbs with the tenses listed.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Misplaced and Dangling Participles

For Students 6th - 8th
Help! I’ve misplaced my modifier! Misplaced modifiers and dangling participles are the subject of a worksheet that first defines basic terms and then offers examples of correct usage. Armed with this information, young grammarians attack...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Students as "Grammarians": Discovering Grammatical Rules, Lesson on Reduced Clauses of Reason

For Students 6th - 8th
For this grammar worksheet, students work in pairs to complete the 24 reduced clauses of reason questions. In some questions, students write answers to specific questions, and in some they fill in blanks in sentences.
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PPT
Curated OER

Sentence Styles: Lesson Ten

For Teachers 7th - 9th
For a basic overview of phrases (prepositional, absolute, appositive, and participial), use this presentation in your grammar unit. Each slide contains a short explanation and an example, concluding with a slide about relative clauses....
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Interactive
Curated OER

Reducing Adjective Clauses Part 2

For Students 7th - 8th
In this reducing adjective clauses part 2 instructional activity, students read the explanation for shortening a relative (adjective) clause with an active voice verb, then interactively completes 10 sentences by reducing the modifying...
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PPT
Curated OER

Commas and Colons and Semicolons? OH MY!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Take a close look at both the definitions and uses of commas, colons, and semicolons. Commas set off clear parts of sentences, colons come before an explanation, and semicolons join two complete thoughts. Review these types of...
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Workbook
ClearVue

Perfect Punctuation

For Students 5th - 8th
Using the provided "[Punctuation] Rules to Remember" young grammarians punctuate clauses, phrases, participles, and quotations in a series of worksheets.
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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

Say It with Style: Syntax and Parallel Structure

For Teachers 9th Standards
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech provides the text for a lesson that introduces scholars to the significance of syntax. After examining several types of clauses, phrases, and structures, class members use the...
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Handout
San José State University

Sentence Fragments

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Work on sentence fragments with your class using this handout and brief exercise. This resource, which could be used as a reference sheet for learners, goes into detail about complete sentences and the different errors that cause...
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PPT
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Pearson

Present Perfect: Since and For

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Present perfect tense doesn't mean that something is perfect, just that it's continuing from the past into the present. Demonstrate proper usage of present perfect verb tense with a slideshow presentation, which features a passage about...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Because Phrases

For Students 4th - 8th
In this because clauses worksheet, students choose the best way to shorten a because clause from the options provided. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Review Sheet: Irony, Comma Rules, and Sentence Variety,

For Students 7th - 9th
Covering vocabulary, literary analysis, and grammar, this worksheet would be a great study guide or homework assignment for an eighth-grade Language Arts class. Though the five stories by Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, and Oscar Wilde are...
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Printables
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BW Walch

Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar and Usage

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
If grammar practice is anywhere in your curriculum, you must check out an extensive collection of warm-up activities for language arts! Each page focuses on a different concept, from parts of speech to verbals, and provides review...
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Workbook
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McGraw Hill

Grammar Practice Workbook

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Make sure your pupils exercise their grammar muscles with this collection of worksheets. Organized into units, the packet covers everything from the parts of speech to sentence structure to punctuation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Calligrammes Project

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Use Guillaume Apollinaire's famous series of Calligrammes to inspire quirky poetry by your French students. Expand the idea behind this project to create a plan tailored to your Francophiles and their current studies, or spend time...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Words In The News Latin American Migrant Money

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the life of a migrant worker. They compare the life of those living in the United States with a poorer country such as Mexico or Latin America. After looking up the definitions of vocabulary words, groups of students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Combining

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Avoid short, choppy sentences in your class's writing by focusing on sentence structures. The first page in this two-page packet shows your class how to combine sentences using conjunctions, a list, an appositive, or compound predicate....
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PPT
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Misplaced Modifiers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Show your class how modifiers can be used properly and improperly. They will take a short quiz where they must choose between one of three sentences in 10 slides that correctly uses modifiers. This is a great review!
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students 7th - 9th
Start by reading the information provided for both misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. The entire first page is explanation and examples-perfect for those who need extra support. On page two, you will find a short, 10-question...
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Printables
Achievement Strategies

ACT College Readiness Standards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is a template offering a comprehensive outline of ACT skill categories, what standards are expected to be mastered, and blank spaces for you to include how you plan to address those standards within your curriculum.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Prepositions for Place

For Students 5th - 8th
In this prepositions worksheet, learners choose the correct word for the prepositions for place in each sentence. Students complete 40 sentences total.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Grammar-Mechanics Session #1/Parts of Speech

For Students 9th - 12th
As part of a grammar lesson, use these sentences to identify parts of speech. There are no directions, but parts of speech are available. The resource contains ten sentences in all.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Past Conditional

For Students 7th - 8th
This printout could be used to introduce the past conditional to your middle schoolers. The top section describes the past conditional and notes examples. There's a short post-assessment included, as well. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Words in the News

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the topic of museums together in small groups. They identify and practice new vocabulary found in a newspaper article about a museum opening. They answer questions about the article as well.