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Quiet On The Set... Take 1...Action!!
Students complete an activity with the book Step by Step by Bruce McMillan. In this verb lesson, students create a list of action verbs from this book and more to use in their own writings. They will create stick puppets to act out the...
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Lesson One: Word Choice
In this word choice worksheet, students complete information relating to "The Witches" by Roald Dahl. Students practice using different adjectives, verbs, adverbs and descriptive words through writing activities. Students answer...
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Sentence Combining
In this grammar worksheet, learners practice rewriting, adding on and combining fifty-seven sentences into compound sentences that convey more information and are grammatically correct.
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Subject-verb Agreement
In this grammar worksheet, students complete twenty-nine sentences by adding in either a verb phrase or a subject phrase in present tenses only.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
In this grammar worksheet, 6th graders complete twenty-nine sentences by adding present tense verbs to each one to be grammatically correct.
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Mixed Prepositions 3
In this grammar online interactive worksheet, students choose the appropriate mixed preposition from the multiple choice answers shown from the 10 drop down boxes that completes each sentence correctly. Students check their answers...
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Freckle Juice
Students complete activities with the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. In this literature lesson, students read chapter one and brainstorm adjectives for the four main characters. They make a page of vocabulary words and...
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Pronoun Exercises: Subject Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
In this subject pronoun and possessive adjective online learning exercise, students complete 10 sentences by choosing the correct subject pronoun from the drop down menu in each sentence. They write the proper subject pronoun and choose...
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Pretest and Present Project
Students build their own city. In this grammar lesson, students view ads for popular vacation spots. Students take note of the correct capitalization in the ads. Students then create their own city and make a travel brochure for that...
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Adverb Phrases and the Words They Modify
In this adverbs learning exercise, students read 10 sentences and then underline each adverb phrase in each sentence. Students draw an arrow to the word each phrase modifies in each sentence.
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Saint Patrick's Day - Cloze Activity
Learn about St. Patrick's Day traditions while filling in the blanks with prepositions, articles, and conjunctions in a one-page cloze activity. Grammarians can get a score and see correct answers in this online interactive exercise. For...
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Does Everyone Agree?
Learners choose the appropriate pronouns needed to fill in the blanks of six sentences. They then practice correcting the pronouns in five different sentences.
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Past Conditional
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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Realism and Fantasy
Second graders listen to the story, Bruno the Baker, where some parts seem real and some seem fake. They must identify the parts of the story as realism or fantasy. An interesting way to teach young readers these two concepts.
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Quiz 3A: Measurements With Noncount Nouns
In this nouns worksheet, students name the item in each picture using a unit of measure from the word bank. There are 15 items to name on this worksheet.
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Religious Revival: The American Response to the Cold War
Students examine the impact of religion on the Cold War. In this Cold War lesson, students analyze speeches delivered by Lenin, Truman, and Graham regarding the role of religion in society. As a culminating activity, students are tested...
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Social Life in the 1950's and Domestic Politics and Policy
Eleventh graders examine the cultural mood and politics of the 1950's in the United States. They read a section of their text and take notes, view a clip of the movie "Pleasantville" and discuss societal roles in the 1950's, and listen...
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Nutrition: Gregory the Terrible Eater
Students listen to a story about a goat who craves human food. They discover the four basic food groups and discuss what they might eat if they were terrible eaters. Students retell the story by looking at the pictures. They complete...
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Lesson Plan for Reading
Students in an adult ESL classroom are introduced to the definition of freedom of speech. Using the internet, they discover the differences between the rule of law and rule of men. To end the lesson, they examine how the court system...
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Say What?
Students explore the literal and figurative meanings of twenty-nine phrases and sayings. This unit of nine lessons integrates written expression and convention to demonstrate the value of idioms to the language.
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Painting with Words
Fifth graders discuss words that are over used in their writing such as good, nice, happy, glad sad, etc. they complete a survey about word choice then hear a story and discuss descriptive phrases used in the story and how they help to...
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Energy All Around: Energy in Our Lives
Students identify the different sources of energy. In this energy lesson, students list different machines and identify the type of energy used to operate them. They create a diagram of a wind turbine and label its parts.
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Immigration Debates in the Era of "Open Gates"
Young social historians examine immigration debates of the early 20th century through primary sources, such as political cartoons. They analyze the material, discuss their findings, and complete a critical thinking worksheet. All...
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Communicative Choices & Linguistic Style
Start by watching a video entitled Do You Speak American? and respond to discussion questions about the various dialects showcased throughout the video to identify the regional linguistic styles throughout America. As a culminating...