Handout
San José State University

Writing Concisely: Deleting or Replacing Unnecessary Information

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Are you actually feeling really tired of reading wordy, redundant, long, lengthy sentences practically all the time over and over again? Introduce writers to this handout and exercise to teach to tighten up their prose! Provides two ways...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Subject-Verb Agreement - To Be (was,were)

For Students 6th - 8th
Was he or were they? Young grammarians are challenged to use the correct past tense form of to be in the 10 sentences of a grammar practice worksheet. Because no definitions or examples are given, you might use the exercise as an...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Formal and Informal Language

For Students 6th - 9th
Words carry connotative baggage and some suitcases are bigger than others. Learners consult the Chambers School Dictionary to identify the formal, informal or slang words used in a series of exercises.
Lesson Plan
San Francisco Symphony

The American Five - Pentatonic scales in early American melodies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Through vocal warm-ups and exercises, budding musicians will attempt to grasp the five pentatonic scales, commonly used in early American songs. They'll sing and work to identify the pitch, tone, melody, and scales being expressed in the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Use this activity as a warm up, a refresher exercise, or a practice after a more detailed lesson on graphing linear inequalities in two variables. Start with boundaries that are horizontal or vertical, then move into graphs with...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Row-Echelon Matrices

For Students 10th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite linear equations using matrices and solve using row-echelon form. There are 30 problems ranging from one equation to system of equations.
Interactive
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Second Exercise in Parallelism

For Students 7th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills activity, students answer 9 short answer questions regarding parallelism. Students may submit their answers to be scored
Worksheet
Curated OER

English Exercises: Idioms Exercise

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive English activity, learners respond to 8 fill in the blank questions about idioms. Students may submit their answers to be scored
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Present Continuous

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 40 fill in the blank questions that require them to use the present continuous form appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Interactive
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English Exercises: American English File 3

For Students 7th
In this English file # worksheet, 7th graders interactively select the correct verb tense in 15 sentences, fill in the blanks 10 comparing sentences and mark the sentences with explain  7 traffic signs shown, and match 8 phrases,...
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: The Ozone Layer

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online interactive English learning exercise, students watch an embedded video about global warming, read a selection about the ozone layer, and then respond to 18 fill in the blank and short answer...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Verbs: Did or Have Done

For Students 4th - 6th
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...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Past Tense -- Simple Past

For Students 3rd - 5th
A quick review of the past tense begins this learning exercise. It focuses on the simple past, and has a diagram to identify past actions in visual terms. Adding -ed or -ied is explained, and the past forms of to...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Kinds of Sentences

For Students 5th - 8th
Boost understanding of the four types of sentences with several exercises. To start off, read through the provided information about the types of sentences together. This will prepare your class to practice their new knowledge. Then,...
Interactive
Curated OER

Passive Voice Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this interactive sentence rephrasing worksheet, learners rewrite each of the 29 sentences in a passive voice. This worksheet is interactive.
Interactive
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Concept: Adding Integers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this integers online interactive worksheet, students complete a chart on adding integers and rewrite 11 positive integer questions without the positive signs. Students solve 2 online integer word problems on the lines provided.
Interactive
Curated OER

Infinitive of Purpose

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online/interactive rewriting sentences worksheet, students read example sentences to reconstruct sentences using infinitive of purpose. Students write six sentences.
Interactive
Curated OER

Clothes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this parts of speech online interactive worksheet, students choose the appropriate multiple choice word to describe 9 pictures of clothing. Students type in a word to describe 3 additional pictures of clothing. Students fill in...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Future: Going To

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this rearranging words to form sentences worksheet, students read the mixed up words and rewrite them to create complete sentences. Students rewrite 12 sentences.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Concepts, Patterns, Formulas, Substitution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this algebra lesson plan, students define algebraic terms and rewrite them using math symbols. There are 10 problems drawing correlations to geometry as well as algebra.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scientific Notation

For Teachers 9th
In this algebra worksheet, 9th graders rewrite exponential numbers using scientific notation and condense the equations and expand using the standard form. There are 6 word problems applying the use of scientific notations.
Worksheet
Curated OER

I Have Who Has..Cards

For Students 10th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve word problems by rewriting the words into equations and answering the questions. There is an answer key.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Social Movements in American Politics

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore American social movements. In this writing skills lesson plan, students read Orwell's "Politics and the English." Young scholars then apply the rules for writing that are included in the piece. Students follow-up...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sine Cosine Game

For Students 11th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, students are given a word problem they must solve by rewriting the words in to algebraic symbols. They investigate Sine and Cosine using word problems. There are 18 questions with an answer key.