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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simple and Compound Sentences | No Nonsense Grammar

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb and by itself contains a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator:...
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University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Writer's Web: How to Make Sentences Clear and Concise

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Four simple rules for students to follow when editing sentences to make them more clear and concise. By looking at the use of prepositions, verb choices, active voice, and more, students can learn to improve their sentence writing...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Complex Pirate Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Melinda Long's picture book entitled How I Became a Pirate is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite complex sentences from the text and share them. Students will also use interactive buttons to...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Racetrack Sentences

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them....
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Direct Objects

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, in addition to defining and providing examples for direct objects, gives various tips on identifying direct objects, both simple and complex.
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Other

Dans Math: Lessons: Order of Operations

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a brief explanation of the order of operations that includes some simple examples. It also has directions for dealing with parentheses and exponents.
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Other

Heinle: Newbury House Dictionary of American English

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The Newbury House Dictionary provides simple and clear definitions. Also includes sample sentences, idioms, and a wide array of cultural facts and figures. Students may also view photographs related to the words.
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University of California

Ucmp: Understanding Science: Dogs and Turnips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A simple lesson where each group of students turns over word cards creating sentences from them. As the student turns over more cards, the group modifies the meaning of the sentence, leading them to discuss how scientists change their...

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