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You Are What You Wear
Learners, after analyzing interactions between groups/societies, effects of causality/change over time, forms of imaginative writing and utilizing art media to conveying messages/meaning, examine the relationship between clothing and...
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Capitalization
In this capitalization worksheet, students learn about when to capitalize words in sentence writing and when not to. They then use what they learned to answer 12 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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Yikes! An Interjection!
In this grammar worksheet, learners learn about using interjections in sentence writing. They then use what they learned to answer 9 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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From a Pet's Point of View
Learners explore the concept of point of view. In this point of view lesson plan, students discuss the point of view of a pet and write an imaginative story. Learners then create a power point presetation for the class to...
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Breaking News English: Turkey and EU
In this Turkey and EU worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Personal Pronoun Recognition Practice
In this pronouns worksheet, students learn to recognize nominative or objective pronouns. Students read ten sentences and write every pronoun they see in each.
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Eliminate Fragments and Run-ons
Fix fragments and run-ons. Kids practice editing a piece of their own writing, read, and take notes of common examples. They practice connecting independent clauses and then use the information to edit previously written pieces. Note:...
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An Antidote to Plagiarism
Young scholars discover how to write a research paper without directly copying written material. They read a passage, then record on the board any words that are new for them. They define these words, then organize their facts to create...
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Writing Different Kinds of Sentences- 1
In this sentence writing worksheet, students write telling, asking, expressing, and commanding sentences about the pictures. Students write 20 sentences.
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Sequential Writing
For this writing instructions worksheet, students use sequential order to write instructions for brushing their teeth. Students write what to do first, next, then, and finally.
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Exercise 1: Subject-verb Agreement
In this grammar learning exercise, students choose the appropriate verb in parentheses in twenty-eight sentences that makes each grammatically correct.
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Minnesota-China Connections: Writing Prompts
Students write a short essay in response to a writing prompt related to a theme or issue raised within the Minnesota-China Connection Web site.
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Writing A Short Story with a Persuasive Letter
High schoolers write short stories. In this story creation activity, students write their own story and include their previously written persuasive letters as a component of their new story.
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Writing a Resume
Ninth graders research a future career and write a resume for the job. In this job skills instructional activity, 9th graders work in groups to identify future job skills and duties. Students then write a resume for the job.
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Pass It On: African American Poetry to Inspire Writing
Pupils read through poems in a book called Pass it On. There are 19 poems from famous African American poets contained in the book. The poems are specialized for children and after the children have learned about the author and about the...
University of North Carolina
Sociology
What exactly does sociology entail? Sociology is a broad field that covers many topics, including culture, mass media, and social movements. A helpful handout prepares scholars for typical writing found in college-level sociology...
K12 Reader
Pick the Pronoun
Which word is correct: he or him? Your pupils can practice determining if a sentence needs a subject or object pronoun by completing the 12 sentences on this worksheet. For each sentence, they are given an object pronoun and a subject...
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Basic English Sentence Patterns
A simple set of practice sheets deals with sentence structure and patterns. The 117-page packet includes 10 units of skills, varying from identifying parts of speech in a sentence to writing the correct part to make a sentence...
Pearson
Object Pronouns Grammar Activities
Young grammarians put a sentence together with the help of a short, straightforward grammar worksheet. Learners match subject and object pronouns before unscrambling the parts of five different sentences.
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Shape Poetry
Calligrams, or shape poems, are the focus of ninth exercise in a ten-part poetry writing series.
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Haiku
The haiku, one of the most popular fixed forms, is the subject of this writing activity, the seventh in a series of ten poetry exercises.
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Lesson: Urs Fischer: Your Choice: Reality or Illusion?
Young analysts write a comparative essay, but about what? They compose a paper based on several critical discussion about reality and illusion, and how both are blurred in art. They analyze several theatre pieces that exemplify Brechtian...
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Acrostic
Do your students suffer from metrophobia? Assuage their fears by asking them to craft an acrostic, a form poem that begins with a single word. The first in a series of ten poetry writing exercises.
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Editing and Publishing: Accessing Books Around the World Informative Paragraph
Provide time to polish paragraphs in class. Pupils, who have been working on these informational pieces for several days now, will have a chance to check for spelling and grammar before publishing their work. Sure to be a rewarding final...