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Hands on Essays

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders relate the concept of individuality of geometric shapes to the individuality of topic sentences. They write and revise a persuasive argument essay using an established rubric.
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Housework: Make vs. Do

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this verb usage worksheet, students read the sentences and determine which form of make or do best completes each sentence. Students complete 8 sentences for the online activity.
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Persuasion and Parallel Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Discuss the definition of parallel structure with your high school class. In small groups, they read a section of "The Declaration of Independence" to identify examples of parallel structure. Each learner writes an essay explaining the...
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Colons in Lists

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Clarify colon usage by completing the included activities with your class. Pupils first read information about colons, focusing in particular about how to use colons to indicate a list. They apply their knowledge to five sentences that...
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Phrasal Verbs with Take #2

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students read 5 sentences; all have a form of the verb "take." Students choose the correct meaning of the phrase in the sentence. Example: She takes after her father (inherit characteristics). This is...
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To Be or Not To Be - Main/Helping Verbs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders focus on the use of main and helping verbs in written communication.
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Modal Verbs

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on the usage of modal verbs. Students complete 15 fill in the blank sentences using the interactive website when finished.
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How Do Adjectives Improve Writing?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using adjectives to create vivid descriptions is the focus of exercises in this resource. A cloze reading activity asks class members to add missing adjectives to passages from Mark Teague's The Lost and Found. They then read Teague's...
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Verb Tense

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on the usage of verb tense. Students complete 28 fill in the blank sentences using the interactive website when finished.    
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Verbs Rule!

For Teachers 6th
Students practice writing and speaking using conventional grammar, usage, and sentence structure. Students practice as a whole class and then demonstrate their knowledge in written activities. Handouts and worksheets are imbedded within...
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Future Time (Occupations)

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verb usage worksheet, students recognize the future tense while identifying people and their jobs. Students are given ten statements and ten occupations which they are to match.
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English With Technology

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use the smart board and their workbook to complete writing assignments based on parts of speech and sentence structure. In this writing lesson plan, 4th graders write, question, punctuate, and more.
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Adjectives: Forms And Usage

For Students 7th
In this adjective forms and usage worksheet, 7th graders review and discuss all the different types of adjective forms and usage and complete one sentences with an article, a noun and an adjective.
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Fragments Wanted (Not)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners rewrite newspaper employment ads using complete sentences.
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Where No Student Has Gone Before

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a story about an unknown planet invaded by humans as a pre-reading activity for the novel, A Wrinkle In Time. They discuss good versus evil, and identify examples of the theme good vs. evil in books, film, and their own...
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Look, Like and Seem Exercise

For Students 5th - 7th
In this word choice activity, students read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs look, like, or seem. Students complete 16 exercises.
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Famous for a Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the present tense of the verb to be. They learn vocabulary to describe people and use words that modify adjectives. They ask and answer questions and write about a celebrity.
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Editing and Revision Made Easy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use computer to correct mistakes in written sentences.
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Present Perfect Continuous - Negative

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this online/interactive verb usage worksheet, students read sentences using present perfect tense verbs and rewrite them to convert them to negative complete sentences. Students rewrite and check 10 sentences.
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The Verb and Adverb Connection

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use pantomine and charades to explore verbs and adverbs. They, in groups, play a variation of charades to act out sentences with adverbs showing WHEN and WHERE.
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Grammar Worksheet

For Teachers 5th
In this grammar worksheet, 5th graders practice using verbs and choose the past progressive form. This is very effective for test preparation.
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Fly-by-Night News

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this verb usage worksheet, students circle each verb in the sentence and write the past tense form of the verb on each line.
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Who? What? When? Where? Asking Questions

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders interview Veterans or role play to answer who, what, where, when questions. In this Veteran's Day questioning activity, 6th graders learn about the events in the military service of veterans. Students may simulate...
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Sentence Agreement

For Students 5th - 8th
In this sentence agreement learning exercise, students choose the correct form of anybody or somebody to complete 8 sentences. Students also fill in the correct pronouns for sentences containing numbers of people for 6 sentences.