Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Just the Facts, Ma'am
Students read The Web Files by Margie Palatini and use the format to write three-scene detective stories of their own. Teacher instructions, student instructions, and student writing samples are provided, as well as an interactive...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Showing With Participial Phrases
Students will learn how to combine sentences by utilizing participial phrases
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Classroom Calendar
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
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English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Subordinating Conjunctions [Pdf]
To review subordinating conjunctions, you'll find a list of common subordinating conjunctions and two exercises in which students practice their understanding. [PDF]
Other
Pearson Education: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences [Pdf]
Here is a set of worksheets on identifying and using declarative and interrogative sentences.
Quia
Quia: Map Skills
Students will be challenged when they take this interactive grammar quiz? This quiz asks students to identify whether or not the sentence is grammatically correct. Come and check it out.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Writer's Choice: Grade 6: Connecting Writing With Grammar
"Connecting Writing with Grammar" offers links to six exercises in English usage and sentence structure.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Story Starting Participles
In this lesson plan, Roni Schotter's picture book entitled The Boy Who Loved Words is used as the mentor text. This Language Arts Common Core Standards-aligned lesson plan pre-writing task engages young scholars in writing a collection...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Complex Pirate Sentences
In this lesson plan, 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...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Combining Skills
Students sometimes have difficulty learning to combine sentences correctly and effectively. This site discusses several methods and provides practice opportunities and quizzes.
Other
Rhl School: English Basics: Real Sentences
How do you know that a group of words is really a sentence? This resource features examples of complete and incomplete sentences that students can identify and fix.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Closed Compound Words
This page explains closed compound words, one word compounds formed by two words, and provides examples.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Complete Sentence Quiz
What makes a sentence a complete sentence? Take this quiz to see if you can spot the complete sentence out of four choices.
Other
English Grammar Revolution: Types of Sentences
This site offers a brief tutorial on the four types of sentences, then two exercises of 10 sentences each, for student practice or assessment. Answers are also available.
Other
English Online: Beginners: Describing Actions
This game allows students to practice structuring sentences by viewing parts of the sentences with images that represent them.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Study Zone: Parts of Speech
Nice brief visual summary of the parts of speech - clear and concise - followed by an interactive practice quiz to reinforce concepts - great for ELL - has links to more in-depth explanations.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Make a Robot
Kids will enjoy engaging in this interactive to build a virtual robot. Extend the activity by printing out the creation and incorporating language arts as students write a descriptive story about their new robotic friend or an expository...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Powerful Writing Description in Creating Monster Trading Cards
Contains plans for two lessons that teach about descriptive writing by asking young scholars to create their own monster trading cards with vivid descriptions. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Fragments Exercise 3
A practice exercise with ten questions. Each question has three sentences and students are asked to choose the one that is a complete sentence. Answers can be checked when finished, and correct answers are provided for any questions missed.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Fragments Exercise 2
A ten-question practice exercise where students look at a set of three sentences and then choose the one that is a complete sentence. Answers can be checked and correct answers are provided for any questions missed.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Fragments Exercise 1
An exercise where students read ten sets of three sentences and chooses which sentence in each set is a complete sentence. When finished, students can check their answers and see the correct answers to any that were missed.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.3.4: Produce Writing Appropriate to Task and Purpose
Links to 99 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.4: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.