Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 2: Their, There, and They're
Complete these 20 sentences by typing the correct form of their, there, and they're.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 10: Whose and Who's
Test your understanding of the words "whose and "who's" by typing the word that best completes each of the twenty sentences. Immediate feedback on answers is provided and a percentage score is tallied throughout the quiz.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 14: Its and It's
Test your understanding of the words "its" and "it's" by typing the word that best completes each of the twenty sentences. Immediate feedback on answers is provided and a percentage score is tallied throughout the quiz.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Scramble Saurus
Find more than a dozen spelling games to reinforce vocabulary on a range of levels and topics (from musical instruments to climate terms). Players unscramble words using definitions as clues.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Spelling Plural Nouns
A chart that shows general rules for regular and irregular plural formations for nouns, plus a list of some exceptions.
Other
Kid Info: Capitalization Sites
This grammar site includes three links to sites about capitalization. They include: "Capitalization Basic Rules, Capitalization Matching Game and Capitalization Rules."
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Capitalization
In this lesson, students learn when to use capitalization in their writing.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Adjectives and Adverbs
This tutorial explores the difference between adjectives and adverbs so you can use them properly.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: How to Capitalize Titles | No Nonsense Grammar
Capitalizing titles of books, movies, etc. can be tricky at first glance, but is easy to figure out. Remember to capitalize the first word, last word, and any important words within the title.
Success Link
Success Link: Descriptive Writing Mittens
Use this lesson plan to teach descriptive writing. A checklist is provided so students can self-monitor their writing.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Notorious Confusables
This 12 question quiz covers commonly confused words such as than/then, it's/its, and whether/weather. Links are provided to more quizzes and the "Guide to Grammar and Writing."
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: L.3.2a: Capitalize Appropriate Words in Tites
Links to a lesson that builds student skills in standard L.3.2a: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Plurals and Spelling Rules
The rules for spelling plural words and using them properly in English are made fun and easy with this BBC Skillswise worksheet for students.
Other
K12 Reader: Possessive Nouns
Take a look at examples of possessive nouns, both singular and plural.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Variant Correspondences: The Write Word [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students play a game moving around the game board by identifying the spelling pattern of words. Materials are included.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Spell Check
Students are presented with four words. After choosing the incorrectly spelled word, students make corrections and check their answers. There is an option for more difficult words.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Proper Noun Race
During this lesson, students will review nouns and identify common and proper nouns in context. A short story will be written using both types of nouns. An interactive Internet site will be used to reinforce the lesson.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How to Use the Correct Capitalization
Capitalizing is extremely important. Not only is it proper writing, but it also makes writing look polished and finished. Learn what should be capitalized and what shouldn't! [0:53]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Common and Proper Nouns
Learn to distinguish common and proper nouns from one another!
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Proper Nouns (Days and Months)
This is better for a "small group" lesson plan. Students will demonstrate understanding of proper nouns and know that days of the week and months of the year are always capitalized.