Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Desert Theme
In this lesson, Brooke Bessesen's picture book, Look Who Lives in the Desert!: Bouncing and Pouncing, Hiding and Gliding, Sleeping and Creeping, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Mall Theme
In this lesson, Eileen Christelow's picture book, Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Recess Theme
In this lesson plan, Hooway for Wodney Watby, written by Helen Lester, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, learners will use click the buttons with the words "Who",...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run Ons
An informational page outlining the definitions and uses of comma splices, run-on sentences, and fused sentences. A great resource for students struggling with these in their writing.
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.
TES Global
Blendspace: Sentence Writing
This five-part learning module provides assorted references for sentence writing. This blendspace provides video writing tasks, resource sheets, and reference page links. Most of the spaces relate to writing compound and complex sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Diagramming Sentences
To introduce the method and value of diagramming sentences.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Write On!
In this activity, students create a book, newspaper or other published work to communicate what they have learned about engineering and the environment.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Vivid Verbs W.5.3.d
This lesson engages students in analyzing word choices. Students will write descriptive paragraphs about interesting magazine pictures and ensure that they are using vivid words in their writings.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Circus Theme
In this lesson, Dr. Seuss' book, If I Ran the Zoo, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After reading the mentor text, learners will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What", "When", and "Where" until...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Correlative Conjunctions
A learning module starting with a video [3 mins, 11 secs] on correlative conjunctions and how they are used correctly. Practice this new skill with a quiz, continue with another video [6 mins, 7 secs] on starting sentences with...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Elc Study Zone: Imperatives
Brief lesson on imperative sentences with three interactive exercises to check for understanding.
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BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Making Sentences [Pdf]
Discover how to make sentences through this BBC Skillswise learning exercise.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Are You Down With Describing Nouns?
This unit is a fun, exciting, and engaging unit that uses many 21st century tools to help students working in collaborative groups understand what an adjective is and how adjective use is vital to making writing interesting. Furthermore,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Unlocking the Author in You
This lesson is designed to help students develop a love for writing. Students use the attached presentation to guide them in the writing process. They will navigate a variety of websites to help them learn about writing.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Story Add Ons
This is a technology-rich lesson plan which allows young scholars to explore proper language conventions while utilizing portable keyboards for word processing.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Combining Sentences
An exercise where students combine two or three sentences into one sentence containing only one independent clause. When finished, students can check their answers by comparing them to the suggested combination.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Combining Sentences
An exercise where students read six sets of sentences and combine each set into one sentence containing only one independent clause. Answers are typed into a box, and then students can check their work against the suggested answers to...
Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar: Word Slamm
Race against the clock to create words by catching, sorting, and organizing letters.
NC State University
Nc State: Grammar
A lesson plan using a word processor to correct common grammar mistakes.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Sentence Writing Practice: Plurals
Students type a sentence for each of twenty different plural words. When finished, they can create a PDF of their sentences and print them out to share.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe/mc Graw Hill: Combining Sentences With Appositives
An exercise consisting of ten pairs of sentences. Students are asked to combine the two sentences using an appositive and type the new sentence into the box. When finished, students can check the answers to see how they did.
Quia
Quia: Math Rounding Fractions
An interactive exercise where students read two sentences and then choose the conjunction that would best join them together. Correct answers are provided for any missed, and score is kept throughout the exercise.
Other
Old Dominion University: Correlative Conjunctions
Learn about correlative conjunctions and see how they are used properly within example sentences.