Curated OER
Guess What It Is?
Third graders write and present a descriptive 'powergraph' that describes a secret object using prior knowledge of adjectives, clustering graphic organizers, and presentation skills. Authors read powergraphs and classmates 'Guess What It...
Curated OER
The Eyes, Nose, and Taste Write It
Third graders generate a list of adjectives about a Reese's Cup using their sense of sight, touch, and taste. Then they write a descriptive paragraph about the Reese's Cup.
Curated OER
Button Sort - Cross Reference #607, Literature (Elementary, Mathematics)
Young scholars write free flowing thoughts and feelings in their journals. They practice observation skills. They write using adjectives to describe an object. They choose a special button from among many unusual buttons.
Curated OER
Apples Galore! (Elementary, Language)
Fifth graders examine and taste 7-8 difference apples, describe the flavor/texture, then graph the results of favorites. Finally students write a paragraph describing their favorite.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Adjectives
A clear, concise explanation of adjectives, including some tricky usages, how to order adjectives in a sentence, and some idiomatic uses of prepositions with -ed participles. The emphasis is on HOW adjectives are used more than on WHY...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Writing Concise Sentences
Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Possessive Forms
As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Adjectives That Precede the Noun
This site from Tex's French Grammar provides a clear and concise presentation of French adjectives that precede the noun (bon, beau, vieux, etc.) Helpful acronym for remembering - Beauty, Age, Numbers, Goodness, and Size (BANGS). Site...
University College London
University College London: Participial Adjectives
This page offers good information on participial adjectives. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.
University of Texas at Austin
Introduction to French Adjectives
Concise introduction to French Adjectives. Defines adjectives in general and describes agreement and placement of adjectives in French. Has good examples, and contrasts with adverbs.
University of Texas at Austin
Ser and Estar One More Explanation
This site explains the tricky grammatical option of the two "to be" verbs, ser and estar. The following situations are discussed: joining two nouns, adjective phrases, and prepositional phrases.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Double Trouble in Walla Walla [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Andrew Clements' children's book, Double Trouble in Walla Walla, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this performance that is filled with nonsense words.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
Delve into this wonderfully illustrated and comprehensive picture dictionary. Research up to 1,905 illustrated entries. Each word is used in a meaningful sentence.
Other
City College, San Francisco: French Online Grammar Quiz
Series of interactive online grammar quizzes divided into 12 chapters (intended to accompany text "Allons-y" but text not necessary). Each chapter is divided into various concepts and provides a short, self-correcting test - several in...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Wacky Web Tales: The Weather Station
This fill-in-the-blank Wacky Web Tale includes a story about a weather station. It is fun and serves an interactive grammar review. Wacky Web Tales are fun and interactive grammar reviews. Students fill in blanks for different parts of...
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: Top 6 Common Comma Problems (Infographic)
The following comma issues are explained, along with corrections, on this infographic: comma splices, interrupters, serial commas, interchangeable adjectives, introductory words, and introductory dependent clauses.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Adjectives Part I
This first lesson on Spanish adjectives explains the concept of adjectives and introduces noun-adjective agreement for adjectives that end in "o", "e", or a consonant. The explanation is thorough and easy to understand, with ample...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Adjectives Part Ii
This second lesson on Spanish adjectives explains adjectives of nationality, and other adjectives that do not follow the normal rules. Has a great explanation of adjective placement. The lesson is thorough and easy to understand, with...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Demonstratives
Great introduction to demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. Ample examples illustrate the different forms of demonstratives that may be used.Students can test their mastery of this grammar principle with a quiz that follows the lesson.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives
Excellent lesson on irregular comparatives and superlatives, which include mejor, peor, mayor, and menor. The lesson is thorough and easy to understand, with ample examples. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's mastery of...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Past Participle
This is an excellent grammar lesson on the past participle for regular and irregular verbs, including a few compound verbs. It also explains how the participle can play the role of the passive voice and the adjective. The tutorial...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Possessive Adjectives
This site is a lesson on possessive adjectives.An adequate number of examples enhance the explanation. The student can test his mastery of the grammar principle with a short quiz at the end of the lesson.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Descriptive Sensory Writing
In this lesson, 5th graders will engage in descriptive writing. Students will improve a piece of writing by using precise word choices that are full of sensory word choices.