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Journey, Travel and Trip Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word choice activity, students read the sentences and complete them with the words journey, travel, or trip. Students complete 15 online exercises.
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Questions Words 3

For Students 4th - 5th
In this question words activity, students read the question segments and finish each questions with a question word. Students complete 15 exercises.
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Word Categories

For Students 6th - 7th
In this word categories worksheet, students work in groups to place the given words into categories of five of their own choosing.
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The Demonstratives Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this demonstratives instructional activity, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the words this, these, that, or those for the 12 online sentences.
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As and Like Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word usage worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the sentences with the words as or like. Students complete 14 online exercises.
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The Still and Yet Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word  choice instructional activity, students read the example sentences and complete with the words still or yet. Students complete 14 online exercises.
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Achieve, Manage and Reach Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word usage worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with achieve, manage, and read. Students complete 12 online exercises.
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Early and Soon Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word choice worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the choices of early or soon. Students complete 16 online exercises.
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Important, Interesting, and Serious Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word usage worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the words important, interesting, and serious to complete the 15 exercises.
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Paragraph Writing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write paragraphs. For this paragraph lesson, 3rd graders discover the parts of a paragraph as they are compared to the pieces of a sandwich. They write their own paragraph to a foreign pen-pal describing our country. 
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Christmas Synonym Lesson

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the use of synonyms. In this synonym lesson, 2nd graders listen to a read aloud of Splendiferous Christmas and ring a jingle bell each time a synonym is used for a word mentioned in the book. They write synonyms on...
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Creating Hate: The Power of Words

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore why authors choose to use hate words in literature. In this power of words lesson, students complete group participation, journal entries, and written assignments to investigate the use of inflammatory language. Students...
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Unit 4 (Grammar and Word Choice Quiz)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this grammar learning exercise, students complete a 3 page, 15 question multiple choice quiz on correct word use. Students complete each sentence with the correct word from 4 choices.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students identify lightning words from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to complete definition and synonym activities. In this word study lesson, students discuss lighting words and read a Mark Twain quote. Students then read specific...
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Powerful Language

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study word choice by authors.  In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read the book The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown and discuss with their classmates the importance of an author's words....
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Writing with Vivid Verbs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students find vivid verbs in literature and use them in their own writing. In this vivid verbs lesson, students use a 'Thinking Thesaurus' of major verbs to study common verbs. Students then practice rewriting sentences using vivid...
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Wrong Verb Mistakes

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verb choice worksheet, students read 20 sentences and analyze the incorrect verb in each. Students change the verb to make sense in each sentence.
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Phrasal Verb Practice- Assorted Verbs

For Students 4th - 5th
In this verbs worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise about the correct use of phrasal verbs in sentences.
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The Library

For Students 4th - 5th
In this library vocabulary instructional activity, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise. Students complete each sentence about the library with one of four choices.
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Do or Make

For Students 4th - 5th
In this verb choice worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the correct forms of "do" or "make" in sentences.
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Go or Do

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verbs worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the proper use of the verbs "go" or "do".
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Final -ed Verb Endings: Practice Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verbs activity, students complete a 25 question multiple choice on-line interactive practice exercise about verbs ending in "-ed". Students choose the best verb for the sentence from two choices.
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Until, Since, For

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar learning exercise, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz on the correct use of "until", "since" and "for".
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I Need to Return This Radio

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word choice worksheet, students complete an 8 question on-line interactive multiple choice activity. Students read a dialogue between a customer and a store clerk and from 2 choices, pick the word that fits in the sentence.