+
Unit Plan
Other

Practice and Review Ser vs. Estar

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent review of the uses of ser and estar. Provides useful examples. After reviewing, the user can take a practice quiz to ensure complete understanding.
+
Unit Plan
Other

Review and Practice: Past Participle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site reviews the uses and the formation of the past participle in Spanish. After this review, the user may choose to complete practice activities to test comprehension.
+
Handout
Indiana University

Indiana University: Las Clausulas Condicionales

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Indiana University provides a concise but thorough Spanish explanation of conditional clauses in Spanish grammar. Examples in Spanish and English of which tenses to use to express different conditional clauses that use...
+
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Prepositions of Direction: To, On(to), In(to)

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Purdue University Writing Lab, this tutorial focuses specifically on the three prepositions mentioned in the title. After a general introduction, the site specifically discusses each preposition and presents examples.
+
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Prepositions of Location: At, In, On

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Purdue University Writing Lab, this tutorial focuses specifically on the three prepositions mentioned in the title: "at", "in", and "on". Explains spatial relationships and examines "in" and "on" more closely.
+
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Prepositions of Spatial Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Purdue University Writing Lab, this tutorial has pictures to represent the various relationship among objects in a given space. Good for visual learners.
+
Activity
University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Parts of Speech Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Nice website that offers an explanation of coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions, along with examples of usage and an interactive quiz.
+
Handout
University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Parts of Speech: Adverbials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, sponsored by the University of Calgary, has good information on what adverbials and conjunctive adverbs are, what they do, and how they are used. Examples and a list of conjuctive adverbs are also given.
+
Handout
University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Prepositional Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section of an online grammar guide explains how to identify prepositional phrases.
+
Handout
University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Noun Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section of an online grammar guide provides instructions and examples for using subordinate (dependent) clauses as nouns in constructing sentences.
+
Unknown Type
University of Victoria (Canada)

Elc: Study Zone: Basic Coordinating Conjunctions Exercise

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This quiz asks students to supply the missing conjunction from complete sentences. Features simple exercise.
+
Unit Plan
University of Calgary

Basic Elements of English: Appositive & Absolute Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section of an online grammar guide provides definitions, examples, and an interactive exercise on identifying appositive and absolute phrases. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses
+
Handout
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Covers when to write or spell out numbers in writing.
+
Unknown Type
BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Making Sentences [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Discover how to make sentences through this BBC Skillswise worksheet.
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Intensive Pronouns

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Intensive pronouns add needed emphasis to a sentence. While they function similarly to reflexive pronouns, they differ in that the pronoun can be removed without altering the meaning of the sentence. [0:57]
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Correlative Conjunctions

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Either, nor? Or, neither? Neither! You use correlative conjunctions in connecting two equal grammatical items. If a noun follows "either," then a noun will also follow "or." If a noun follows "neither," then a noun will also follow...
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Punctuate Items in a Series

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Another way to confuse readers or audiences is not using commas and conjunctions when listing items in a series. Always use a comma in between items in a series, and use a conjunction before adding the last item in a list. [0:44]
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Commas With Conjunctions

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Conjunctions can join two separate clauses, but sometimes they need commas. Learn how to do so correctly with this video. [0:48]
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Conjunctions

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Conjunctions are a part of a speech that connects different parts of a sentence, such as groups of words, clauses, or phrases. [0:41]
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Reflexive Pronouns and Subjects

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Reflexive pronouns reflect the subject of the sentence. A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that is preceded or followed by the noun, adjective, adverb, or pronoun to which it refers within the same clause. [0:35]
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Proper Case for Pronouns

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Pronoun case is determined by how we use the pronoun in a sentence. There are three ways: subjective, when the pronoun does something; objective, when something is done to our pronoun; and possessive, when our pronoun possesses...
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Irregular Plural Nouns

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
While plural nouns often indicate more than one of something with a simple "s" or "es," irregular plural nouns do not. They change the word entirely. Elf becomes elves, tooth becomes teeth! [0:45]
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hyphenation Conventions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This video [0:48) discusses how hyphens indicate specific nouns from compound words. Without them, they could refer to completely different things! Know when and how to use them.
+
Handout
The Tongue Untied

Tongue Untied Correlative Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Maintained by the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications, this site offers numerous examples of the rules of correlative conjunction usage. Also has hyperlinks to sections on subordinating conjunctions, coordinating...