Curated OER
Controlled Narrative Writing
Students examine a short story and add possible adjectives. They re-read the story and add adverbs. They also add other information to make the story interesting.
Curated OER
Parts of Speech Slide Show
Review the parts of speech. English Langugae Learners use KidPix to create a paint picture for nouns, verbs, and adjectives. They use the KidPix slideshow tool to construct a slideshow of their work.
American English
Create Your Own Sporting Event
Combine vocabulary development and a study of verb tenses with a general introduction to sports. Class members get acquainted with the language associated with sports, and then complete a project to design and describe their own version...
ESL Flow
Parts of Speech Worksheet
How adept are your pupils with the parts of speech? Have them focus on verbs, nouns, adverbs, and adjectives for this parts of speech instructional activity. Learners categorize a group of words by part of speech and then use these words...
Curated OER
Bringing the Line to Life
Students use different types and lengths of sentences. They write with an insight of the stylistic aspects of composition. Students use precise language including adjectives, adverbs, action verbs and specific details that convey the...
Curated OER
Yes, No, Maybe So!
Students view various pictures and identify those that show action verbs. They write sentences to summarize the actions shown in the pictures.
Curated OER
Improving sentences
In this improving sentences worksheet, students improve sentences by adding in verbs to describe the object of the sentence. Students improve 6 sentences.
Curated OER
What's In a Noun: Grammar and Usage
Nine lessons in a grammar and usage unit provide endless opportunities for drill and practice. Topics include the four types of sentences, subject and predicates, nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs and prepositions, conjunctions...
Arcademics
Word Invasion
Parts of speech are the subject of an engaging jellyfish-themed learning game. A jellyfish grabs corresponding words to match the part of speech that displays on the screen. Skills include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and...
K20 LEARN
The War of the Words: Grammar and Parts of Speech
Here's a instructional activity that adds some zip to a study of parts of speech. Class members read two versions of the same article, one loaded with evocative nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, while the other is missing this...
Curated OER
Parts of Speech: Building Good Sentences
Using technology, 3rd graders will complete a reinforcement project to differentiate between nouns (common and proper), verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. Using the teacher-made template, they will create PowerPoint slides on the...
Curated OER
The Verbal Trio - Learning about Verbals
Do you know what a gerund is? Use this grammar worksheet to help emerging grammarians learn about using different verbs (infinitives, gerunds, and participles) in sentence writing. They then use what they read to answer the 11 questions...
Curated OER
Gerunds Anyone?--Using a Verbal
In this gerunds learning exercise, students fill in 5 blanks in 4 sentences with correct answers dealing with facts about gerunds. Students find the gerunds and underline each one in 6 sentences and then write an original sentence using...
Curated OER
Writing with Style: Six Traits of Good Writers
Fourth graders listen as the teacher reads a picture book that emphasized word choice. They discuss words and how word choice impacts a piece of writing. Students view various passages on the overhead, and highlight adjectives and verbs...
Curated OER
Controlled Narrative Writing
Young scholars add details to their narratives. In this narrative writing instructional activity, students look at a simple four sentence narrative and add adjectives and adverbs to make it more descriptive. They do this activity whole...
Curated OER
Parts of Speech: Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs and Adjectives
In this parts of speech worksheet, students look at pictures, write a word for it, the part of speech, and a short sentence. Students do this for 12 pictures.
Curated OER
Recipe for Sensational Sentences
'Cook-up' sensational sentences with your class. They expand sentences by adding more descriptive words. Then discuss the importance of using appropriate grade level language in daily speaking and writing.
Curated OER
Parts of Speech identification
Help learners identify the parts of speech in a sentence. They take a pre-assessment on parts of speech and review the definitions of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, articles, adverbs, and prepositions. Then take a quiz on Flipchart...
PB Works
“George Washington’s Socks”: Vocabulary Part 1
Supplement a class reading of George Washington's Socks with this list of vocabulary words. Including a mixture of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, this resource asks young readers to record the page number and a synonym for each...
BW Walch
Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar and Usage
If grammar practice is anywhere in your curriculum, you must check out an extensive collection of warm-up activities for language arts! Each page focuses on a different concept, from parts of speech to verbals, and provides review...
Curated OER
Parts of Speech
In this parts of speech review worksheet, students read over definitions and examples of adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles, nouns, and verbs.
Curated OER
Newspaper Poetry
High schoolers cut out nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs from newspapers and create poems using words they have found.
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Grammar Puzzles
Students explore the parts of a sentence through analysis, design, and drawing in this nine lessons unit on Grammar. The diagramming of sentences comprises the main thrust of this unit through the utilization of higher cognitive skill...