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Keeping verb tense consistent (Middle, Reading/Writing)
Middle schoolers improve their personal and academic writing by use of one consistent verb tense.
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Present Continuous
For this present continuous worksheet, students will focus on verb usage. Using the words and pictures provided, students will write 8 sentences about the photos using the present continuous tense.
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Business Letter
Students create a business letter using "Letter Generator". In this letter writing lesson plan, students use a computer program to learn what the proper business letter consists of. After the instruction, the students are self guided...
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Simple Past Sentences
In this simple past worksheet, students will focus on usage of the past tense. Students will complete 7 matching questions by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct verb in the second column. Then...
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English Exercises: Present Continuous-Advanced
In this present continuous activity, students read about the usage of present continuous, then correctly fill in blanks in sentences. Links to additional resources and audio are included.
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Help Me Learn About the Holocaust
Young readers select a book from a provided list to use as the basis for an intensive class study of Holocaust novels. After completing their novels, groups create a multimedia presentation highlighting the elements of literature...
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Health Education: First Aid
Fourth graders come to the aid of others. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders acquire the skills for providing first aid for choking victims, including demonstrating the Heimlich maneuver.
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Latino-American Authors and Historical FIgures
Eighth graders examine various websites and gather information from them about influential Latino-Americans. They synthesize the information they gathered to create a poster about their chosen influential Latino-American. Students...
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From Ordinary To Extraordinary Writing
Students investigate the quality of writing while focusing on the use of sensory words to convey meaning and ideas. The power of similes and metaphors is emphasized while they create and edit works of writing. The skill of descriptive...
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A Formal Analysis of Science Fiction
Students write a five paragraph expository theme. They explain in their theme how the story they read qualifies as science fiction. Students write using all the conventions of English correctly.
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Writing a Legal Brief
Twelfth graders work together to write appeals for their side in a famous case. Using a format, they write a legal brief and incorporate the legal, scientific and environmental information needed to make a strong case. They share their...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Grammar: Verbs
This lesson focuses on verbs including functions and categories of verbs, types of verbs, irregular verbs, verb tenses, tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, verbals, and a variety of verb practice activities. It offers several...
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Grammar Evaluation 1 [Pdf]
This is a 24-question, grammar test requiring students to correct sentences with miscellaneous usage errors.
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Towson University: Ows: Grammar Evaluation 3 [Pdf]
This is a 22-question, grammar test requiring students to correct sentences with miscellaneous usage errors.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Answer Key for Grammar Evaluation 3 [Pdf]
This is the answer key for a 22-question, grammar test requiring students to correct sentences with miscellaneous usage errors.