Curated OER
Comparison of Political Life
Students research and compare and contrast the political leadership of three cultures.
Curated OER
Silent Spring
Students read background information about Rachel Carson found on the listed website links. They analyze and answer questions about her work and how it is linked to science then they research pesticide usage and alternative methods.
Curated OER
Year of the Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi
Students analyze Korean culture from their literature piece. They investigate the theme of oppression by an occupying army. Students encounter courage, resistance movements and explore the underground railroads.
Curated OER
People Take Action
Students locate landforms of California on a map. They discuss the problems and solutions that were used to save the lizard from extinction. They discuss how working together to solve problems is useful.
Curated OER
Polygons
Fourth graders identify and describe lines, shapes, and solids using formal geometric language. They use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer and outline of polygons.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Parallelism in Writing
An explanation and examples of using parallelism in writing.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Revision Strategies: Parallelism
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Parallelism in writing requires aligning words, phrases, clauses, and sentences in similar grammatical structures. This lesson will provide you with strategies to help you...
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Wilbers: Columns on Parallel Structure
This unusual site actually is a set of articles that first appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, not exactly the place one would expect to find a discourse on parallel structure. Not only is there an interesting discussion of why we...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details: Practice 3
In this lesson, you will practice using parallelism by recognizing parallels, seeing possibilities for parallels, and creating parallel constructions. Learn to use parallelism in your writing, and you will find it to be your most useful...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details: Practice 3
You will practice strategies for evaluating and revising parallel structure in an essay.
Grammar Tips
Grammar Tips: Faulty Parallelism in Coordinate Elements: Short Version
This resource presents many examples of awkward and faulty parallelism which could be used for a class writing exercise, as well as for a guide to constructing correct sentences.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Identifying Parallel Structure in Sentences
After textbook and online instruction in parallel construction, students examine "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address" and the Declaration of Independence for parallelism before writing their own paragraphs.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details (English I Writing)
You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism (English Ii Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing Geometric Relationships
Given information in a geometric context, students will be able to use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, and the...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Parallel Form
This site from the Capital Community College defines the term and gives many examples of faulty parallelism and the corrected version of sentences. Includes links to a couple of quizzes at the bottom of the page. "Most of the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Write Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Write the equation for a line that is a parallel or perpendicular to a line given in slope-intercept form and that goes through a specific point. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly,...
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Usage Parallel Structure
This entry defines parallel structure and provides the five rules of parallel structure complete with explanation and examples.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Rhetorical Devices and Transitions (English I Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn about Sam's three tricks: parallel structure, the rhetorical question, and transitional words and phrases.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Chapter Book Writing Lesson: Creating a Parallel World
Inspired by the opening events in The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, students are asked to create an original parallel world that is similar to ours but different in certain ways. They will focus on the similarities and differences...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Defining Parallel Lines
Alex and his friends are studying for a geometry test and one of the main topics covered is parallel lines. They each write down what they think it means for two distinct lines in a plane to be parallel. Students are asked to analyze...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Parallel Structure in Professional Writing
A good reference to consider when writing professionally (as in business/technical writing). Includes brief structural examples.