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Interactive
Curated OER

Connectives

For Students 5th - 6th
For this connectives worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive worksheet about connecting or transition words.
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Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Use of Signal Words in Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the use of transition or signal word to create good paragraph organization.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Patterns II: Locating Objects and Complements

For Students 6th - 8th
What sets this worksheet apart are the clear, concise explanations for some rather complex grammatical terms. Object complements, subject complements, transitive and intransitive verbs, and direct and indirect objects are all carefully...
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Lesson Plan
Hawaiʻi State Department of Education

What’s My Vocabulary Word?

For Teachers 3rd
The elements of dance can be used to communicate thoughts and, in this case, words. In small groups, the class first creates a set of movements to show a single word. Then, they extend their movements to show a three-word phrase....
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Lesson Plan
Center for Civic Education

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Power of Words

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
It is easy to forget the power that written or spoken word can have in effecting change. Using quotations from such inspirational leaders as Maya Angelou, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr., encourage your class members to...
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Worksheet
Pennington Publishing

Vocabulary Worksheet #1 & #2

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
These two worksheets cover several grammatical topics. Pupils work on words with multiple meanings, Greek and Latin word parts, word connotations, academic language, and more. The result is seven quick exercises that could be used...
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Activity
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Scholastic

Narrative Writing

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
If you're looking to start a unit based around narrative writing, make sure to consider this resource while you're planning. This book covers five topics: writing personal narratives, writing narratives about others, writing narratives...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Connectors in Context

For Students 6th - 12th
For this connecting words worksheet, students choose the correct connecting word to complete the sentences. Students choose the connecting word for 15 sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prop Box

For Teachers 4th - 12th
What other uses can you brainstorm for a key? What about a pair of sunglasses? Bring a bag of props into your classroom and have learners create different uses for a selection of objects. Then, after everyone has shared, translate the...
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Activity
Bermingham City Schools

Opinion Writing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
It's no secret that children can be very opinionated, but rather than fight against this natural tendency, embrace it with this primary grade writing project. After a shared reading of a children's book about persuasion, young learners...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Paragraph Review

For Students 7th - 9th
Use a worksheet to help learners identify the topic sentence and transitional words. They eliminate sentences that do not belong in the paragraph and name the pattern of organization used. Great for homework or extra credit.
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Writing
Road to Grammar

Health

For Students 6th - 12th
Are your English language learners feeling unwell? Provide them with the tools to express how they are feeling and to talk about health in general. Included here are discussion activities, vocabulary, listening activities, grammar...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End-of-Unit Assessment: Writing a Draft Letter to A Publisher about an Athlete’s Legacy

For Teachers 5th Standards
Serving as the end-of-unit assessment, scholars draft letters to a publisher about an athlete's legacy. They then reflect on their progress by completing a self-assessment. 
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Writing
Starfall

Making a Candy House

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this writing worksheet, scholars use a word bank that includes naming, connecting, and describing words to write about how they would build a candy house.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Confusing Words: Rise and Raise

For Students 4th - 6th
For this confusing words:  rise and raise worksheet, students read the explanations and examples for correct usage of these two words, then interactively complete 10 sentences for practice with immediate online feedback.
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Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Prepositions Exercises - Advanced Vocabulary - Collocations and Connectors

For Students 5th - 6th
In this preposition exercises interactive worksheet, students complete 36 sentences using the drop down menus. They insert words that show expressions of time, reasons, words of addition, contrast, conclusion, and possibility. They click...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Parts of Speech

For Students 9th - 12th
This online multiple choice quiz focuses on upper-level grammar concepts. In addition to covering simple parts of speech such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives, this resource also covers more advanced information, such as transitive vs....
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Activity
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Vista Murrieta High School

English II Research Paper Packet

For Teachers 6th - 12th
If your school requires a senior research paper or if you are considering one for your class, then this resource is for you. The 43-page packet includes everything from a sample letter to parents to requirements, from topic suggestions...
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Unit Plan
Tell City Schools

The Cay

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Support your instruction of The Cay by Theodore Taylor with this extensive unit of materials. Provided here are prereading activities, worksheets and discussion questions for the entire book, and reading quizzes that you can use to check...
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Unit Plan
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Knox Education

Opinion Argument Writing Packet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
You won't need much persuading to use an argumentative writing packet in your language arts class! With helpful reference pages, guided practice through the writing process, examples of opinion and argument writing, and a thorough...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Because, When, After, As, Although, Since, Even Though, and While

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar instructional activity, students complete ten unfinished sentences by adding a commas where necessary when adding additional clauses and phrases.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Comes Next?

For Teachers K
Students use Kidspiration and on online activity to demonstrate comprehension of ordinal and temporal concepts of "first, next, last," and "before" and "after." They name temporal or ordinal positions using correct vocabulary.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Correct Use of the Articles "A" and "An"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the grammatical rules regarding articles. In this grammar lesson, students study the rule regarding the use of "a" and "an" in writing. Students are encouraged to discover the rule on their own and apply the rule while...