Curated OER
Science Careers Want Ads
Sixth graders examine the important items that need to be included in a want ad. They create a want ad for a career in science.
Curated OER
Perky Plurals
Third graders play a station activity game forming plurals by adding -s, -es, changing y to i and adding -es, changing the f or fe to v and adding -es, and some irregular cases.
Curated OER
Take A Message
Students practice accurate note taking skills, recording only pertinent information. Using proper grammar and useage, they record accurate phone messages. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
Speaking with Healthcare Professionals #2
High schoolers create their own dialogue using vocabulary associated with the healthcare industry. They practice using different tenses of verbs. They also respond to questions about their health.
Curated OER
Avoiding Misplaced Modifiers
In these grammar errors worksheets, students review the definition of modifiers and an example of a misplaced modifier. Students then complete three pages of activities to help them avoid misplaced modifiers.
Curated OER
Stretch the Sentence with Articles, Nouns and Pronouns-Pretest
In this sentences worksheet, learners answer 10 multiple choice questions about extending sentences with nouns, articles and pronouns.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Writing Concise Sentences
Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Descriptive Sensory Writing
In this lesson, 5th graders will engage in descriptive writing. Students will improve a piece of writing by using precise word choices that are full of sensory word choices.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Grammar: Adjectives and Adverbs
This lesson focuses on adjectives and adverbs including their functions, differences, and common mistakes. It provides six videos to aid understanding, several short practice activities, and a self-check.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Racetrack Sentences
In this lesson, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them....
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Adjective or Adverb Exercise #1
A list of exercises to help you learn when to use an adjective and when to use an adverb.
Get It Write
Get It Write: Bad or Badly
Not only does this tutorial give you instructionon the correct usage of "bad" and "badly," it also gives a general review of the role of adjectives and adverbs. After reading through the examples, there is a brief quiz to check your...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Adjective or Adverb?
A clear comparison of adverb and adjective function in sentences for the advanced English learner. Two practice exercises can be printed.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences
Students can easily grasp the the parts of a sentence with this lesson plan.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Possessive Forms
As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Parts of a Sentence
Explore the world of "Parts of a Sentence." Find out about adjectives, nouns, prepositions and more. This site features an overview of each part of speech.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Color Personification Poems
In this activity, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book written by Mary O'Neill and Red Sings, and From Treetops: a Year in Colors, a book by Joyce Sidman, are used as mentor texts. Students will brainstorm to collect different...
Get It Write
Get It Write: Comparatives and Superlatives
Learn the difference between the comparative and superlative degress of adjectives and how to use them. Take the brief quiz to check your understanding.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Qualifiers /Intensifiers
This entry defines qualifiers/intensifiers (very, too, so, quite, rather), explains their purpose, and provides examples.
Towson University
Towson University: Self Teaching Unit: Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
This lesson focuses on misplaced modifiers including adjectives, adverbs, phrases, and clauses and dangling modifiers. It discusses each, provides examples, explains how to correct them, and offers links to exercises and a post-quiz.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts of Speech
This tutorial focuses on the parts of speech; it provides 6 short slideshows: the first is an overview of parts of speech, the other 5 are for each of the following parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions;...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Definitions of Basic Sentence Parts
This site from Capital Community College Foundation provides all the different parts of speech and their definitions. It also shows word functions and their use.