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Grammar Poster: Adjectives Seven color-rich pages of adjective facts and usages.
Grammar Poster: Nouns Four color-rich pages of noun facts.
How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay A very simple five-step formula, with imaginative & clear directions, for students who are stumped by this requisite essay format. Includes a list of essay questions.
Proofreading Guidelines A straightforward checklist (with color-coding) to help students proofread their own work.
Rubric: Persuasive Writing (upper elem/middle) Use this rubric to help fairly evaluate persuasive writing.
Rules and Practice: Compound Sentences Explains the rules of compound sentences and then provides sentences for students to practice their knowledge.



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Poster: Proofreaders' Marks Poster showing some of the more common proofreaders' marks; this poster is a helpful reference for peer review or self-review.
Worksheet: Ordering an Essay (upper elem to high school) Cut out the sentences (a story about a trip to Ireland) and then put them in order by following an outline for a five-paragraph essay. This lesson is useful for students beginning composition, as it clearly outlines a five-paragraph essay.
Worksheets: Sentence Fragments (middle school) What is a sentence fragment? Seven pages of exercises with answers.
Rules and Practice: Sentence Types (elem/upper elem) Imperative, interrogative, declarative, exclamatory. A student study guide is followed by ten pages of language arts skills development.
Grammar: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates A ten-page unit designed to reinforce this often tricky grammar point.
Grammar Poster: Verbs Three color-rich pages of verb facts.
Rules and Practice: Adjective Order (ESL) the proper order of adjectives in a sentence
Rules and Practice: Coordinating Conjunctions Forming compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions. This introduces the basic seven conjunctions (and, but, yet, for, or, nor, so) and includes practice work.
Rules and Practice: Misused Words 20 sets of misused and commonly confused words are presented and briefly practiced in this 10 page unit.
Rules and Practice: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Introduces prepositions and prepositional phrases, with four pages of easy practice.
Spelling and Writing: A Project (upper elem/middle) With this self-directed spelling project, students choose a theme and write on the topic, with an emphasis on correctly spelling theme-related words.
Worksheet: Parts of Speech (upper elem) Two worksheets to review eighteen parts of speech, from adjective to interjection to verb.
Worksheet: Similes (elem/upper elem) Brief introduction to similes.
Worksheets: Christmas Proofreading (upper elementary) Three Christmas-themed stories are filled with grammar, spelling, and usage errors. Find and fix the mistakes.
Worksheets: Subject/ Verb Agreement (upper elem) Short explanation and five pages of practice on subject/verb agreement.
How to Write a Persuasive Paragraph (upper elem/middle) Students read a series of sentences, decide which ones make the best persuasive arguments, and then put the sentences in order to create a persuasive paragraph. Fun and helpful!
Writing Prompts: Paragraphs (upper elem/middle) Helps students understand the basics of paragraph writing. Choosing and ordering sentences, writing clear topic sentences, and more.
Worksheet: Writing - Complex Sentences Eight pages of sentence practice to strengthen writing skills, including: combining multiple short sentences into complex sentences; creative "cause and effect" sentence practice; contrast sentences; and expanded sentences.
Rubric: Narrative Writing (upper elem/middle) A rubric for evaluating elements of narrative writing: characters, setting, plot, sequence of event, narrative voice, and word choice.
Rubric: Research Writing (upper elem/middle) A rubric to help evaluate the elements of a research paper.
Form: Prewriting - Event Chain Use this "event chain" form to help organize the story sequence for a narrative story.
Form: Prewriting - Outline Format Use this outline format to help organize thoughts and facts for a research paper or expository writing.
Unit: The Writing Process (upper elem/middle) This sizable unit contains: a page each for teachers and for students explaining the steps of the writing process (from brainstorm to final revision); worksheets to help students organize; a checksheet for revision; rubrics to help with transparent grading; 3 pages of narrative, research, and persuasive writing prompts to help get started.
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