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- Appositive action
- Appositives are descriptive phrases, set off by commas, that modify a noun or noun phrase. Using appositives helps writers create sentences that are smoother and less choppy. In this lesson, students will learn to combine 2 or more descriptive sentences and action sentences into one sentence with an appositive phrase.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Be the sentence: An interactive language arts activity
- Students take on the roles of different words and punctuation and work collaboratively to create a complete sentence using correct parts of speech, word order, and punctuation. Students progress from simple sentences to more complex sentences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Grammar Scramblers, spreadsheets, and parts of speech
- Students use and create Grammar Scramblers with a spreadsheet in order to practice identifying and using parts of speech in a fun way.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–9 English Language Arts)
- By Tom Munk.
- Sentence combining and decombining
- Students will focus on stylistic choices and sentence fluency by combining, decombining, and recombining sentences in professional writing, peer writing, and their own writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
- By Peter Bobbe.
- Sentence elaboration with prepositional phrases
- This lesson is designed for students who write short choppy sentences. In this lesson, students will learn how to write more elaborated, complex sentences by adding prepositional phrases and clauses.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Sequential vocabulary
- Understanding words is necessary for success in every discipline. Learning to identify and define word parts empowers a student to unlock the meaning of unfamiliar words. This process teaches a life skill rather than memorization of definitions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Valerie Hendricks.
- Using RAFT to determine how to write an informational essay
- Students will use RAFT as a tool to determine how to write an informational essay. They will also design a graphic organizer for the assignment as well as compose a rough draft. This is the second lesson in a series of three based on the LEARN NC 9th grade writing exemplars.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
- By Kim Bowen.
- Verb tense time warps
- When students have inconsistent verb tense, they have a "time warp" in their stories. In this lesson, students learn that verbs tell not only what action takes place, but also when the action takes place. They will learn to identify past, present and future verb tenses and to check sentences and paragraphs for inconsistent verb tense.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
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- Identifying and classifying verbs in context
- In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students identify and classify three kinds of verbs: action verbs, state-of-being or linking verbs, and helping verbs. After the skills are introduced and demonstrated, students have the opportunity to apply them in cooperative... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Manipulating sentences to reinforce grammar skills
- After a brief review session on the parts of speech, students learn how to manipulate sentences in order to modify and enhance the meaning of a sentence with antonyms and synonyms. This lesson assumes that students have basic knowledge of verbs, nouns,... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Playing with prepositions through poetry
- In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students have the opportunity to play with language, particularly prepositions, through the literature of Ruth Heller. Taking those experiences as a reader, they are asked to continue to play with the language in poetry.... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- What's my subject? A subject-verb agreement mini-lesson
- This mini-lesson provides opportunities for students to explore the grammatical rules of subject-verb agreement while determining when it may be appropriate to use ungrammatical language. Students discuss the difference between formal and informal language... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
