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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 3–4 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.
Prepositional phrases showing location
Students will learn the Spanish words for several prepositional phrases that show location. This lesson also reviews previous vocabulary.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Second Languages)
By Stephanie Watson.
Lesson plans for teaching conventions
A collection of LEARN NC's lesson plans for teaching conventions, the fifth of the five features of effective writing.
Format: bibliography/help
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.
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 4 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.

Resources on the web

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