Students use the method of their choice to combine two sentences based on an excerpt from 1984 by George Orwell. Students practice using various types of phrases and clauses to convey meaning and add variety to combined sentences.
Students practice using articles by rewriting sentences using a or an. This is activity 1 of 2 in the series.
Students practice using articles by rewriting sentences using a or an. This is activity 2 of 2 in the series.
Students practice using articles by filling in the blank with a, an, or the.
V is for vocabulary. A content area unit provides the theme for a specialized ABC book, as students select, research, define, and illustrate a word for each alphabet letter.
Adapting the song "A-Hunting We Will Go," students put a "whale" in a "pail" and even "take a little "bear" and hug it if we "dare"."
Students increase their understanding of alphabet books by participating in a variety of reading and writing activities.
This lesson employs direct instruction and small-group discussion to help students learn new vocabulary skills while reading Patricia Polacco's "Pink and Say".
This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.
Students create acrostic poems using their names and the names of things that are important to them.
Creating an illustrated alphabet book of action words, from "attack" to "zap", reinforces the definition of verbs as it stretches and expands students' vocabulary.
Students must "become" a character in a novel in order to describe themselves and other characters using powerful adjectives.
This recurring lesson encourages students to comprehend their reading through inquiry and collaboration. They choose important quotations from the text and work in groups to formulate "quiz" questions that their peers will answer.
Students practice writing with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases by combining three or four sentences. This is activity 1 of 2 in this series.
Students practice writing with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases by combining three or four sentences. This is activity 2 of 2 in this series.
Students practice writing sentences with both adjectives and adverbs by combining three sentences.
Students practice writing sentences with both adjectives and adverbs by combining three sentences.
Students practice listing adjectives by combining three sentences.
Students practice using adverbs by rewriting sentences, changing the underlined adjective to an adverb.
Students practice using adjectives and adverbs by rewriting sentences, choosing between the provided adverb and adjective.
Students practice deciding whether an adjective or an adverb is needed by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.
Students learn to write descriptive sentences using adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases in this teacher-led lesson.
Students learn to write complex sentences that include adjectives and adverbs in this teacher-led lesson.
Students practice using adverbs and cumulative adjectives by combining four sentences so that two cumulative adjectives are in the right order before the appropriate noun and the adverb of manner is placed correctly.
Students practice using adjectives and adverbs by rewriting sentences, choosing between the provided adverb and noun.
Students practice using adverbs of manner by combining two sentences. This is activity 1 of 3 in this series.
Students practice using adverbs of manner by combining two sentences. This is activity 2 of 3 in the series.
Students practice using adverbs of manner by combining two sentences. This is activity 3 of 3 in a series.
Students practice using adverbs of manner by combining two sentences. Students must change the adjective in the second kernel to an adverb before combining a sentences.
Students practice recognizing the difference between affect and effect by rewriting sentences with the correct word.
Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using after or before. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.
Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using after or before. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.
Tradition and technology come together in this lesson in which students learn about Alaskan animals through Native American tales and their own online research.
Students correct a variety errors within a text. The errors are underlined.
Students choose the correct relative pronoun from the underlined choices throughout a text.
Students learn about alliteration, and then practice using alliteration in acrostic poems, tongue twisters, alphabet books, and number books.
Students compare attending a performance at The Globe Theater with attending a modern theater production or movie. They then create a commercial for an Elizabethan audience promoting a modern product.
Students use the method of their choice to combine two sentences based on an excerpt from the novel All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Students practice using various types of phrases and clauses to convey meaning and add variety to combined sentences.
Students write original stories using alphabetical order, beginning each page with a new letter, and then illustrate their texts in class or at home with their families.
The traditional autobiography writing project is given a twist as students write alphabiographies - recording an event, person, object, or feeling associated with each letter of the alphabet.