This is a great article!
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--former-nfl-qb-jon-kitna-finds-%E2%80%98gold-mine%E2%80%99-at-a-school-where-other-teachers-only-saw-problems-194739063.html
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Parts of Speech Test or Quiz
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Here is a quick Parts of Speech Quiz or Test that you can copy and paste.
Here is a quick Parts of Speech Quiz or Test that you can copy and paste.
Parts of Speech
Noun, Pronoun,
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Interjection, Conjunction
Identify the underlined part of speech.
1.
I am
going to Australia this weekend.
2.
They
live in a large house.
3.
She ran slowly
to the car.
4.
The girl in the pink dress is very pretty.
5.
The boy with the red hat is my friend.
6.
She walked
to the store this morning.
7.
I am going to church on Sunday morning.
8.
Their house
is so large!
9.
The puppy ran under the table.
10. Wow! You look really nice today.
11. I
am sleepy, but I must do my
homework.
12. I
saw the puppy in the window.
13. It is so cold outside.
14. She
is trying to find some happiness.
15. She
was looking at herself in the mirror.
16. She
is such a nice person.
17. She carefully walked across the
floor.
18. I
am going home, so I will need
to find my keys.
19. She
lives in Raleigh.
20. She
lives in New Zealand.
21. List
five linking verbs.
22. List
seven coordinating conjunctions.
23. List
five pronouns.
24. List
three adverbs.
25. Write
a sentence in which you use the word cheese as an adjective.
26. Write
a sentence with an interjection. Make
sure that you punctuate it properly.
27. Write
a sentence with a prepositional phrase.
Underline the propositional phrase.
Circle the preposition.
28. Write
sentence with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction.
29. Write
a sentence with two independent clauses and however.
30. What
grade do you think you will make on this test?
Explain. (at least three
sentences)
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
School House Rock 2012 Project
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With this project, students create a video and a song like School House Rock to explain a grammatical concept. Click here for directions.
With this project, students create a video and a song like School House Rock to explain a grammatical concept. Click here for directions.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Parts of Speech Workbook, Test Review, and Test
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Here are three things you can use to help teach your kids parts of speech: instruction, review, and test.
Instruction: Here is a workbook that I created and have used through the years:
http://www.freethingsforenglishteachers.com/uploads/8/8/7/3/8873844/quick_and_simple_grammar_and_punctuation_workbook.pdf
Review: Here is a review sheet that I made:
http://www.freethingsforenglishteachers.com/uploads/8/8/7/3/8873844/parts_of_speech_test_review.pdf
Here is a test that I found on the web. I later tweaked it for my purposes:
http://julieteacher.pbworks.com/w/page/12607413/Parts%20of%20Speech%20Test
Here are three things you can use to help teach your kids parts of speech: instruction, review, and test.
Instruction: Here is a workbook that I created and have used through the years:
http://www.freethingsforenglishteachers.com/uploads/8/8/7/3/8873844/quick_and_simple_grammar_and_punctuation_workbook.pdf
Review: Here is a review sheet that I made:
http://www.freethingsforenglishteachers.com/uploads/8/8/7/3/8873844/parts_of_speech_test_review.pdf
Here is a test that I found on the web. I later tweaked it for my purposes:
http://julieteacher.pbworks.com/w/page/12607413/Parts%20of%20Speech%20Test
Group Essay:Travel Writers Project
I created this website for my graduate school class. It gives instructions on how to do a jig saw group essay (in the form of a travel blog) for an online class. Even if you are not teaching an online class, I think (hope) you will find some use for it.
http://travelwriterseci517.weebly.com/overview.html
http://travelwriterseci517.weebly.com/overview.html
Friday, June 29, 2012
35 Graphic Organizers (Can be Interactive or Not)
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Here are some great graphic organizers from Holt. Holt offers graphic organizers for organizing ideas, determining main idea, drawing conclusions, comparing and contrast and much, much more!
Take a look.
Here are some great graphic organizers from Holt. Holt offers graphic organizers for organizing ideas, determining main idea, drawing conclusions, comparing and contrast and much, much more!
Take a look.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
MLA Documetnation Activities
Sorry, I have been away for so long. I have been busy with grad school. I am also working on a new book. I PROMISE I will try to do better.
Anyway, this is the time of year for RESEARCH PAPERS.
Click on the link to my website, and then click on MLA Documetation: An Explanation and MLA Documentation: A Short Activity
I have found this to be very helpful year after year.
http://www.freethingsforenglishteachers.com/free-worksheets.html
Anyway, this is the time of year for RESEARCH PAPERS.
Click on the link to my website, and then click on MLA Documetation: An Explanation and MLA Documentation: A Short Activity
I have found this to be very helpful year after year.
http://www.freethingsforenglishteachers.com/free-worksheets.html
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