Halloween grammar homework ebooks

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Also included in: The Complete Sentences Course

Lesson 18: The Adjective Cluster

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Yes, we really do need more examples of Adjective Clusters. It's sometimes hard for students (and authors, I guess) to get the hang of them, but again, they happen outside the main clause, where they have the freedom to elaborate upon the nucleus in a fashion they simply could not achieve in the main clause. What grade level would this be best for? When is it time to drop all those one-word adjectives that are stuffed into the main clause, in favor of the flow and imagery of the lower levels? Th

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Also included in: The Complete Sentences Course

Lessons 10-12: Commas, Goofs, and the end of Passive Voice

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Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Grammar

As in the previous lessons, the past participle often suffers from commas and misplaced modifiers. But the rules are pretty much the same, and should be easy to master after these few lessons.Again, making up silly sentences will lead to accurate ones. Combine the two units to go on a treasure hunt to find examples in the books they are reading. Have them even take a look at books in other classes, especially History or Science. Our Teacher's Guide also has some fun suggestions.

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Also included in: The Complete Sentences Course

Lesson 4—Present Participial Phrase

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Now that we have learned how to place the free modifiers after, before, and within the main clause, we move to the most common free modifier, the present participle. Students will learn where to place it in the sentence, and how to get the most out of its usefulness. See how many they can put in one sentence (see the Harper Lee example!) and have them pick up any book in the library and time themselves how long it takes to find one. They can then submit their findings to the whole class, and hav

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Worksheets, Homework

Also included in: The Complete Sentences Course

Lesson 9: Past Participial Phrase

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The past participial phrase is not as frequent as its predecessor, referring, as its name implies, to the past rather than the present. But it has strength and purpose, and its relationship with the rest of the sentence is often vital to the action in a novel or the reasoning in an essay.It's a fun challenge to the students to find ways to put past participial phrases in their writing. Thinking in terms of the Levels is often a useful approach. Also, sentences that are built upon phrases contain

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Worksheets, Homework

Also included in: The Complete Sentences Course

Essay Introductions + Vocabulary Triangle

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English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing-Essays

Teach your class how to make the introduction to the essay look like an authentic photograph of the moment, culminating in a roadmap that sets up the entire essay. The topic here explored is Charlemagne, but it could be any person, place, thing, or idea that you want the class to tackle. Again, it becomes a template that is flexible and whose design inspires specific details to support the presentation. A recipe for confidence and success.The "Vocabulary Triangle" is not so much a writing trick

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Semicolons + Correlative Conjunctions

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English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing-Essays

What percentage of your students screw up semicolons? Let's put an end to it, and have a hysterical time doing it. We've got the pattern, so it's simple. And as I say in the video, mastering the semicolon will bring better grades and better college application essays.As for Correlative Conjunctions, they are a favorite of all kinds of fill-in-the-dots-with-your-number-2-pencil tests. The little rule you see on the image of the page shows the simple answer about getting it right. Again, practice.

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Lessons 2-3: Free Modifiers Before and Within

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Grammar, Literature, Writing

So, now we have seen free modifiers doing their thing—making the writing more detailed, flowing, and satisfying. I hope you are thinking about how you can apply these lessons to the books that you teach. It is far more appealing when the students are alert as they read, and pretend it's a treasure hunt for new features that they can add to their next writing assignment.After having studied Lessons 1-3, which were touched on in the "Free Product" offer, the students are asked to write out the le

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Also included in: The Complete Sentences Course

Lessons 23-24: The Adverb Clause

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The adverb clause is so much easier to teach and understand than the adjective clause. Take a sentence, slap a coordinating conjunction on the front of it, and you're done. A fun exercise in class is to pair up. One person says a sentence, the other person adds the conjunction. Maybe do it in circles of six or eight, depending on the number of students. And maybe have them, before you begin, select a simple sentence (no free modifiers) from a book they are reading, and that will be the one they

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Also included in: The Complete Sentences Course

Six Free Lessons

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Grammar, Literature, Writing

When we want to learn how to improve our tennis serve, we watch videos of Serena Williams. When we want to learn how to shred the guitar, we listen to Jimi Hendrix. And when it comes to learning how to ride a bicycle, we turn to Mom or Dad. We go to the experts. And when we walk around the classroom discussing great literature, we are holding hands with an expert. Maybe it’s J. K. Rowling, or John Steinbeck, or Tara Westover, or Elie Wiesel. My favorite was Jack London, and the book was The Call

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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