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Common Core L.8.2a resources under $5
Punctuation Lecture & Editing Handout, Grammar Activity, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
This 24-slide "Power of Punctuation" presentation will entertain your students and inspire them to take care with their punctuation marks. Using humorous examples and interactive slides/handout, your class will learn the striking difference in meaning that can occur with one misplaced comma. Examples are sure to fire up your high school and middle school students – expect giggles and outrage.Package also includes a one-page handout (both printable PDF & Google Drive versions) to allow studen
Editing & Proofreading Worksheets Revising Editing Practice FAST Test Prep BEST
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice editing and revising questions?These editing tasks were created to give your students examples of a variety of tasks they will see on their end of year ELA test or Florida FAST test. The passages come from high-interest topics. They will help engage and capture your students’ interest while also working on their editing and revising skills.Topics: Spelling, Punctuation, Pronouns, Complete Sentence, Tenses, Conjunctions, Plur
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate ELA FAST Test Prep Bundle 6th 7th 8th Grade Middle School Reading
Grammar Diagnostic Test (#1 of 2): Epic Pre/Post Assessment for Teens
Need a grammar diagnostic test that will give you a clear picture of what students know? Use this assessment as a pre (and/or post) test to get a benchmark and track growth!This test is TEACHER-friendly because it is easy to grade, fully editable, and assesses all of the grammar topics specified in the CCSS for grades 7-12 (and some of 6th)! The question types are a combination of matching, labeling examples and terms, and identifying errors in sentences. STUDENTS will benefit from the self-asse
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Grammar Lesson Bundle: FULL YEAR of Editable Lessons for Secondary ELA
Revising and Editing Practice with Task Cards 6th 7th 8th Grade Worksheets
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to revising and editing? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 revising and editing task cards are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short modern informational text articles will help engage your students as they practice answering a variety of multiple-choice questions about revising and editing a text.Great for middle school students. f
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5th - 9th
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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Review Game - Parts of Speech Activity
Review prepositions with this engaging activity! Throughout this PowerPoint presentation, teams of students review prepositional phrases, including prepositions and their objects; then they compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. (Updated version now has a link to a Google Slides Presentation.)In this game, there are four rounds. In each round, students identify prepositional phrases in the context of sentences; the sentences increase in difficulty and complexity with the addition of compoun
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Prepositional Phrases Activity Bundle
Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Analysis, Team Activity, CCSS
Make the words of Transcendental philosopher and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson come alive for your students with breath-taking photography in this two-day class group activity with optional independent writing supplement.This packet includes visually stunning images from nature coupled with quotations from Nature and Self-Reliance, two of Emerson's most-noted works. This 17-page PDF also includes a detailed suggested lesson procedure along with 10 half-sheet student handouts for teams to use as the
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9th - 12th
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Comma Rules Trashketball Review Game - Punctuation Activity - Commas Power Point
Review commas with this fun Trashketball game! This PowerPoint presentation will reinforce student learning of correct comma use for the following: commas in compound sentences, commas in a series, commas for introductory phrases and clauses, and commas for nonessential phrases/clauses. Students review these punctuation concepts while reading informational text about Greek mythology.The PowerPoint includes the following slides:review slidesrules for the studentsgame slidesteacher instructionske
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Grammar Trashketball Games Bundle - Grammar Practice Activities (16 Games)
Appositives and Appositive Phrases Trashketball Review Game - Grammar Activity
Review appositives and engage your students with this game! During the activity, teams of students review appositive phrases and compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. For the first two rounds, students identify the appositive phrases in each sentence, but the difficulty increases in the third round when they have to combine sentences to create new sentences with appositive phrases. (Updated version now has a link to a Google Slides Presentation.)Research shows that students often learn bes
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Grammar Trashketball Games Bundle - Grammar Practice Activities (16 Games)
Mentor Sentences from YA Lit - Types of Sentences and Narrative Leads
Do your students struggle with identifying sentence types? Can they use what they know about grammatical sentence structures to develop strong narrative leads? These engaging and analytical mentor sentence questions can help with both! The sentences are designed so that you can teach grammar more meaningfully and in combination with reading and writing. Teach students to observe strong grammatical and figurative language elements, identify the elements authors use, and analyze the effect on read
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Grammar Lessons and Activities Bundle for Middle and High School
Comma Rules Mini Lessons and Mentor Sentence Activities - Distance Learning
Does pesky punctuation have you in a funk? There are so many rules about punctuation in the English language! Do you need a succinct tool that will help you to capture the most important comma rules your students need to utilize in their writing? This mini unit features mini lessons on commas in a series, words of direct address, direct quotations, introductory material, plus four more comma rules and two semicolon rules. RESOURCE CONTENTS...A 36 slide editable PowerPoint presentation with...8 i
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6th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Grammar Lessons and Activities Bundle for Middle and High School
Daily Reading Comprehension ELA Warm Ups Bell Ringers Countdown to Reading STAAR
Are your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in need of repeat practice when it comes to STAAR reading test prep? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 4 Weeks of daily reading practice have short, engaging texts with text-dependent reading comprehension questions. It's the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of a variety of text genres (Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Informational Text, Argumentative, and Cross-Curri
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp Middle School ELA Test Prep
EIGHT Rules of Commas: Practice Worksheets and Reference Handouts with Keys
Students unsure about how to use commas? Are they forgetting them, or overusing them? This commas practice includes EIGHT rules for comma usage, and four practice exercises. It will reinforce the right way to use commas and build confidence in your students.Like any other punctuation mark, commas are needed for clarity and expression of ideas. This product will clearly define the most common rules for comma usage in a way that students can understand. The eight rules addressed are:To separate it
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6th - 9th
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Comma Rules Breakout Escape Room NO PREP Paper and Digital
Have you noticed you students struggle to learn fundamental skills? In the age of technology, it can be hard to capture students attention, and help them retain key information! Breakout Escape Rooms will help engage your students in learning.This product has been tested in my classroom. The result? Engaged learning!This breakout escape room walk students through common comma uses. This product is NO PREP, meaning you just print and learn...or go digital! No cutting, pasting, or sorting! You can
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5th - 8th
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Back to School Goal Setting "One Word" Writing & Art Project | DIGITAL & PRINT
Back to School Goal Setting Activity | DIGITAL & PRINTABLE VERSIONSThe beginning of the academic year is a fresh start which makes a great time to set goals for the year ahead. Inspire your students to set achievable goals with this fun and engaging "one word" project. The contents of this project can be broken down and spread out across an entire week, with 4 scaffolded steps. This product comes with both a digital and a print version! This is a cross-curricular activity, integrat
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Back to School Bundle - Community Building & ELA
Combining Sentences - Sentence Combining - Trashketball Review Game
Students review sentence structures and practice sentence combining to improve sentence fluency in this fun game! With a back-to-school theme, the game also reviews study skills and learning habits. All that you need to play is the ability to project a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation, a soft ball, dark tape, and a trash can.This game has three rounds that progress in difficulty. In the first round, students write compound sentences. In round two, they write complex sentences, and final
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Grammar Trashketball Games Bundle - Grammar Practice Activities (16 Games)
Comma Practice Punctuation Activities | Paragraphs, Lesson Plan, & Powerpoint
Do you need a variety of comma activities to support your secondary writers? Study commas and their uses with this editable presentation and punctuation activities—comma worksheets and more. When teaching commas, I realized that I needed a variety of comma activities—more than one simple comma practice worksheet. Comma practice requires scaffolded tools to reach more students!Topics covered in these comma activities:Students will learn about using commas with: ✓ introductory phrases (participial
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Eighth Grade Grammar Bundle: Verbals, Active & Passive Voice, Verb Moods
Fragments, Run-Ons, Comma Splices Review Game - Sentence Writing Problems
Help your students review run-ons, comma splices, and fragments with this fun Trashketball game. This PowerPoint presentation will reinforce their learning of correct sentence structures and help them edit their own writing for sentence errors.Research shows that students often learn best when they can move, and this activity motivates students further by tapping into their love of sports. Using heterogeneous groups to play a game with friendly competition is an excellent way to meet the needs o
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Grammar Trashketball Games Bundle - Grammar Practice Activities (16 Games)
Grammar Diagnostic Test (#2 of 2): Epic Pre/Post Assessment for Teens
Need a grammar diagnostic test that will give you a clear picture of what students know? Use this assessment as a pre (and/or post) test to get a benchmark and track growth!This test is TEACHER-friendly because it is easy to grade, fully editable, and assesses all of the grammar topics specified in the CCSS for grades 7-12 (and some of 6th)! The question types are a combination of matching, labeling examples and terms, and identifying errors in sentences. STUDENTS will benefit from the self-asse
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Grammar Lesson Bundle: FULL YEAR of Editable Lessons for Secondary ELA
Punctuating Dialogue and Embedding Quotations ELA Game | Grammar Activity
Are your students STILL putting periods and commas in the wrong places when punctuating dialogue or embedding direct quotations? You could continue banging your head against the wall, or...you could make a light-hearted review out of the issue by playing this game with your junior high or high school students.This game focuses on the punctuation aspect of embedding quotations and formatting dialogue. The 72 question cards included cover placement of commas, colons, brackets, parentheses, ellipse
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7th - 10th
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Complete Sentence Unit | Incomplete Sentences, Run Ons, Fragments Activities
Teaching complete sentences? This complete sentence unit has 65 sentences that cover a common grammar and writing error: incomplete sentences. The material has three divisions: fragments, run on sentences, and commas splices.Specifically, this incomplete sentences unit provides explanations of different problems along with practice sentences: run-on sentences, comma splices, and fragments. If you are looking how to teach complete sentences, these writing activities will help. You will receive a
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Common Grammar Errors Activity Bundle | Identifying Writing Errors Practice
Verbals: Participles & Participial Phrases Lesson and Activities
If you are in need of quality, accurate materials to introduce, review, or re-teach participles and participial phrases, this product is what you are looking for. It contains materials that are intended to address a difficult grammatical concept in a simple way that will lead to mastery without frustration. In this bundle, you will have access to an introductory PowerPoint (in PPT and PDF forms as well as guided notes in both formats) that covers what participles are, what participial phrases ar
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7th - 10th
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8th, 9th Grade English Grammar Pre and Post Tests ~ Printable and Google Forms
This product contains two tests, a diagnostic grammar test to give at the beginning of the year or semester and a post grammar test to give at the end of the year or semester. These tests are based on the Common Core language standards for grades 8 and 9. Each test includes 20 multiple choice questions. Printable and Google Forms versions are included as well as answer keys. Download the sample to see if these tests are something you could use year after year!
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8th - 9th
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ELA Morning Work Do Now ELA Bell Ringers LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY DIGITAL
SEPTEMBER BACK TO SCHOOL BELLRINGERS, LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY! Students review: Theme, plot, conflict, setting, foreshadowing, flashback, irony, symbolism, alliteration, point of view, simile, metaphor, imagery, genre, and more! Includes end-of-month test and literary element sketch activity. DAILY TASK: Students read a literary definition and use the letter hints to determine the word of the day. Then, students write an example of the literary word.INCLUDES20 Bell ringersPRINTABLE end of mont
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â ELA SUPPLEMENTAL BUNDLE READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W LESSON PLANS 6-8TH
Quotation Marks Review Color by Number
In this Quotation Marks Color by Number Review Activity, your students will review quotation marks and the correct placement. This review activity is perfect if your students are about to do narrative writing, short story writing, or creative writing.Normally, reviewing quotation marks in pen-and-paper style can be rather, well, mundane and boring. I tried to take a relatively common review and make it into a review activity that is fun, colorful, and engaging!This activity reviews:*Quotation m
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6th - 8th
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