Lessons and Activities

Persuasive Speech and Writing

Listen to three great speeches and have students write down "persuasive words" and the variety of tones used to help make the speakers' words come to life. Great intro. to speech writing activity!!

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18, Hr. Ed. | Age 19+

• Subjects:

  Writing

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Apr. 4, 2010

Posted by:

sherylcampbell 

Who does it belong to?

This lesson gives students lots of practice with singular and plural possessive nouns.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12

• Subjects:

  Reading & Language Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Apr. 20, 2011

Posted by:

alissabocek

Common Nouns & Proper Nouns

Introduction to common and proper nouns

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 3 | Age 9

• Subjects:

  Grammar

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 1, 2011

Posted by:

lippolito11

Sentence, Fragment, Dependent Clauses

This activity teaches students the difference between sentences, fragments and dependent clauses.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 5 | Age 11

• Subjects:

  Grammar

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jul. 18, 2011

Posted by:

tanyamarshall

Common and Proper Nouns

This lesson includes videos, games, and practice questions for learning and working with nouns.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10

• Subjects:

  Grammar

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Aug. 5, 2011

Posted by:

Jenny.Kime 

Grade 5 Theme 3 Grammar

Subject/verb agreement, regular/irregular verbs, verb phrases with have, teach/learn, let/leave, sit/set, can/may, kinds of adjectives, and proper adjectives

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 5 | Age 11

• Subjects:

  Grammar

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Aug. 23, 2011

Posted by:

jen.desimone

Noun and verb agreement

Noun and verb agreement examples

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 3 | Age 9

• Subjects:

  Grammar

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 7, 2011

Posted by:

lauraita

Simple Sentences

Through this lesson, students will be able to identify the naming and telling part of a sentence.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7

• Subjects:

  Grammar

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 14, 2011

Posted by:

patriciafey

Daily Editing Practice-Unit 1 First Grade

Unit 1 is 16 days of editing practice. The sentences have the students capitalizing sentences, names, days of the week and months, identifying asking and telling sentences, and possessive nouns.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6

• Subjects:

  Grammar

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 16, 2011

Posted by:

schmitttm

Singular Pronouns

A two part third grade lesson on singular pronouns.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9

• Subjects:

  Grammar

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 19, 2011

Posted by:

louise hines