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Sentence Patterns Worksheet Writing Activities
By Beth Hammett
Help students understand and master the four kinds of sentences with this fun, interactive, activity! Students use brochures, magazines, newspapers, etc... to find real life writing examples of the four basic kinds of sentences: Simple Compound Complex Compound-Complex Great small group activity that gets students discussing rules, reading, and sentence varieties!
Word Study Worksheets for Middle School - Vocabulary Building
By Amanda G
Vocabulary building worksheets for 7th and 8th grade.
This resource includes nine individual activities.
Topics covered include:
* parts of speech
* synonyms
* word maps
* syllables
* heteronyms/homonyms
These worksheets are a part of a Vocabulary Builder Word Study unit, working on vocabulary building. You can easily use just these worksheets as part of your English Language Arts programming.
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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases in Writing
By Beth Hammett
Make learning prepositions and prepositional phrases fun and easy with this visual writing presentation. 13 pages/slides of active learning strategies for understanding and using prepositions and prepositional phrases along with commas. Includes: Definitions Poem Preposition List Preposition Chair Activity Preposition Walk around the School Campus Easy to use tips Prepositional Phrases Commas and Prepositions Lots of color coded, visual writing examples Practice activities for individual/small/whole group Peer Workshopping Easy for students to follow and use. Great for fllipped classrooms and homeschools. Activities can be used individually or in small or whole group settings. A stimulating visual learning approach to help students understand prepositions and phrases.
By Beth Hammett
Fun and interactive activity for students to relate real life writing to the use of comma rules. Have plenty of magazines, brochures, or newspapers on hand for students/small groups to cut out comma examples and paste them under the correct comma rule headings. Group or individual activity is enjoyable to students, who will discuss rules as they work! (Reminder: review the 3 Kinds of Writing PowerPoint and Using Commas in Writing to help students understand the different guidelines for academic, creative, and journalism writing, along with comma rules).