Grammar
Can students spot similes vs metaphors?
What happens when we switch out a "but" with a "so"? An "and" with a "for"? How can such tiny words make such big differences?
Let's spice up a typically dull lesson about the difference between "its" and "it's" by asking students to write a children's story about the adventures of a critter named It.
Can your students spot the run-on sentences?
What happens when a pronoun could refer to more than one noun? Big problems!
How many ways can we use "check" in a paragraph? And can your students spot when it's a verb, or a noun, or an adjective?
Plural nouns in English are deliciously fascinating. Yet most plural lessons are so dull! In this experience, students are given a pile of plurals and then inductively create groups and pull out rules and patterns.
Can your students spot simple sentences vs compound sentences?
What exactly does adding -less do to a word?
Which part of speech is most useful? Interesting? Strange?
Can your class spot the complex sentences vs compound sentences?
Some of these clauses are dependent and some are independent.
How many different ways can we use the word "gift" in a single paragraph? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
How many different ways can we use the word "thanks"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
Let's go beyond merely memorizing word parts and instead analyze across languages. How do other languages make a word the opposite?
How many different ways can we use the word "well"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
The word "may" can be used for possibility or permission. It's a modal auxiliary verb!
How many different ways can we use the word "limit"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
Will your students notice progressive tense vs simple tense?
We're looking at the past progressive tense and the simple past tense.
Students infer the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.
Students will note the effects of adding a suffix to a word and then look for counter-examples to those patterns.
How many different ways can we use the word "care"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
How many different ways can we use the word "fruit"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
How many different ways can we use the word "change"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!