Grammar

Parts of Speech Party – Gift

Part 2 of Parts of Speech Party

How many different ways can we use the word "gift" in a single paragraph? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Parts of Speech Party – Care

Part 3 of Parts of Speech Party

How many different ways can we use the word "care"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Parts of Speech Party – Fruit

Part 4 of Parts of Speech Party

How many different ways can we use the word "fruit"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Parts of Speech Party – Change

Part 5 of Parts of Speech Party

How many different ways can we use the word "change"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Parts of Speech Party: Introduction (Check)

Part 1 of Parts of Speech Party

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?

Prefixes and Suffixes in Other Languages

Let's go beyond merely memorizing word parts and instead analyze across languages. How do other languages make a word the opposite?

Analyze Suffixes: -en

Students will note the effects of adding a suffix to a word and then look for counter-examples to those patterns.

Analyze Suffixes: -ly, -less, and -ful

What exactly does adding -less do to a word?

Parts of Speech Tournament

Which part of speech is most useful? Interesting? Strange?

Changing Coordinating Conjunctions

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?

Plurals: An Inductive Spelling Lesson

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.

Concept Attainment: Transitive or Intransitive Verbs

Can the concept attainment model make transitive and intransitive verbs interesting? In my experience, it sure can!

Simile or Metaphor – Concept Attainment

Can your students puzzle out the differences in these types of figurative language - without any instruction!?

Simple or Compound Sentences – Concept Attainment

Can your students puzzle out the differences in these two types of sentences - without any instruction!?

Run On or Not? – Concept Attainment

Can your students puzzle out the differences in these sentences - without any instruction!?

Complex or Compound – Concept Attainment

Can your students puzzle out the difference between these two types of sentences without any instruction!?

Progressive or Simple Tenses – Concept Attainment

Can your students puzzle out the differences between these two tenses - without any instruction!?

Past Progressive or Simple Past Tenses – Concept Attainment

Can students figure out the differences between sentences with past progressive and simple past tenses using the concept attainment model?

Parts of Speech Party – Well

Part 6 of Parts of Speech Party

How many different ways can we use the word "well"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Parts of Speech Party – Thanks

Part 7 of Parts of Speech Party

How many different ways can we use the word "thanks"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Parts of Speech Party – Limit

Part 8 of Parts of Speech Party

How many different ways can we use the word "limit"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Unclear Pronouns: Too Many Antecedents

What happens when a pronoun could refer to more than one noun? Big problems!

“Its Big Day” – A Children’s Story About Its and It’s

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.