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TEKS ELA Standard: 3.11.D.i

complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement

Writing Compound Sentences
Writing Compound Sentences
Students work with subjects, predicates, and conjunctions to write compound sentences.
Gr 1-7
Fixing Shakespearean Run-Ons
Fixing Shakespearean Run-Ons
Can your students help The Bard? We’ll fix five Shakespearean run-ons in three different ways.
Gr 1-8
12 Phrases: The Zoo
12 Phrases: The Zoo
Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place at the zoo.
Gr 1-8
What’s In My Brain: Painting vs Painting
What’s In My Brain: Painting vs Painting
Two columns of sentences. Something is different about them. Can you figure out the rule?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 7, 8
Simple or Compound Sentences – What’s In My Brain?
Simple or Compound Sentences – What’s In My Brain?
Can your students spot simple sentences vs compound sentences?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 5, 7
Run On or Not? – What’s In My Brain
Run On or Not? – What’s In My Brain
Can your students spot the run-on sentences?
Gr 1-8
Complex or Compound – What’s In My Brain
Complex or Compound – What’s In My Brain
Can your class spot the complex sentences vs compound sentences?
Gr 1-7
What’s In My Brain – The Park vs The Museum
What’s In My Brain – The Park vs The Museum
We’re looking at the past progressive tense and the simple past tense.
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Passive to Active Voice
Passive to Active Voice
In this lesson, students will not just fix passive sentences, but break active sentences as they learn to put the star of the sentence first.
Gr 1-8
Ways to Start a Sentence – Part 3
Ways to Start a Sentence – Part 3
Your students’ sentences all start the same way. Here are three techniques that fix that overnight.
Gr 1-8
Ways to Start a Sentence – Level 1
Ways to Start a Sentence – Level 1
‘Add more variety!’ teachers say. But how? This lesson gives students actual techniques instead of vague advice.
Gr 1-6