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Story Parts
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Story Elements Rap
This is a YouTube video explaining setting, plot, character, conflict, and theme. -
Elements of a Short Story
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Cinderella - Story Parts Interactive
Explains the story parts using examples from Cinderella
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Identify Plot, Setting, and Theme
Read the story, and click on different elements to identify them as part of the plot, setting, or theme.
Parts of Speech
Nouns
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Noun Sorting
Don't worry about countable vs. noncountable nouns
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Recognizing Nouns
Picking nouns out of a reading passage - this one is tricky.
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Information about Nouns
Click here to read more information about different types of nouns. Don't worry about countable or intensive nouns.
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Nouns Attack
Practice with abstract and collective nouns
Pronouns
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Pronoun Treasure Hunt
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Pronoun Jeopardy
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Basic Pronouns - Pronoun Clubhouse
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Pronoun Jeopardy
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Pronoun Video
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Pronoun Song
This song goes through examples of many of the different types of pronouns.
Prepositions
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Preposition Jeopardy
Good review of prep., prepositional phrases, objects of the prep., and the difference between prep. and adve
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Prepositon Video - Pepe and Petunia
Student-created video illustrating prepositions using stuffed animals
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Preposition or Adverb?
Try this one if you are sometimes getting adverbs and prepositions confused.
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Choose the correct preposition
May be easy for many students, but it's good exposure to prepositions
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Adj/Adv Prepositional Phrases Worksheet
This practice worksheet also includes an answer key for you to check your work when you finish.
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Adj/Adv Prepositional Phrases Quiz
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Adj/Adv Prepositional Phrases Practice
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Another Preposition Jeopardy
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More Adjective/Adverb Phrase Practice
Adjectives/Adverbs
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Adjective Battleship
Be careful - it counts articles (a, an, the) and possessive pronouns (my, your, etc.) as adjectives!
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Rags to Riches - Adverbs
Pick out the adverb from the sentence.
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Rags to Riches - Adjectives and Adverbs
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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Schoolhouse Rocks! Adverb song
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Adjective - Skillswise
Has factsheet, game, worksheet, and quiz
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PickIt Adverb game
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Adjectives and Adverbs Horseshoe Game
Tell what part of speech the word is.
Verbs
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Helping Verbs - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Choose the helping verb(s) - try to make it to $1 million. Hint: this website considers "used to" a helping verb.
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Find the Verbs - Battleship Game
This one is really fun!
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Linking Verb Quiz
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Linking Verbs Information
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Action Verb or Linking Verb?
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Find the Verb Worksheet
For more of a challenge, label the verb as action or linking. Do you see any sentences with helping verbs?
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Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Conjunctions/Interjections
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Interjections
Defines and gives examples of interjections
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Schoolhouse Rocks! - Interjections Song
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Subordinating Conjunctions Information
Defines and gives examples of subordinating conjunctions
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Coordinating Conjunctions Information
Defines and gives examples of coordinating conjunctions
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Conjunctions/Interjections Jeopardy Game
For one or two players
Characterization
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Characterization Worksheet
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Characterization Descriptions and Examples
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Characterization PowerPoint
This combines the 6 methods that we learned about into 4, but it has good examples and practice.
Writing
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Thesis Statement Generator
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Argumentative Writing
This website goes over the basic components of argumentative writing.
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Story Starters
Creative writing ideas from Scholastic's Story Starters
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Video - How to Write a Thesis Statement
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Video - Writing an Effective Thesis Statement
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Video on Elements of Argumentative Writing
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Video on Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
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Persuasive Writing Video
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Thesis Statements
A handout with information about and examples of thesis statements
Sentence Structure - simple, compound, complex
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Independent and Subordinate Clauses
PowerPoint about independent and subordinate clauses
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Quiz on Independent and Subordinate Clauses
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Quiz on Simple and Compound Sentences
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Complex Sentences
Scroll down to Unit 8: Complex Sentences under Grade 7.
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Simple, Compound, Complex Practice Game
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Sentence Structure: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire
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Sentence Structure Game
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All Four Types of Sentences
This one is tricky!
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Sentence Types Practice
Help the fox get around the track by telling if it's a simple, compound, or complex sentence
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Basic Subordinating Conjunctions
Choose the correct subordinating conjunction for the sentence
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Basic Coordinating Conjunctions
Choose the correct coordinating conjunction for each sentence.
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Independent Clauses Quiz
Punctuation
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Punctuation Wars
Fun & pretty advanced. Uses commas, periods, colons, & semicolons. Includes a few punct. marks/rules that we haven't learned yet
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Comma Chameleon
Practice with very basic comma rules
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Comma Rules Handout
Information/handout for your reference
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Capitalization and Punctuation Quiz
Includes a few punctuation rules that we don't need to worry about
Homonyms/Commonly Confused Words
Spelling
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Commonly Misspelled Words
Fun Torture the Teacher game!
Vocabulary/Context Clues
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Context Clues Practice
One of the websites for 2/28 review stations
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More Context Clues Practice
Another one of the websites for 2/28 review stations
Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers
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Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Information, examples, and exercises for extra practice
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Grammar Girl: Misplaced Modifiers
More examples and information about misplaced modifiers
Fragments and Run-ons
Poetry
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Glossary of Poetry Terms
This is a searchable glossary of poetry terms, and they even have an app that allows you to search for, save, and share poems.