Conjunctions lesson plans? Conjunctions activities? I have an overview for you! I picture conjunctions as puzzle pieces, as glue. Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses. You are probably looking for…
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Teaching Nouns: Noun Lessons To Get Students Moving
Teaching nouns? Here are noun lessons you can personalize. I’ve even included how to teach nouns online! A noun lesson is typically the first grammar assignment of the school year.…
Grammar Activities: Grammar Hunts
Looking for grammar activities that won’t cost you any money? Seriously. You can create these grammar hunts with your trash or extra activities. A grammar hunt is simply when you…
Verb Activities That Don’t Bore Students
Verb activities are important because so many future grammar lessons build off verbs. Verbs are powerful tools in student writing and in their literature! Below, I’ve outlined vivid verb activities.…
Engaging Grammar Activities for Review
Engaging grammar activities for review. . . these fun grammar activities will cement your grammar lessons. Reflecting on my teaching experiences, I complete grammar review with students to clarify rules…
Hands-On Grammar Lessons
Hands-on grammar lessons: students holding and engaging with their language? Yes, please. Students LOVE manipulating, playing, and holding their language with grammar manipulatives. When I talk about hands-on grammar lessons,…
How to Build a Grammar Lesson: An Author Shares Her Secrets
How to Build a Grammar Lesson: This post aims to help you from start to finish with planning a grammar lesson. My first book, The English Grammar Workbook, was published…
Middle School Grammar
I’ve taught middle school grammar before. Here are a few tricks I developed to make grammar for middle school meaningful, for making grammar exercises for middle school count. I taught…
Grammar Matters—It Matters How We Teach It
Grammar matters: a grammar pep talk. Many teachers today never experienced grammar lessons as students. Some teachers never took a language class in college. Some English teachers tell me that…
Teaching Grammar in Context
Teaching grammar in context? Teaching grammar in context activities? ELA teachers can accomplish this task. You’re teaching grammar as more than as a bandage to writing, more than circling nouns…