Understanding language and moving past grammar lessons: can we make the switch? The more I write about grammar and read research about the teaching of grammar, the more I am…
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Digital Grammar Activities: Adding Meaning to Online Grammar
Digital grammar activities: we teachers can add meaning to our lessons. I know many of us are teaching grammar virtually, and many more of us want fun ways to teach…
Teaching Clauses: Quick Teaching Tips
Teaching clauses: independent and dependent clauses are an important part of sentence structure lessons. By teaching clauses, you’ll also be teaching important punctuation and parallelism rules. I always explain grammar…
Teaching Commas: Complete Grammar Lesson Plan
Teaching commas can be overwhelming if you have no where to start. Today, I’m sharing my grammar lesson plan for commas with you, including how to teach comma usage in…
Mentor Sentences from Literature
Once you become comfortable with teaching grammar, you will be able to pull grammar mentor sentences from literature. You will own powerful tools for adding deeper meaning to your grammar…
Preposition Lesson Plans That Don’t Bore Students
Preposition lesson plans can be engaging and meaningful to students, and they can include engaging preposition activities—more than preposition worksheets. I enjoy teaching prepositions. When I cover prepositions, I provide…
Adverb Lesson Plans: More than Adverb Worksheets
Adverb Lesson Plans: More than Adverb Worksheets Adverb lesson plans can move beyond adverb worksheets with a few well-placed activities. Adverbs can be tricky to identify, and they can be…
Adjective Lesson Plans: More Than a Grammar Worksheet
Adjective lesson plans are here! If you are looking for alternatives to adjective worksheets, I have ideas. My goal with any grammar instruction is to carry the ideas to other…
Teaching Active and Passive Voice with Older Students
Teaching active and passive voice with older students? An active and passive voice lesson plan? Active passive voice activities? Conversation starters? So! You would like a lesson plan for active…
Conjunctions Lesson Plans: Teaching Conjunctions in Diverse Ways
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…