Lessons tagged with "Language"
Use Subjects with Matching Verbs (Subject-Verb Agreement)
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Singular Pronouns (I, You, He, She, It)
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson has students identify and use singular subjective pronouns. This is the first lesson in a series on pronouns.
Pronouns (Me, Him, Her, It, Us, You, Them)
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson has students identify and use objective pronouns. Students should complete the subjective pronouns lesson prior to completing this lesson.
Capitalize Words in a Sentence
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing words in a sentence. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify proper nouns, months and days of the year, and the first word of a sentence to capitalize. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Prepositions
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy.
Use Commas to Separate Items in a Series
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on using commas to separate items in a series. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify a series of items in a sentence and insert commas. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Unclear Words
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unclear words, or words with more than one meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use context clues around unclear words to understand the word's meaning . In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Produce Compound Sentences
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy Program.
Identify and Use Demonstrative Pronouns
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson has students identify and use demonstrative pronouns. Students should complete subjective and objective pronoun lessons prior to completing this lesson.
Use Past Tense Verbs
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Use Common and Proper Nouns
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Compare & Contrast Two Texts on the Same Topic
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Identify Irregular Plural Nouns
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying irregular plural nouns. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students change nouns to irregular plural nouns based on the spelling pattern. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify the Focus of a Paragraph
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Use Verbs
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify action words in sentences. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Distinguish Between Complete and Incomplete Sentences
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on distinguishing between complete and incomplete sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify verbs and subjects within a sentence and determine if the sentence in complete or incomplete. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Recognize the Meaning of Suffixes
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on recognizing suffixes and how they change the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Rhythm and Rhyme in Poetry
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language and literature lesson has students read poetry while emphasizing rhyme and rhythm. Students will identify rhyme schemes and rhythm patterns. The class should discuss the impact of these patterns.
Identify Subjects and verbs
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Read Contractions
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on reading contractions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. This lesson does not include any writing on the students part. It focuses on practicing to read words containing contractions. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Antonyms
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying antonyms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use context clues and differences to identify antonyms. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Produce Compound Sentences
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of Launch to Literacy program.
Identify and Use Reflexive Pronouns
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson has students identify and use reflexive pronouns. Students should complete subjective and objective pronoun lessons prior to completing this lesson.
Produce Simple Sentences
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This grammar lesson covers the production of simple sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify the subject and verb as well as phrases that tell where and how. They will create and write new sentences that match pictures and words from a word bank.
Identify and Use Adjectives
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying and using adjectives. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify and use words that describe a noun. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Capitalize Holidays, Product Names, & Geographic Names
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This grammar lesson covers the capitalization of holidays, product names, and geographic names. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify words that should be capitalized and then recognize which of the three sentences is correct.
Capitalize Holidays and Special Events
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing holidays and special events. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify holidays and special events in sentences and mark the letters to be capitalized. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Capitalize Proper Nouns
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing proper nouns. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify specific names of people, places, and things and the letter that should be capitalized. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Prefixes
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of prefixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Regular Plural Nouns
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying regular plural nouns. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students change singluar nouns to plural nouns based on the spelling rules. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Synonyms
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying synonyms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use context clues and similarities to identify synonyms. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Answer What, Why, and How Questions
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Use Antonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using antonyms to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use contrast signal words (but, not, however, while, and yet) to identify antonyms and determine the meaning of words. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Homographs
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using homographs to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use word definitions and clues from the text to determine the meaning of homographs. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Distinguish Between Meanings of Homophones
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using homophones to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use spelling and definitions of homophones to use the word correctly in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Capitalize Geographical Names and Historical Periods
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing geographical names and historical events. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify historical events and geographical names in sentences and mark the letters to be capitalized. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Expand Simple Sentences
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Language lesson requires students to produce simple sentences on given topics. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, Students use a sample all of the major components of a sentence to describe a picture using a complete simple sentence.
Identify Complex Sentences
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Language lesson focuses on having students identify complex sentences. Students will be asked to identify the clauses and determine the structure of the sentence based on the subordinating conjunction. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.
Use Reflexive Pronouns
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson focuses on the use of reflexive pronouns. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Determine the Meaning of Multiple-Meaning Words
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson has students determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words.
Identify Types of Simple Sentences
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying types of simple sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students label subject and verbs in sentences and identify the type of simple sentence (SV, SSV, SVV, SSVV). In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Ensure Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement - Subjective Pronouns
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson focuses on ensuring the pronoun-antecedent agreement of subjective pronouns. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Use Abstract Nouns
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the use of abstract nouns in a sentence or paragraph. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. The nouns are grade-specific, and cover general, academic, and domain-specific words and phrases. Students should be reminded that abstract nouns cannot be experienced using the five senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste).
Use Regular and Irregular Verbs
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers regular and irregular verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn to form and use regular and irregular verbs.
Ensure Subject-Verb Agreement
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the subject-verb agreement. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn to identify and ensure correct subject-verb agreement in sentences and paragraphs.
Shades of Meaning
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson requires students to distinguish between words with shades of meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice using content-specific vocabulary and distinguishing between closely related words (e.g. thin, slender, skinny).
Use Coordinating Conjunctions
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers coordinating conjunctions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice using conjunctions to join words based on the relationship between words. It will be helpful if students are already familiar with complete simple and compound sentences prior to this lesson.
Use Signal Words to Show Relationships
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
The language lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify clues within the sentence that help them determine the proper use of words that show time (such as during, after, etc.) and words that show location (such as beneath, against, etc.).
Use Commas and Quotation Marks in Dialogue
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the proper use of commas and quotation marks. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice the correct placement of quotation marks and commas with dialogue.
Identify Regular & Irregular Verbs
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying regular and irregular verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read both present and past tense verbs and identify the change. Then students determine the type and use both verbs correctly in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Form and Use Possessive Nouns
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the formation and use of possessive nouns. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice forming and using possessive nouns. It will be helpful if students are already familiar with common, proper, possessive, collective and irregular plural nouns.
Use Synonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on applying knowledge of synonyms to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use known synonyms to determine the meaning of the unknown synonym. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Recognize and Explain the Meaning of Idioms
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson teaches students how to recognize and interpret frequently used idioms. This lesson is very impactful for English learners or ELD students. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students look at the literal and figurative meanings of the idioms side-by-side. Then in the activity they use the context of the text to interpret the meaning of idioms.
Punctuate Compound Sentences Correctly
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on correctly punctuating compound sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read sentences, identify the relationship of the clauses, if any, then they insert the proper comma. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Antonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on applying knowledge of antonyms to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use known antonyms to determine the meaning of the unknown antonym. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Suffixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using suffixes to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students determine the meaning of words by using the meaning of their suffixes for understanding. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Correctly Use Misused Verbs
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on correctly using commonly misused verbs, such as lie/lay, sit/set, teach/learn, and rise/raise. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentences, noting the choice of verbs. Then, they underline who or what the verb is affecting, and thus identify the correct verb. Finally, they write a new sentence with the correct verb. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson has students using relative pronouns and adverbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Use Modal Verbs
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson teaches students the different meanings expressed by modal verbs. Students will identify contexts in which modal verbs are used and select the correct modal verb from several choices.
Explain the Meaning of Similes & Metaphors
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson teaches students how to interpret figurative language including similes and metaphors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify a simile or metaphor in the context of a paragraph and how to use the context of the text to explain the meaning of the figurative language.
Use Prefixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of prefixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students determine the meaning of words by using the meaning of their prefixes and context clues for understanding. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Homophones
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson has students determine the meaning of homophones.
Use Idioms to Determine the Meaning of Phrases
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on applying knowledge of idioms to determine the meaning of phrases. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Order Adjectives Within Sentences
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Language lesson has students put adjectives in their correct order when describing nouns. Students will order adjectives within isolated sentences and within brief texts. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.
Use Quotation Marks Around the Exact Words of a Speaker
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on using quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the dialog tag. Then, they punctuate the sentence with quotation marks and read the sentence again, paying attention to the quotation marks. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Explain the Function of Conjunctions in Simple Sentences
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying types of simple sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentences and label the subject and verb, noting whether there is a compound subject, a compound verb, or neither. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine How Complex Sentences are Related
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying complex sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the subject and verb in the independent clause, and the subject, verb, and subordinating conjunction in the dependent clause. Then they identify the type of complex sentence (cSV, SV or SV cSV), and finally write how the clauses are related. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Separate Items in a Series
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers how to separate items in a series, using commas and semicolons. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify a series of items, where to put the commas, and when to use a semicolon.
Correct Shift Errors in Verb Tense
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Common Core language lesson covers how to avoid shift errors in verb tense, especially in the compound and complex sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to match the verb tense to the time a verb’s action takes place. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
Explain the Function of Conjunctions
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the use of conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating) in terms of how they connect words, phrases, or clauses by showing different relationships. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn when to use various conjunctions by explaining the relationship of the two parts they are connecting.
Explain Frequently Used Synonyms
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on explaining frequently used synonyms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a sentence with a bold word. They identify context clues in the sentence that explain its meaning and then determine the correct synonym for the bold word. Finally, they write and read the synonyms. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Homographs
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying homographs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read three sentences that use the homograph with different meanings. Then, they read two possible meanings and identify context clues to help explain which meaning fits with which sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Independent & Dependent Clauses in Sentences
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying independent and dependent clauses. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the independent clause, if any, by labeling SV and underlining. Then, they identify the dependent clause, if any, by labeling cSV and double underlining. Common subordinating conjunctions are provided for reference. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify and Use Modifiers
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying and using modifiers. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentences, identifying the descriptive word or modifier. Then, they draw an arrow to the word it is modifying, determine whether the modifier is an adjective or adverb, and use the modifier in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Prepositional Phrases
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying prepositional phrases. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and determine the preposition (based on a given table). Then, they identify the full prepositional phrase and whether the phrases shows position in space or time. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Commas Correctly
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Language lesson has students correctly use commas to separate different items in a sentence. Students will both insert commas where necessary and explain the reason that a comma is necessary there. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of independent practice and review.
Use Roots to Analyze the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using roots to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the root in the bold word (based on a given table). Then, they determine the word origin and meaning of the root and use the meaning of the root to choose the best meaning for the bold word. Finally, they interpret the sentence by rereading it while replacing the bold word with its meaning. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Combine Sentences with Appositives
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on combining sentences with appositives. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the noun in the first sentence and the noun phrase in the second. Then students are asked to combine the sentences with appositives. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Quotations Marks Around Titles
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on using quotation marks around titles. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read each sentence, looking for a title. Then, they insert quotation marks around the title of the work, if needed. Finally, they select the correctly punctuated sentence from four choices. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Explain the Meaning of Similes & Metaphors
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Common Core language lesson teaches students how to interpret figurative language including similes and metaphors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify a simile or metaphor in the context of a paragraph and how to use the context of the text to explain the meaning of the figurative language. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
Recognize & Explain the Meaning of Idioms
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Common Core language lesson teaches students how to recognize and interpret frequently used idioms. This lesson is very impactful for English learners or ELD students. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students look at the literal and figurative meanings of the idioms side-by-side. Then in the activity they use the context of the text to interpret the meaning of idioms. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
Use Prefixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using prefixes to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a sentence and identify the word with the prefix. Then, they divide the word between base and prefix and then determine the meaning of the prefix from a table. Finally, they combine the meanings of the prefix and the base to determine the meaning of the whole word. In addition to the lesson, there are fifteen pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Explain the Function of Prepositions
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the use of prepositional phrases (defined as a group of words that begins with a preposition) by how their relationship to other words or phrases. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn when to use prepositional phrases that show time, place or direction, and means or agency (how).
Interpret Metaphors
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on interpreting metaphors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify metaphors in sentences and determine what qualities the two objects have in common. Then, they interpret the meaning of the metaphor. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify & Interpret Imagery
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers how to identify imagery, and then interpret the author's purpose in using imagery. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Ensure That Pronouns Are in the Proper Case
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the use of pronouns in the proper case. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn when to use subjective, objective, and possessive case forms of pronouns.
Explain Shades of Meaning of Related Words
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on interpreting shades of meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the definitions of closely related words and the sentences that follow. Then, they use context clues to place the correct word in its proper sentence. Last, students explain their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Interpret Hyperbole in a Sentence
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers how to identify and interpret hyperbole. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will develop the skill of looking for an exaggerated phrase in a text that stretches the truth about something, and then interpreting its meaning.
Distinguish Between the Connotations of Words with Similar Denotations
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers how to distinguish between connotations of words with similar denotations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will analyze sentences for context clues that suggest which of three similar words can be used in the sentence based on each word’s denotation and connotation.
Spell Words Correctly
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on spelling words correctly. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice spelling words correctly using six different spelling rules about adding suffixes to the end of words. In addition to the lesson, there are 12 pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Roots & Affixes
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language/vocabulary lesson covers how to determine the meaning of words using roots and affixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to analyze words in a sentence based on given root definitions.
Express Ideas with Precise Verbs
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers how to express ideas with precise verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a sentence and instructions for a more specific verb that is needed in the sentence. Then, they choose the most precise verb from a list of possibilities.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers the use of context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will read a paragraph, identify context clues that help explain the meaning of bolded words, and then reread the sentence replacing the word with its meaning.
Distinguish Among the Connotations of Words with Similar Denotations
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers how to distinguish between connotations of words with similar denotations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will analyze sentences for context clues that suggest which of three similar words can be used in the sentence based on each word’s denotation and connotation.
Explain the Function of Adverbial Phrases
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers how to explain the function of adverbial phrases. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the adverbial phrase, and then determine what information it gives about the bolded verb (such as how, when, where, and why).
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language/vocabulary lesson covers the use of context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify word meaning within expository passages.
Use Verbs in the Active and Passive Voice
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Language lesson focuses on having students correct the use of the passive voice. Students will identify the actors and recipients of the action in a sentnece and rewrite the sentence to use the active voice. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.
Distinguish Among the Connotations of Words with Similar Denotations
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Use Affixes to Change the Meaning and Function of Words
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze Nuances in Word Meaning
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Use Affixes to Change the Meaning and Function of Words
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze the Impact of Word Choices on Meaning and Tone
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Figurative Meaning in Speeches
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze Nuances in Word Meaning
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Use Affixes to Change the Meaning and Function of Words
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Figurative Meaning in Speeches
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze the Impact of Word Choices on Meaning and Tone
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Use Affixes to Change the Meaning and Function of Words
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Produce Complete Sentences (Writing)
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Language lesson requires students to produce simple sentences using subjects and intransitive verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Spell Sight Words
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on spelling sight words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice spelling sight words that must be memorized because they usually do not follow any spelling rules. In addition to the lesson, there are nine pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify and Use Nouns
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy Program.
Form Plural Nouns -s
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Recognize and Name End Punctuation
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson focuses on recognizing and naming end punctuation. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Determine the Meaning of Multiple-Meaning Words
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson has students determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words.
Use Verbs
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy program.
Capitalize the Word I
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson focuses on ensuring the pronoun I is capitalized. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Produce Complete Sentences (Oral)
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Language lesson requires students to produce simple sentences using subjects and intransitive verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Capitalize the First Word of a Sentence
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing the first word of a sentence The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. This lesson practices using uppercase letters as a rule when writing the first word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Comparative and Superlative Adjectives (regular)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.
Plan and Deliver an Oral Presentation
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Ensure Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement - objective personal pronouns
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This language lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.
Plan and Write Persuasive Writing
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Persuasion (Agree Strongly, Agree Partially, Report Indirectly)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Evaluate Persuasion Techniques (Pathos, Ethos, Logos)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Determiners
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.
Use Articles
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Combine Clauses (Condition, Manner/Degree, Conjunction)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Create Complex Sentences
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Evaluate Persuasion Techniques (Testimonial, Emotional Appeal, Expert Opinion)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Perfect Verb Tenses
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Persuasion (Disagree Strongly, Disagree Politely, Counter Argument)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Progressive Verb Tenses
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Adjust Language Choices (to task)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Perfect Verb Tenses
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Express Ideas Using Modal Verbs (Will, Would, Shall, Should)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Combine Clauses (Cause/Reason, Effect/Result, Conjunction)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Create Complex Sentences
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Flashcards Read Plural Nouns [-s, -ies, -ves] (Level C)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Plan & Write Persuasive Writing
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Plan and Deliver an Oral Presentation
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Progressive Verb Tenses
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Adjust Language Choices (to Purpose)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Express Ideas Using Modal Verbs (Might, May, Must, Can't)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.
Use Simple Verb Tenses - regular verbs
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a part of the Link to Literacy Program.
Capitalize Holidays, Product Names, and Geographic Names
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Use Prepositional Phrases
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.