Category Archives: Independent Practice

This is material either specifically designed for or appropriate to use for what is more commonly known as “homework.”

Everyday Edit: Pocahontas

OK, here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on Pocahontas for Women’s History Month 2020. I always like to give credit where credit is due, so let me once again remind you that you can find a yearlong supply of these worksheets at Education world, where the generous proprietors of that site give them away at no charge.

If you find typos, fix the dang things, That’s the purpose of these exercises.

Cultural Literacy: Syntax

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on syntax. I’m pretty sure I’ve published it elsewhere on this blog as part of a lesson plan. This post will make the document more easily searchable. I think you could use this document with just about any lesson on writing–either as an introduction to the topic, a short independent practice exercise to take home, or as reinforcement and retention somewhere along the line in a unit on writing.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Three Basic Research and Comprehension Worksheets on Formula 1 Racing

In an attempt meet the needs of a student I served, earlier this week I wrote these three basic research and comprehension worksheets on Formula 1 racing. I envisioned them as useful in calling up prior knowledge and conducting basic inquiries on the internet.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Word Root Exercise: Lun, Luni

Here is a worksheet on the Latin word roots lun and luni. They mean, you will probably not be surprised to hear, moon. These show up quite a bit in English (lunar, lunatic, interlunar, etc.).

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Everyday Edit: Maya Angelou

Moving right along on this late winter morning, here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on Maya Angelou. I cannot in good conscience–even though if you find these worksheets on Mark’s Text Terminal, you have already read this ad nauseum–post this material without both thanking and directing you towards the Education World website, where you can find a yearlong supply of Everyday Edit worksheets.

A Lesson Plan on War, Revolution, and Peace

Here is a lesson plan on war, revolution, and peace as causes of history. I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the noun agriculture. This is a discussion, brainstorming, and writing lesson, so here is a structured brainstorming and note-taking blank to use in the execution of this lesson.

And yes, for those in the know, I did crib the title of this lesson from the Hampshire College course (taught by Michael Klare when I took it in the fall of 1991) of the same name, part of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at that fine institution.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Pray (vi/vt), Prey (n/vi)

Here are five worksheets on the homophones pray and prey. They are used, respectively, as a transitive and intransitive verb, and a noun and intransitive verb. These are two commonly used, and equally commonly confused words, in the English language.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Kurt Godel

Here is a reading on Kurt Godel along with its attendant vocabulary building and comprehension worksheet. There is room in the document–and the latitude, as, like most other things on Mark’s Text Terminal, these are Word documents that can be edited for your students’ needs–to deal with some of the abstractions Godel’s work deals with.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: J.R.R. Tolkien

On my way out the door on this pleasant afternoon, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on J.R.R. Tolkien if you have students interested in The Lord of the Rings trilogy in print or onscreen.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Everyday Edit: Martha Washington

Here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on Martha Washington for Women’s History Month 2020. And if you want more of these, to give credit where it is always and abundantly due, the good people at Education World will supply you with a year’s worth of these documents.

And if you find typos on this document, they are there because they need to be fixed….