Category Archives: Independent Practice

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

Truth

Posted on June 20, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a reading on truth along with its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet. This is an Intellectual Devotional reading on truth as a problem in philosophy; like most of the readings I’ve developed into avenues of inquiry, this is a good general introduction to the problem of truth. But make no mistake: truth is a complex and often tendentious topic in philosophical discussions. Student interested in the topic will soon need something more substantial than this set of documents.

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Common Errors in English Usage: Importantly (adv), Important (adj)

Posted on June 20, 2022 | Leave a comment

With text from Paul Brians’ book Common Errors in English Usage, here is a worksheet differentiating the use of importantly and important. The first word is an adverb, the second an adjective; the reading does a nice job of guiding students through the differences in these two words and how to use them.

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Common English Verbs Followed by Gerunds: Delay

Posted on June 17, 2022 | Leave a comment

OK, last, and most likely least, this morning, here is a worksheet on the verb delay used with a gerund. Please don’t delay downloading your copy of this document.

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Cultural Literacy: Thriller

Posted on June 17, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the thriller as a literary genre. This is a half-page worksheet with a reading of two sentences and two comprehensions questions. In other words, a basic, but solid, introduction to this literary genre.

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Word Root Exercise: Spect, Spec, Spic

Posted on June 17, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet on the Latin word roots spect, spec, and spic. This productive root in English means “to look” and “to see.” You’ll find it in such high-frequency words as aspect, prospect, respect, and inspect–all of which you’ll find on this worksheet; you’ll also find specious, a less-used adjective but a useful one nonetheless. It means “having deceptive attraction or allure” and   “having a false look of truth or genuineness.”

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The Weekly Text, 17 June 2022: Summer of Soul Lesson 3

Posted on June 17, 2022 | Leave a comment

If you’ve been following along for the past couple of Fridays, then here is the third lesson plan of the Summer of Soul unit I wrote last spring to take advantage of high interest in that superb documentary and the events it records and assesses. To carry out this lesson, the third of four, I begin with this short reading with three comprehension questions on the Baby Boomer generation as a do-now exercise. The primary work of this lesson involves this truncated reading on Woodstock and its accompanying discussion guide and note-taking worksheet.

If you would prefer longer-form materials on Woodstock, you’ll find those here. Otherwise, that’s it for another week.

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Common English Verbs Followed by Gerunds: Consider

Posted on June 16, 2022 | Leave a comment

Last but not least this morning, here is a worksheet on the verb consider as it is used with gerunds. I hope you will consider looking at it.

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Cultural Literacy: Synonym, Antonym

Posted on June 16, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is another pair of Cultural Literacy worksheets that belong in the same post: the first on synonyms, which is a half page worksheet with a reading of two short sentences and two comprehension questions. The second, on antonyms, also has two short sentences as a reading, and two comprehension questions.

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Word Root Exercise: Rupt

Posted on June 15, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet on the Greek word root rupt. It means “to break, burst.” This productive root yields in the English language a number of high-frequency words like disrupt, corrupt, bankrupt, and rupture. I suppose there is really nothing more to say than that.

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Cultural Literacy: Comparative, Superlative

Posted on June 15, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here’s a pair of Cultural Literacy worksheets that must go out together: the the first on the comparative form of adjectives is a half-pager with a reading of two sentences, the second of them a long compound separated by several semicolons, and three comprehension questions . The second covers the superlative form of adjectives; this is a full-page worksheet with a reading of two sentences, the second a compound, with three comprehension questions and a fourth independent practice exercises

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