Tag Archives: punctuation

A Lesson Plan on Using the Modal and Conditional Verbs

Here is a lesson plan on using modal and conditional verbs.

I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on, simply, verbs. In the event this lesson goes into a second day, here is another do-now, this one an Everyday Edit worksheet on the roller coaster. This scaffolded worksheet on using modal and conditional verbs is the centerpiece of this lesson. Finally, here is the teacher’s copy of the worksheet to make teaching this lesson a little easier.

Incidentally, if you like Everyday Edit worksheets, please remember that the good people at Education World generously offer a yearlong supply of them at their site.

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.

Congress (n)

Here are two context clues worksheets on the noun congress if you can use them. Incidentally, these present an opportunity to help students further differentiate between proper and common nouns–congress is used both ways in these documents. A simple question like “Why is this noun capitalized in some sentences and not in others?” would push the conversation in the direction you need it to go to develop understanding of this area of usage.

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.

A Lesson Plan on the Possessive Case of Nouns

Last but not least this morning, here is a lesson plan on the possessive case of nouns. I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the grim reaper, a subject which rarely fails to elicit student interest right at the beginning of a class period. Here is a learning support on this area of grammar and punctuation. This scaffolded worksheet is the centerpiece of this lesson; finally, here is the teacher’s copy of the worksheet.

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.

A Lesson Plan on the Compound Noun

Alright, moving right along, here is a lesson plan on the compound noun and its use in declarative sentences. I open this lesson with the Everyday Edit worksheet on National Public Radio (and as I will never stop saying every time I post an Everyday Edit worksheet, the generous proprietors of Education World will let you walk away from their site with a yearlong supply of these worksheets free of charge). This scaffolded worksheet at the center of the lesson will take most of your time in helping students master this point of grammar and usage. I made this teacher’s copy of the worksheet to make sure I taught the material consistently. Finally, here is the learning support, a word bank, to help move the work along.

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.

Everyday Edit: Japan’s “Coming of Age Day”

Here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on Japan’s “Coming of Age Day.” If you like these worksheets then you are in luck! The generous people at Education World give away a yearlong supply of them, and if you dig a little deeper over there, you’ll find the answer keys as well.

Everyday Edit: Islamic Hajj

Here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on the Islamic Hajj to get kids thinking about our newest neighbors and to help them learn to revise prose. Don’t forget, please, that the good people at Education World give away a yearlong supply of these, free for the taking. I’ve used these to good effect for many years in my classrooms.

And if you find typos in this document, well, repair them! That is the point, after all, of an exercise such as this one.

A Lesson Plan on Using the Predicate Pronoun

Here is a lesson plan on using the predicate pronoun.

I open this lesson with this Everyday Edit worksheet on Anne Frank (and you can help yourself to a yearlong supply of these worksheets courtesy of the good people at Education World). Here is a learning support on pronouns to assist students in developing their own understanding of these words and their use in declarative sentences. This scaffolded worksheet is the center of this lesson; here is the teacher’s copy of the worksheet.

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.

Everyday Edit: Hiroshima Bombing

Don’t forget that April is Asian Pacific American History Month. Mark’s Text Terminal takes pains to observe four themed history months (Hispanic Heritage, Black or African-American, Women’s, and Asian Pacific American) each year. You can link to materials related to any of these commemorations by using the tags in the word clouds at the top right of this site.

Here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on the bombing of Hiroshima.

To give credit where it is so abundantly due, please don’t forget that the generous people at Education World give away a entire year’s supply of Everyday Edit worksheets.

Everyday Edit: Hawaii, the 50th State

Moving right along this morning, here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on Hawaii, America’s 50th State.

And as always, to give credit where it is so abundantly due, you should know that the good people at Education World generously offer at no cost to you a yearlong supply of these documents. I’ve used them for many years in my classrooms, and they are first rate.

And if you find typos in this document, for heaven’s sake fix them! That’s the whole point here….

Everyday Edit: Yoshiko Uchida

In observation of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2020, here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on Yoshiko Uchida, the Japanese-American writer who suffered the indignity of internment in California during World War II (see above). Please don’t forget that the generous proprietors of the Education World website give away for the taking a yearlong supply of Everyday Edit worksheets. I’ve used these documents to very good effect in my classrooms over the years.