Capitalization and Basic Punctuation Workbook		Parts of Speech Worksheet Set
	Grammar Theme		Synonyms and Antonyms Workbook
	Grammar Workbook, Vol. 1		Word Families Workbook
	Grammar Workbook, Vol. 2		Writing Starters: Beginning Level
	Letter and Sound Recognition Workbook		Writing Starters: Narrative
	Parts of Speech Set 1		Writing Starters: Personal Narrative

Grammar Lesson Plans

1. A lesson on Adjectives taught with Music- The students will broaden their knowledge about adjectives through using them to describe both objects and music.
2. Action Is Character: Exploring Character Traits with Adjectives
3. Adjective- For every picture write at least five adjectives. Try to make up sentences with them.
4. Adjective Monster- Students will explore the connections between visual art and language arts, and how both are used to creatively tell stories and express emotions.
5. ADVERBILY- To provide a method of reinforcement for practicing the use of adverbs.
6. Appropriate Use of Helping Verbs- Since it is very difficult for many students, especially special needs students, to remember which form of the verb to use with the helping verb, teaching them a contrived trick often helps them choose the correct form.
7. Avoiding Sexist Language by Using Gender-Fair Pronouns
8. Capitalization and Basic Punctuation Workbook

1. Character Clash: A Mini-Lesson on Paragraphing and Dialogue- This mini-lesson asks students to look closely at their writing, marking speaking parts, and then to return to the beginning to find any places where the "characters clash."
2. Choosing the Best Verb: An Active and Passive Voice Mini-Lesson- This mini-lesson explores verb choice in a variety of online resources then encourages students to draw conclusions about verb use which they can apply to their own writing.
3. Colorful Parts of Speech- To help students learn the functions of words within a sentence, we Language Arts teachers were often encouraged to teach them how to diagram.
4. Coloring Language w/ adverbs and adjectives- The students will be able to use adverbs and adjectives to add meaning, mood, and color to a paragraph.
5. Complete Sentences- After reading a chapter of The Indian in the Cupboard, show the students an example of Little Bear's choppy use of English (for example, "You come near, I hurt you.")
6. Delicious Descriptive Adjectives- Your mission for this project is to make different foods sound as delectable and as scrumptious as possible. Are you up for the challenge?
7. Every Punctuation Mark Matters: A Mini-Lesson on Semicolons- In this mini-lesson, students first explore Dr. King's use of semicolons and their rhetorical significance, then apply the lesson to their own writing by searching for ways to follow Dr. King's model and use the punctuation mark in their own writing.
8. Fanatically Grammatically Correct- In this lesson, students reflect on how punctuation shapes meaning, then research guidelines for correct usage. Through a series of brief writing assignments, they explore how creative writers employ punctuation as an essential tool in their craft. Then, they create board games to teach elementary school students how to properly punctuate.
9. Football based punctuation lessons- It's a fantastic mastery learning technique. Whatever we learned in September is kept fresh in March through Language Arts Football.
10. Fun with Adjectives- The students will be able to identify an adjective as a part of speech.
11. Good Grammar, Good Style- Find the answer to your questions in the Good Grammar, Good Style Archive — over 100 pages of useful articles and frequently asked questions!
12. Grammar War- This is a competition which can enliven any grammar unit. I did it with a subject/verb agreement unit, but you can probably use this format for anything.
13. Grammar: A Review of the Eight Parts of Speech- This lesson will focus exclusively on the parts of speech dimension of outcome 711: "Identify the eight parts of speech...."
14. Grammarcise- As part of their study of grammar, Steven Balzarini's and Michael Ferraro's students conceptualized, planned story sequences, shot slides, and recorded narration for a slide/tape presentation on the eight parts of speech.
15. Grammarfest- A fun way to reinforce proper grammar.
16. GrammarNOW! A Grammar, Composition, Editing, Proofreading Resource-  This is a free site dedicated to answering specific grammar, composition, research or formatting questions.
17. Hailstones & Halibut Bones: Using Color to Teach Adjectives- After teaching and practicing nouns and verbs I use poetry to help with adjectives.
18. Here s a game idea on Common and Proper Nouns- To make a competition between teams ask for complete silence. Make sure students are seated in a circle. Lay the paper in front of one student.
19. Homonyms- To understand the concept of homonyms and be able to pick them out in a sentence.
20. Horrid Homonyms- This activity is designed to remind students of the specific meanings and correct usage of some of these often confused words.
21. Identifying and Classifying Verbs in Context- This lesson assists students in grades 3–5 in identifying and classifying three kinds of verbs—action verbs, state-of-being or linking verbs, and helping verbs.
22. Inside or Outside? A Mini-Lesson on Quotation Marks and More- This mini-lesson asks students to look closely at their writing, marking quotation marks and considering how the conventions of punctuation apply.
23. Knowing Write from Wrong- In this lesson, students explore how the informality of electronic correspondence has affected communications in the workplace. They then develop pages for a basic writing guide that contains rules and examples to help correct common writing errors.
24. KODAK: Education - Using Photography- The teacher adds that the unexpected outcomes included the degree of photographic skill developed by the children, the pride they took in displaying their work on the school bulletin board, and the modification of attitudes of other students and teachers toward the special education students.
25. Manipulating Sentences to Reinforce Grammar Skills- In this lesson, students manipulate sentences from books or magazines that they are reading in class to learn grammar in context and review grammar rules.
26. More than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs- After reviewing specific nouns, students use a two-column list of specific nouns and ordinary verbs specific to a particular occupation to create descriptive lines with vivid verbs being used in a different context.
27. Noun Scattegories- This is a great review of nouns.
28. Parts of Speech- Students will be able to compose and write sentences following the conventions of the English language.
29. Parts of Speech Review- By reviewing parts of speech with hands-on activities, children will retain and enjoy studying sentence structure.
30. Punctuation Penguins- Write out sentences, without punctuatuion. Since we were studying penguins, all setences were factual, about penguins. You can do as many as you think appropriate.
31. Showcase of Language- Upon being presented with a sentence, the student will use the appropriate punctuation with 90% accuracy.
32. Subject and Predicate Puzzle- Split the class into two groups. Have one group write only a complete subject on its card/paper. The other group writes only a complete predicate only on its card/paper.
33. Teaching Grammar and Writing Principles through the Arts- In this lesson, students will reflect on the ways they have been taught grammar. By composing original songs, dances, poems, skits or artwork, students explore ways to teach writing and grammar creatively and effectively.
34. This lesson is called Adjective and Adverb Taboo- This game is played similar to the popular game of "Taboo."
35. This lesson is on making Singular Nouns Plural- This lesson involves the use of the Structural Analysis element of the Inflectional Ending "-s" to make singular nouns plural.
36. The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play- This lesson, which is also appropriate for some high school students, extends students’ knowledge of parts of speech and encourages them to look critically at how language functions.
37. Verb practice & review- I had a friend make a bunch of small wooden dice for me, but instead of using dots, I wrote different pronouns on each side.
38. What’s My Subject? A Subject: Verb Agreement Minilesson- In this minilesson, high school students explore subject–verb agreement using real-life examples from newspapers and song lyrics. In addition to reviewing and identifying both correct and incorrect subject–verb agreement, students look at when it may be appropriate to use ungrammatical language and talk about the difference between formal and informal language.
39. Which Witch is Which?- This activity is based on practicing homonyms.