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HOMOPHONES

The following is a list of resources gathered for ILA lessons on homophones.

1.       Homophone.com

2.       Homophone games

3.       To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones on Read, Write, Think

4.       “I’m just a little hoarse.”  Lesson Plan

5.       Lesson with Printables

6.       Easy Worksheets

7.       AtoZ Teacher Stuff: Homophones

8.       Fun Activities For Teaching Homophones

9.       Bulletin Board idea: Students grow a “pair of pears” homophone tree

10.   Funbrain: Word Confusion

11.   BBC: Homophones Game

12.   Interactive LA Skill Builders: Homophones

13.   Grammar for Kids: Homophones

14.   Homophone Car Rally

15.   Vocabulary Can be Fun: Homophones

16.   EZ School: Homophones

17.   Super Match Game

18.   Multiple, Leveled, Homophones Matching Games

19.   Homonym Game

20.   PPT Jeopardy Game

21.   Homophone Old Maid

22.   Kinesthetic Homophone Activities

23.   Make Take Teach: Teaching Homophones

24.   Between the Lions: Homophones Song

25.   Homophone Monkey

Commas Save Lives!

Below is a list of resources gathered for a 5th grade language arts grammar lesson.

1.      Detailed rules for comma usage and some nice quiz activities at the bottom.

2.      5 question quiz

3.       2nd 5 question quiz

4.      Lesson Plan: Comma Rules: How to Use Commas

5.      Printable rules and practice

6.      3 Teacher Chicks - Chart and printables

7.      Video and Quiz

8.      Worksheets and Activities

9.      Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources

10.  Time for Kids - Punctuation Practice

11.  Joy in the Journey

12.  A Lesson in Comma Sense

13.  FANBOYS Lesson

14.  eThemes: Commas

15.  BBC Commas Game

16.  Comma practice - 5 interactive quizzes of varied levels.

17.  Commas in Quotations - Read the directions and take the online quiz.

18.  Interactive exercises on using commas - Exercise 1 - Exercise 2 - Exercise 3 - Exercise 4 - Exercise 5

19.  Quiz on Comma Usage - Click on "The paragraph, please!" and a paragraph will appear in the top text-area.

20.  Quotation Marks and Commas - Online Quiz.

21.  Using Commas - Select sentence with correctly used commas. (Internet Explorer)

22.  Using Commas with Introductory Phrases - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert any necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).

23.  Welcome to Commas: Fill in the Blanks - In each blank space in the paragraphs below provide a comma where it is appropriate or write a small-case "x" (without the quotation marks) where a comma is not necessary.

24.  Comma Chameleon

25.  Test Your Comma IQ

11-13-2012 Passively Active Language Learners

Teching the CCCS

English Language Arts Standards

Grades 6-8

Language: Knowledge of Language

Knowledge of Language
L.6-8.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.		RESOURCES
GRADE 6	Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.* Maintain consistency in style and tone.*	Sentence Types Quiz: Sentence Types Sentence Structure Quiz Sentence Structure Review Sentence Structure Challenge Sentence Structure Practice Game Strategies for Variation Keables Guide to Sentence Structure Sentence Patterns Sentence Variety and Structure handout Writing with Clarity Transformations Varied Sentence Length and Style
GRADE 7	Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*	Less is More Lesson Conciseness Concise Sentence Practice Guide to Grammar: Concise Sentences How to Study: Writing Concisely Using Twitter Cut the Clutter Clarity Handout The Writer's Handbook The Writing Center
GRADE 8	Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).	Active/Passive Voice Active and Passive Voice Active Voice Versus Passive Voice Active Voice, Passive Voice The Passive Voice Active and Passive Tenses Active and Passive Verbs Active or Passive Practice Active and Passive Voice Video Lesson Get it Write Conditional Verb Forms Grammatical Mood The Subjunctive Mood Subjunctive Mood Types of Verbs

11-12-2012 Pass the Punctuation, Please!

Teching the CCCS

English Language Arts Standards

Grades 6-8

Language: Conventions of Standard English

L.6-8.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.		RESOURCES
GRADE 6	Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.* Spell correctly.	Colon Exercise Colon Exercise Colons Quiz: Semicolons and Colons Using Colons and Semi-Colons Question Marks, Quotation Marks & Parentheses Comma practice  Commas in Quotations Dear Mr. Henshaw Index of Punctuation Quizzes  Commas: Exercise 1 - Exercise 2 - Exercise 3 - Exercise 4 - Exercise 5 Power Proofreading Quiz on Comma Usage Quiz on Punctuation Quiz on Punctuation #2 Quiz on Punctuation #3  Quiz on Punctuation #4 Review of Punctuation Quotation Marks and Commas Using Commas Using Commas with Introductory Phrases Welcome to Commas: Fill in the Blanks! Avoiding Comma Splices Comma Usage Commas Galore Common Comma Uses Quiz Hyphens between words || with -ly words || with -re words ||with prefixes. Power Proofreading  Punctuation and Capitalization Mastery Test 8th Grade Punctuation Jeopardy Punctuation Campground  The Dash The Ellipsis
GRADE 7	Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable moviebut not He wore an old[,] green shirt). Spell correctly.
GRADE 8	Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break. Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission. Spell correctly.

11-9-2012 SHRocking Grammar and Usage CCCS for ELA

Teching the CCCS

English Language Arts Standards

Grades 6-8

Language: Conventions of Standard English

Conventions of Standard English
L.6-8.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.		RESOURCES
GRADE 6	Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive). Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.* Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).* Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.*	Grammar Bytes: Pronouns BBC Skillwise Pronouns on Sophia They're, Their & There - Video This, That, These & Those - Video Marlon's Pronouns Quiz Guide to Grammar: Pronouns Grammar Blast: Pronouns Pronoun Case
GRADE 7	Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence,   recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*	Adverb Phrases Adverb Phrases Practice1 Practice2 Grammar Page: Clauses and Phrases Dependent Clauses The Garden of Phrases Function of Phrases Phrase Type Excercise Phrase Practice Exercise Verbal Phrases Clauses Introductory Phrases and Clauses The Clause What is a Clause? Essential Building Blocks Functions of Clauses Identifying Clauses Independent ClausesI Independent Clauses II Independent/Dependent Practice Quiz Printable Practice Worksheets
GRADE 8	Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences. Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*	Linking Verbs Linking Verbs and Action Verbs Linking Verbs Quiz Forming the Simple Past: Regular Verbs Irregular English Verbs Irregular Verbs Irregular Verbs: Simple Past Regular Verbs: Simple Past Simple Past: Regular and Irregular Verbs - Complete Verb Phrases Identifying Verbs Phrasal Verbs Alter the Verb Tense BE Verb: Present and Past Expressing the Future Future Verb Forms Identifying Tenses Identifying Verbs Quiz Practicing the Be Verb Present Perfect: Forms 1 Present Perfect: Forms 2 Present Perfect Tense Recognizing Verb Tenses Simple Present "To Be" Verb Tense Challenge Verb Tenses 8th Grade Verbs Vocabulary verb quizzes Grammar Blast: Verbs Power Proofreading