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Grammar made easy! Extension activity: active and passive voice
This set of exercises tests knowledge on the active and passive voices.There are in total 2 sets of questions with answer keys.
The questions focus on the following:
1) Changing sentences from active to passive voice.
2)Changing sentences from passive to active voice.
3)Intransitive and transitive verb sentences.
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Grammar made easy-Booklet of activities for Nouns
This booklet has 8 activities on nouns that focus specifically on the following:
1)Singular and plural nouns.
2)Apostrophes and nouns of possession.
3)Spelling and correct suffixes.
4)Functional grammar for sentence writing.
I have used this resource with my classes many times, and they loved the fact that there was a rubric for them to monitor their progress, as well as, a chance to select what they found difficulty with.
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Grammar Essentials-Nouns,Verbs,Adjectives,Pronouns and Adverbs.
This slide presentation is a slideshow of these parts of grammar. The slides include examples and can be used for ESL and first language students.
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Anne Frank and World War II (Events Leading to the Discrimination of Jews)
This resource is a worksheet on the start of the second world war in the context of Anne Frank and the Holocaust.It details important historical events that influenced the treatment of Jews and other minority groups.
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Character Analysis of the Novel : 'The Help'
This resource explains each of the characters from the 2009 novel: 'The Help'. It explains the context and background of each character as well as the historical background of the time, such as: the Jim Crow laws and segregation.
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Diwali -The Festival of Lights
This worksheet explains the festival and why it is celebrated around the world.
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Grammar Essentials part 2-Apostrophes
This series of slides demonstrates the following:
-What are apostrophes and when do we use them?
-What exceptions are there to using apostrophes?
-Which specific words need a contraction and which do not.
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The Simple Tenses: Past,Future and Present
This set of worksheets focusses on the simple tenses-the past, present and future.
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Grammar basics practice activity (adjectives,nouns and verbs)
This resource can be used as a group work or individual activity.These sheets can be used as a form of diagnostic assessment or as a summative test assignment.It deals specifically with verbs,adjectives and nouns.
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Story Planning Sheet -Making Narratives
This resource is a planning sheet suitable for all short stories,narratives,first person excerpts and essays.The following are discussed:
-Protagonists/antagonists
-Setting
-Scenery and motifs
-Literary devices in writing
-Rising action,climax and denoument
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Know Your Grammar:Idioms (question sheet and answer key)
This resource helps students understand complex idioms and their figurative meanings.It can be used as a test,worksheet task or as an activity.
It also comes with an answer key for the teacher.
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Creative Short Story Task template.
This is a task template I have used in class as a means of assessment. The task is centred around imaginative and creative writing, it's based on the general conventions of creative/individual writing. Complete with rubric, students are expected to follow specified writing patterns to complete their assignment.
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Easy Grammar! Active and Passive Voice Presentation.
This resource can be used as a whole lesson or in conjunction with other worksheets and supplementary materials.
The presentation explains the following:
1)The definition and difference between active and passive voice.
2)Practice examples and questions
3) 2 full exercises to test knowledge with attached answer key.
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The Attacks on France: Creating Social Awareness
This resource is a set of worksheets that deal with the Paris Bombings on November 13th 2015 by terrorist groups. It is designed to create an open discussion among students for important social and cultural awareness development. There are 4 activities in total with one possible expansion topic dealing with research on the nature of terrorism.
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Book Study: Soraya: The Storyteller Chapter 1
This English set book works on issues associated with race,refugees,ethnicity and immigration.This unit of work deals with:
An introduction of the first chapter.
Character listing
Glossary of terms
Discussion questions
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The San-Bernardino Massacre: Why Was this Such an Unusual Shooting?
This resource can be used as a single unit of work or as a point of reference for discussions and assessments. It tackles issues on gun laws in North America and the right to bear arms. It also has an in-depth section dealing with the unusual aspects of the events-what made this shooting so different from most others? Lastly, the resource covers the similarities of the event and why it has some likeness to other massacres of the decade.
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'Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl'/The Holocaust (Workbook and Homework Units)
The purpose of this resource is to not only explain the historical context of the Holocaust, but also show the social significance it had on a personal level for the Jewish nation. The source uses the context of 'Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl' to explain this in depth.
The source has:
An introduction to Jewish Persecution
An Introduction to 1933 Nazi Germany
An introduction of the novel and it's characters
12 homework units based on each chapter of the book
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Apartheid and Segregation in South Africa- Activity and word glossary
This worksheet is essential to those teaching Apartheid within higher levels of high school, it has a basic list of terms that students will likely encounter when studying this section. It also has a song activity (protest music of the Apartheid era) and a definition section on the aforementioned terms.
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Critical Thinking Task: Refugees-Allow or Refuse Entrance?
The task focuses on the long-debated question- whether refugees deserve to seek refuge in safer countries or whether they should not be allowed entry to first world countries.The lesson includes 2 clip sets that can be shown in class, a series of questions allowing for critical thinking and a short-essay section in which students argue for or against this topic.
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Closing Statements and Speeches-The formula for a successful speech.
This set of worksheets can be used across a wide range of learner levels, it focusses on the following:
-How to write a cohesive and eloquent speech or closing statement.
-Guidelines on paragraphing and including information
-Examples to illustrate each point-these are user-friendly and easy to understand.