English Language Arts


Websites for Teaching & Practicing Grammar Skills

PowerPoint on commas in phrases and clauses, comma splices
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/comma.PPT

PowerPoint on clarity, misplaced modifiers, passive voice, sentence combining
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/sentence.PPT

Grammar Enrichment games and activities for Grades 6-8
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/rdg/
hme/enrichment/index.thtml&grades=6_8&alt=6-8

Punctuation: Football-based lesson
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/23.html

PowerPoints on a variety of grammar topics
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm

Interactive instruction plus Quizzes on a variety of grammar topics
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

Grammar lessons with online quizzes that provide immediate feedback
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos.htm

The lyrics to the Grammar Rock (Schoolhouse Rock) songs some of us grew up with—(e.g., "Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?")
http://www.postdiluvian.org/~gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/grammar/grammar.html

Simple grammar lessons with quick online quizzes for each lesson
http://www.mcwdn.org/grammar/anigrammar.html

Grammarman comics have sound and pictures to help students find grammatical errors
http://www.grammarmancomic.com/comicsgman.html

Lesson plans and templates for games/activities to teach and practice grammar
http://www.teachersdesk.org/english_plans.html

Online quizzes for students on specific grammar topics
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/quizzes/index.html

Instruction on the page, followed by quizzes with immediate feedback
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htm