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Adjectives, Gerunds, Infinitives Board Game: Identifying Parts of Speech

This activity takes place as a review after students have learned adjectives, infinitives and gerunds. Cut up the parts of speech cards. You will need a game board for each small group and enough dice for each group to use one. Students get into small groups with the cards face-down and a player piece on “Start” (I have them use a tiny piece of paper with their initials on it). A player rolls the die, […]

Vocabulary Graphic Organizer

VocabularyChart – Click Here Have students select ten survival words, that is words that would be necessary to discuss the topic.  Survival words enhance comprehension and teach students vocabulary relevant to a topic. The form is then filled out by writing down the word; Copy the complete sentence in the text in which the survival word is used.  (This teaches students the specific context in which the word is used which would determine meaning of […]