Thematic Units - Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives
Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives
You will find various Web Sites on the top portion of this page.
Further down, you will find Lesson Plans & Activities.
At the bottom of the page, you will find Books that you can order directly from Amazon.com!
Web Sites
Buzzword Sponge Activity
You receive the Buzzword of the day. This can be a great beginning of the day activity.
Crazy Mad Libs
Just like paper...but online!
Houghton Mifflin's Grammar and Writing Site Grades K-5
This site, designed by Houghton Mifflin, will help students with their grammar and writing.
Grammar Bytes
An interactive review of grammar. A great resource for students and teachers.
Grammar Gorillas
Our friends, the Grammar Gorillas, need help identifying parts of speech. If you click on the right word in the sentence, our friends get a banana. And you know, a gorilla with a banana is a gorilla with appeal.
Grammar Quizzes
Created at various levels and for different grammar areas.
Kid Crosswords
Students are able to print and complete a variety of Crossword puzzles.
Mad Lib An Interactive Internet Lesson Grades Intermediate
Students write using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes.
The Parts of Speech
A resourceful page for students, parents, and teachers.
The Parts of Speech
Another great online resource for anyone.
Parts of Speech Flashcards
This is a great interactive site for higher level students.
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Lesson Plans & Activities
This indicates resources located on The Teacher's Corner.
Newspaper Nouns Grades 4+
A fun group activity for older students.
Submitted by: Janet Olson solsun@email-removed, a seventh grade English and reading teacher at Tipton-Rosemark Academy in Millington, Tennessee. This tip was published in the NEA's Weekly Works4Me list.
A Shower of Adjectives Grades 2-4
This bulletin board activity showcases students' knowledge of adjectives, using an umbrella/raindrops theme.
Adjective Exercise Grades Intermediate
Students write adjectives that describe a picture.
Adjectives Grades Intermediate & Up
By the end of this lesson the student will be able to define and give examples of the following terms: adjective, noun, pronoun, articles and modify.
Appetizing Adjectives Grades 4-8
Have students re-design a restaurant menu. The students will use adjectives to make the menus more appetizing.
Colorful Parts of Speech Grades Elementary
An activity to give your students practice in identifying parts of speech and noticing the positioning of words in a sentence.
Coloring Language w/ adverbs and Adjectives Grades Elementary
The students will be able to use adverbs and adjectives to add meaning, mood, and color to a paragraph.
Delicious Descriptive Adjectives Grade Elementary
Your mission for this project is to make different foods sound as delectable and as
scrumptious as possible. Are you up for the challenge? Are your mouths ready to water and stomachs ready to grumble?
Grammar War Grades Various
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. Days, times, activities are all flexible. Be creative!
Music Adjectives Grade 3
The students will broaden their knowledge about adjectives through using them to describe both objects and music.
Using the Senses to Write Descriptively Grades 3-8
Students learn how descriptions that make use of their five senses can improve their writing.
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Books
25 Great Grammar Poems with Activities (Grades 3-6)
by Bobbi Katz
Caught'Ya !: Grammar With a Giggle
by Jane Bell Kiester
Caught'Ya Again!: More Grammar With a Giggle
by Jane Bell Kiester
Comic-Strip Grammar (Grades 4-8)
by Dan Greenberg
English Grammar Through Guided Writing: Parts Of Speech [PHOTOCOPY]
by Lorraine McClelland
Fun With Grammar
by Laura Sunley
Grammar Works! (Grades 4-8)
by Jim Halverson
Great Grammar Lessons That Work (Grades 3-6)
by Lee Karnowski
Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do With Grammar
by Randy Larson
How to Use Parts of Speech, Grades 1-3
by J. L. Smith
How to Use Parts of Speech, Grades 6-8
by Toni Rouse
Parts of Speech (Classroom Helpers)
by Sara Freeman
Parts of Speech: Grades 3 & 4 (Practice Makes Perfect)
by Sarah Kartchner Clark
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives: Grades 2-3 (Practice Makes Perfect)
by Sarah Kartchner Clark
Noun Hounds and Other Great Grammar Games (Grades 3-6)
by Lorraine Hopping Egan
Writing Skills Made Fun: Parts of Speech (Writing Skills Made Fun)
by Karen Kellaher
Brian P. Cleary's Collection:
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?
To Root to Toot to Parachute
Under, Over, by the Clover
Your Foot's on My Feet!: And Other Tricky Nouns
Ruth Heller's Great Collection:
A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns (World of Language)
Behind the Mask
Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!
Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs
Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives
Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns
Mine, All Mine: A Book About Pronouns
Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs
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