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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

The Amazing Sentence Machine
Using simple pull-down menus, students add the various parts of speech to create fun and silly sentences.

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 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 Help
A great resource that gives examples and definitions.

Grammar Quizzes
Created at various levels and for different grammar areas.

Grammar Safari
Students of English who limit their study of grammar to what they find in grammar books are like naturalists who limit their study of nature to an encyclopedia. Once you leave the safe confines of the grammar books, you begin to learn all kinds of interesting things about the way English is used. It isn't easy; in fact, it's a jungle out there.

Interactive Quizzes
A great resource for homework or in class assignments.

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.

PowerPoint Presentations
Find PowerPoint presentations on the various parts of speech.

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Lesson Plans & Activities

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.

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.

The Noun Game Grades Various
This game was designed for ESL students, but would be great for any classroom.

Parts of Speech Grades Various
Students will look at the eight parts of speech.

Using the Senses to Write Descriptively Grades 3-8
Students learn how descriptions that make use of their five senses can improve their writing.

Verbs and Nouns Game Grade 2
Students will play a game in which they read sentences and decide if the sentence has a verb or a noun in it.

Writing Strong Verbs Grades K-12
Great ideas for each grade level.

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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