Grammar
Can your students puzzle out the differences in these types of figurative language - without any instruction!?
What happens when we switch out a "but" with a "so"? An "and" with a "for"? How can such tiny words make such big differences?
Let's spice up a typically dull lesson about the difference between "its" and "it's" by asking students to write a children's story about the adventures of a critter named It.
Can your students puzzle out the differences in these sentences - without any instruction!?
What happens when a pronoun could refer to more than one noun? Big problems!
How many ways can we use "check" in a paragraph? And can your students spot when it's a verb, or a noun, or an adjective?
Plural nouns in English are deliciously fascinating. Yet most plural lessons are so dull! In this experience, students are given a pile of plurals and then inductively create groups and pull out rules and patterns.
Can your students puzzle out the differences in these two types of sentences - without any instruction!?
Can your students puzzle out the difference between these two types of sentences without any instruction!?
Which part of speech is most useful? Interesting? Strange?
What exactly does adding -less do to a word?
What makes these clauses different?
How many different ways can we use the word "gift" in a single paragraph? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
How many different ways can we use the word "thanks"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
Let's go beyond merely memorizing word parts and instead analyze across languages. How do other languages make a word the opposite?
How many different ways can we use the word "well"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
Students will determine when "may" is used for possibility and when it's used for permission.
How many different ways can we use the word "limit"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
Can students figure out the differences between sentences with past progressive and simple past tenses using the concept attainment model?
Can your students puzzle out the differences between these two tenses - without any instruction!?
Can the concept attainment model make transitive and intransitive verbs interesting? In my experience, it sure can!
Students will note the effects of adding a suffix to a word and then look for counter-examples to those patterns.
How many different ways can we use the word "fruit"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
How many different ways can we use the word "change"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
How many different ways can we use the word "care"? Let's find out in this Parts of Speech Party!