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Included here are six different handouts covering a total of 10 different grammar concepts; in addition, each handout has at least 10 accompanying practice problems. In addition to that, there is a full 60 question test that you can use a diagnostic or an end-of-unit assessment. Lots of great stuff here that will save time! Note: answer key IS included.

11 pages of parallelism handouts, practice problems, sentence creating, quizzes and tests. There's a nice mix of multiple choice questions and interpretive questions, including a rhetorical analysis quiz that is a great reading strategies activity.

Here's some resources for misplaced and dangling modifier issues, both of which appeear on the ACT English portion. Inside, you'll find two handouts, 20 practice problems and a quiz. FYI: as with all my downloads, I don't necessarily give instructions; feel free to modify and alter my resources at will.

To help my college students construct arguable, specific, and representative thesis statements, I use a series of templates to have them work through their ideas. Included in this word document are a template warm-up exercise, which helps students articulate their core position on the essay topic; and two thesis structures, one for position essays, where they would evaluate the worth or meaning of something, and a proposal structure for when they are making recommendations or providing solutions

A host of resources for teaching semicolons (and a colons). Includes handouts, practice problems, quizzes in both multiple choice and editing-in-context formats, as well as a couple of lessons involving constructing thesis statements using semicolons.

Contains worksheet, practice problems and quiz for a common grammatical error!

This handout is for teaching a sociological lens when analyzing literature. You'll note that the excerpt is from Jane Eyre, but you can replace it with any text you choose; the core concept remains the same. Great for AP students!

This document can be used as a series of in-class activities or as a guide/worksheet for students when preparing for comparison-contrast analysis. Here's what's so invaluable about it: I've come up with a method to teach students how to construct their theses, and subsequently organize their response, by theme/idea, which is often difficult to express to students (especially more simplistic organizing devices are so easy and familiar to them.). This doc. is especially helpful for comparative lit

What we've got here is perfect for your poetry unit needs: an essay assignment focusing on the skills of definition and analysis--three different response options, all asking for complex responses. The prompts are broad and not poem-specific; design your own unit and use these prompt options to achieve your goals.

Make correct commas choices with restrictive and nonrestrictive elements are among the most difficult grammar concepts for high school English students. Included here is a clear handout, along with practice problems and quizzes.

Handy, graphic-filled comma packet that works particularly well with freshman and sophomores. The major comma rules are explained clearly and are followed with practice exercises.

I use the following outline form when my sophomores are prepping for their essays on Julius Caesar, but it can easily be adapted to any thesis-driven argumentative assignment. The form provides a clear thesis format (if you purchase this and want the accompanying powerpoint template, email me at mrcawn@hotmail.com and I'll send it to you) and asks students to move to the specifics of their topic, particularly the "so what?" element we want all students to grapple with. Perfect for any book!

14 pages of pronoun antecedent madness: problems; quizzes; and a nifty, effective handout to help high school students through it.

handout, practice, two types of quizzes

Simple handout explains how to decide between who/whom, and includes problems to practice with.