ALEX Learning Activity Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2015] (7) 36 :

36 ) Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.7.1]

a. Demonstrate knowledge of subject-verb agreement when interrupted by a prepositional phrase, with inverted word order, with indefinite pronouns as subjects, compound subjects joined by correlative and coordinating conjunctions, and collective nouns when verb form depends on the rest of the sentence. (Alabama)

b. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. [L.7.1a]

c. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. [L.7.1b]

d. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.* [L.7.1c]

In this lesson, students will focus on the relationship between the indirect object, which is also the preposition in the sentence, direct object and the verb. A jeopardy template will be used to provide both visual and immediate feedback to the students, as well as reinforce their ability to identify the direct object, verb, and indirect object.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2015] (7) 36 :

36 ) Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.7.1]

a. Demonstrate knowledge of subject-verb agreement when interrupted by a prepositional phrase, with inverted word order, with indefinite pronouns as subjects, compound subjects joined by correlative and coordinating conjunctions, and collective nouns when verb form depends on the rest of the sentence. (Alabama)

b. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. [L.7.1a]

c. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. [L.7.1b]

d. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.* [L.7.1c]

In this grammar lesson, students will use a graphic organizer/worksheet to determine three concepts: the subject, action verb, and direct object in a sentence

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX  Resource Development Summit.