Daily Language Review, Grade 6, is loaded with focused practice exercise. Weekly units presented in a Monday-Thursday format that includes: * two sentences to edit including corrections in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, grammar, and vocabulary * three items that practice a variety of language and reading skills Friday practice cycles through seven formats: * language usage * identifying and correcting mistakes * combining sentences * working with the parts of a sentence * analogies * vocabulary * figurative speech (similes, metaphors)
Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The New York Times columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language. Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptness of finely crafted sentences and breaks them down into digestible morsels, giving readers an instant play-by-play.
This special retelling of The Adventures of Pinocchio includes 1000 intermediate-level PSAT/SAT vocabulary words, which appear in bold type throughout the story. At the bottom of each page are thorough but easy-to-understand definitions and interesting illustrative sentences for each of the highlighted words. Includes index.
The Teacher´s Magazine Nº 113 (May 2009)
The varied materials in this month´s edition are mainly focused on the special needs that teachers have expressed in the online survey (parts of the body, making sentences, History and Science activities for CLIL, creating flashcards)
These are personal collections from the net for teaching and learning Linking Words.
Linking words and phrases are extremely important in writing. They help you to connect your ideas and sentences, so that your reader can follow your ideas. If you do not use linking devices, your sentences could appear isolated from each other, which makes it more difficult for your reader to follow your "line of thinking" and the points you make.
