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Teacher Jane Gleason
Phone 651-744-7574
email: jane.gleason@spps.orgLearning to Write and Writing to Learn
Writing takes time and practice! This page will introduce grammar and writing practice web pages,TABE LANGUAE practice and typing skills. It's up to you to use them! Please feel free to ask questions at any time. I encourage shared learning with your classmates too.
TYPING PRACTICE DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS
Learning through SONG Song Lyrics (words) Songs with Quizzes (some songs are blocked) Try You'll Never Walk Alone
What a Wonderful World This Old Guitar past tense practice
TODAY"S Lesson: Itasca State Park Minnesota State Parks
Reading Skills -Marshal ABE lesson Memorial Day
ELCivics Memorial Day Lesson
Basic Guide to Writing and Grammar
Explanations and Videos on parts of speech and grammar
Sentence, paragraph and Index of writing practice lessons
QUIZZES-LANGUAGE ARTS FROM SOFTSCHOOLS
Azargrammar.com intermediate
AzarGrammar Advanced powerpoints
VOA Explanation present past and future
1. LINKING Verbs lesson- Read and do the quiz at the top of the page
The Verb To BE explained More Practice To Be Verb Be Answer practice Yes/No Question Practice Yes/No Read and Practice .
2. What is a NOUN? Proper Nouns Explained Plural Nouns explained --Proper or common nouns quiz Proper Nouns Quiz
3. What is a Pronoun? Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Practice 4 Practice 5 Pronoun Contraction Quiz
4. Practice with Possessive pronouns and adjectives
5. The Simple Present tense Present Tense Review Present tense quiz Quiz with explanations
More Practice of the present tense
6. List of common adverbs ADVERBS of FREQUENCY Explained Explanation Video:Adverbs of Frequency Make Sentences and write them HERE Quiz 1 Quiz 2
List of common adjectives7. Present Continous Click the lesson and continue with the exercises below the lesson.
8. ARTICLES explanation Online quizzes Here and HERE and HERE
9. Look at this lesson, then click on the practice and quiz links: How to Use Commas Lesson Kahn lesson Practice Quiz1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3
10. Compound Sentences using and, or, so, but
11. Use of because in compound sentences Listen to sentences with Because
- so/becasue quiz12 Verb Tense Review and quiz . 2. Verb Tense Quiz 3. Verb Tense Quiz
13. Present vs Past
14. Make questions with Verb BE Use Do verb in Yes/No Questions Lesson to Compare Yes/No Activity questions and answers
15. SIMPLE sentences: Lesson
Word Order: Practice putting the subjects, correct verbs and complements in order. Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Choose from this list of exercises17 Adjectives ending in ed OR ing LESSON GAME
18.Topic Sentence Practice Read and Practice Choose the correct topic sentence
19. Comparatives and Superlativers Lesson Comparatives and Superlatives Quiz Comparatives and Superlatives Quiz
20 Possessive Adjectives More exercises
21. Read the Lessons on use of Future tense. Understand the difference between use of "will" and "be+going+to"
Simple Future Tense Explained 2. Future Tense
22. Gerund and Infinitive Explained Gerunds and Infinitives Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Lesson on Infinitive
23. Verbs followed by Gerunds Gerunds Quiz
24. Practice SEQUENCE of EVENTS: Put in Order Menu Practice with this story
25. Practice using semi colon, colon
26. Perfect Tense Rules This site is difficult, but it gives more examples for Present Perfect. Practice Verb tense exercise 5 on the bottom of the page.
27 Basic Structure of Business Letter
Business Letter practice Quiz Common Phrases for Business English
28. Count and Non-Count Nouns Quiz1 Quiz2
29. Practice with Quotations, Shorter Explanation Quiz1 Quiz 2 Type sentences with quotes
30 Independent and Dependent Clause Practice QUIZ QUIZ
31. Using that, who, whom, which, where
32. Relative pronouns
33. Double Negatives examples Double negatives quiz 2
Quiz 3Reading, Language and Spelling Skills TABE LANGUAGE TEST PRACTICE