Sentence Structure

Commas after Introductions
A review of comma use after introductory clauses, phrases, and words.

Grammar Goes Green?
In this lesson, students review what qualifies as a grammatically complete sentence. They then use a Times article about the movie, Hulk, to help them identify interesting and challenging nouns and verbs that they can later mix and match to form new sentences.

Main and Subordinate Clauses
Originally designed as a slide presentation, this 14-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.

Pardon Me, Your Modifier is Dangling: A Creative Way to Teach Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
Students understand, correct, and illustrate misplaced and dangling modifiers. This lesson includes sentences for practice.

Phrases, Clauses, and What They Do
Explanations and examples.

Review: Sentence Structure
This interactive activity asks students to identify the type of sentence.

Sentence Clubhouse
In this online activity students review types of sentences. They also practice capital letters and punctuation.

Using Poetry to Teach the Subordinate Clause
This activity includes a model.