What’s Inside: Each lesson includes print-and-go versions with:
- Clear examples and reference materials
- Cut-and-paste interactive notebook templates
- Practice activities and skill-building tasks
- Editable Google Slides and printable PDFs
- Answer keys and teacher notes included!
Students use grammar in context, build reference notebooks they’ll actually use, and enjoy hands-on tasks that reinforce big ideas.
Whether you’re running a notebook routine all year or pulling specific grammar mini-lessons, these resources give you the flexibility and depth you need.
Concepts Taught:
- Parts of Speech
- The Four Sentence Types
- Dependent and Independent Clauses
- The Other Four Sentence Types
- Subjects and Predicates
- Types of Phrases
- Action, Helping, and Linking Verbs
- Verb Tenses
- Verb Moods
- Active and Passive Verbs
- Verbals (gerunds, infinitives, and participles
- Common and Proper Nouns
- Plural Nouns
- Abstract and Concrete Nouns
- Vague Pronouns
- The Seven Types of Pronouns
- The Eight Types of Adjectives
- Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
- Dangling Modifiers
- Express Ideas Precisely and Eliminate wordiness and Redundancy
- Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions
- Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
- Object of the Preposition
- Indirect and Direct Objects
- Quotation Mark Rules
- Using Dashes
- Commas
- Capitalization
- Colons and Semi-Colons
- Punctuating Non-Restrictive Elements
- Apostrophes
- Comma rules
- Using numbers in English
- Determining the Meanings of Unknown Words
- Using words and context clues to determine their meanings
- Homophones
- Connotation and denotation
- Who vs. whom
- Figurative Language: Definitions
- Figurative Language: Metaphors, similes, personification, allusion, hyperbole, alliteration, idiom.
- Figurative Language: The Three Types of Irony
If you want your grammar instruction to be meaningful, manageable, and memorable, this resource is a must-have for your middle school ELA classroom.
Why Teachers Love It:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Joy E. says, "This was the PERFECT resource for me, and required very little planning on my part! My 8th graders actually looked forward to cutting and gluing each week, and I think engaging that more creative/kinesthetic part of their brains helped these lessons to stick better than other ways I’ve tried to teach grammar."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Neysa S. says, "This resource has been invaluable! It really helped students grasp all the various aspects of grammar during our summer academy.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Staci W. says, "Perfect for our homeschool co-op! Everyone could work at their level, and the notebooks made it easy to keep everything organized and engaging."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sandra T. says, "I used to use interactive notebooks in science—never thought to do it for grammar! This resource makes it easy, organized, and even fun."
