Teacher Jane Gleason
Phone 651-744-7574
email: jane.gleason@spps.org

Learning 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

Paragraph Basics

Writing Exercises

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 adjectives        

7. 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 quiz

12  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 exercises

17 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 3  

 

Reading, Language and Spelling Skills TABE LANGUAGE TEST PRACTICE

• Commas       Basic Grammar     Intermediate Grammar      Advanced Grammar      Nouns       Verbs     
• Basic Reading Comprehension     Reading for the Main Idea         Advanced Reading Comprehension      Reading Vocabulary      Sentence Correction
• Sentence Flow    Usage Review 1       Usage Review 2         Usage Review 3