This worksheet features using colons as an introduction to a quotation.
Conjunctive Adverbs and Independent Clauses
Conjunctive adverbs can work like a conjunction when they connect independent clauses.
Context Clues for Meaning
Here’s a high school drill for using context clues for finding word meanings.
Context Clues in Julius Caesar
“Julius Caesar” is the text for this context clue worksheet.
Context Clues: Reading for Meaning
A passage from “A Tale of Two Cities” is the focus for this context clues worksheet.
Correct Spelling: Right or Wrong
In this “Right or Wrong” classroom activity, your students will correct spelling mistakes while proofreading the sentences on this worksheet.
Cyrano de Bergerac: Poetic Speech
Edmund Rostand wrote Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897. It is a play about a French musketeer who is a man of many gifts and talents. Students read from the play and answer related questions.
Different Perspectives: The American Revolution
Poet Rudyard Kipling offers an alternative perspective on the American Revolution in this worksheet on point of view.
Discuss the Paradox
This worksheet asks your student to explain the paradox in each situation.
Explain the Hyperbole
We think you’ll flip over this hyperbole worksheet!
Find It! Faulty Parallel Construction
Practice recognizing faulty parallel construction by completing this printable worksheet. This activity focuses on refining editing and proofing skills. It is ideal for high school students, but can be used where appropriate. Because it is made easy to print, this worksheet is great for use both at home and in the classroom by parents, teachers, or students. Click the link below to download and print the worksheet to get started.
Find the Main Idea: Call of the Wild
After reading a passage from “Call of the Wild” by Jack London, students write the main idea and two supporting ideas.
Find the Main Idea: Major Art Movements
A worksheet about the major art movements. Students write the main idea and 4 supporting ideas.
Find the Main Idea: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Students read a passage from the book, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, and write down the main idea and two supporting ideas.
Find the Main Idea: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Students read a passage from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather and write down the main idea and supporting ideas.
Find the Main Idea: Romeo and Juliet
Students read a passage from Act II Scene 2 from Romeo and Juliet, and write the main idea and supporting ideas.
Find the Main Idea: Solar Eclipses
Students write the main idea and supporting ideas after reading a few passages about solar eclipses.
Find the Main Idea: The Mississippi River
Students read a paragraph about the Mississippi River and write down the main idea and supporting ideas.
Find the Main Idea: Three Reading Passages
Students read three different passages and choose the correct main idea for each.
Find the Meaning: JFK’s Inaugural Speech
In this worksheet, your student will determine the meaning of some phrases in President Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech.