Students were shocked when they found out they had to pay taxes - gross pay vs net pay

Grammar Tutorial - Using Commas with FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction)

Through your “billboard”, you tell the world who you really are - it’s up to you to sell yourself

Using transition words to improve your writing - made simple. I WISH I could use transition words.

Commas and Conjunctions Made Easy

The history of tattoos - the good, the bad and the ugly - and the law

Millionaire and Billionaire NO double N - but legionnaire and questionnaire have a double N. Why?

Students: Why do we have to do this work? Teacher: Let me explain why I do what I do.

What’s mortgage? Rent? When the English lesson went from root word study to financial literacy.

An appositive - use of a comma to rename a noun. Let’s use it in a sentence about Maya Angelou.

Comma + Conjunctions = FANBOYS — Let’s make this comma lesson short and easy

Pass Past Passed ➡️ made simple

Diagramming Sentences helps to determine parts of speech

You Don’t Have to Go to College to Be Successful … But You Need a Plan

Defamation can be SLANDER or LIBEL. What’s the difference?

Essay Writing Made Easy Using 5 Simple Words

Did you know that “however” can serve as a conjunctive adverb or a transition word?

You aren’t a good writer if you miss any questions on this comma quiz. Check yourself.

Commas are always used when you’re speaking to someone - but not when talking about them.

The grammar lesson you need to determine: Me or I - Myself or Me - Yourself or Your

A simple lesson in using MYSELF correctly.

How did Audi get its name? It’s all related to root word study.

What does that mean, teacher? Explaining defamation of character to my students -and to you.

Test/expand your vocabulary knowledge - middle school edition.

vocabulary study Can you define these words: innovative - surpassed - inactivity - evolved

Is there a difference between a lawyer and an attorney? What is the Bar Exam?

Master the WHEN + Comma Rule (so simple)

Through Threw Thru - Homophone lesson

Have you ever heard of a Janus word or contronym?

Conjunction Junction - What’s Your Function - hooking up words, phrases and clauses GRAMMAR LESSON

You CAN start a sentence with “because”; just use a comma - with all subordinate conjunctions.

Ready to expand your vocabulary and learn about antonyms and synonyms?

Retired people are old? Fact or Myth

🛑STOP! - How many words can you make from the letters in tbe word “teacher”? Ok, go!

Did you have a teacher you thought didn’t care, but really just wanted you to reach your potential?

Grammar Reminders - Grammar rules you should already know - but may need reminding.

You can’t use a word you were never taught. A vocabulary lesson you didn’t know you needed.

Commas and Semicolons - a quick and simple grammar lesson with Ms James

Telling time on a Roman numeral clock - is a quarter past 25 or 15 minutes?

Do not use an apostrophe with Merry Christmas

He missed my class on Fridays. What was he doing at home on Fridays? Well, I had to snitch to see. 😜

Can you name 6 types literary conflicts?

Using commas with appositives, relative pronoun and dependent clauses.

Can you locate these states on a map? Do you know their abbreviations? My students do.

Do you use always use a comma before “and”. NO - only if it’s used as a FANBOYS. Watch!

Are you as smart as a 7th grader? Here’s a quiz to check. Don’t be so quick to say you got this.

Who Whose Who’s - Let’s clear up the confusion. The grammar lesson you need to help you.

The viral vocabulary lesson about “Vittles”

Are you writing using complete sentences? Or, are you writing using fragments and clauses?

What my students didn’t know about credit cards. The real facts

Vocabulary words starting with P. Take the quiz to test your vocab knowledge. Peon or Puny.

Ask me anything lesson - Students: Tell us about paying bills

Do you use whilst or while? What’s the difference? While or Whilst

Facts about 1967 for those obsessed with 6-7

A conversation with my 7th graders about pencils and my dresses. Join in on the fun.

Grammar Quiz - can you pass the quiz? Are you smarter than a 7th grader? Let’s see.

What words are derived from “script” which means to write

10 Academic Vocabulary Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know! Do you? 🤔

Lawyer and Attorney and Juris Doctor - How are they connected?

A theme lesson my middle schoolers finally understood.