Oxymorons

Absolved or Resolved - lesson with a hidden message 😜

The Substitute Teacher and Subway - combo

I was almost NOT a teacher - all because of another teacher.

Grammy Tony Oscar Grammy - What’s the difference?

Latin Root Words - Engaged lesson - join us

I’m in red to teach about being in the red. 😜

Affect or Effect - a easy way to learn the difference

April 1, 2025

(and me) OR (and I) Here’s a trick.

Baymax? No, it’s a lesson about legacy and purpose. Join this engaging ELA lesson.

Who cheated on their essay? Being a teacher detective is so fun. He eventually confesses.

My students taught me about prejudice. This was more than a grammar lesson.

Console - condone - confer - consolation - condolences - condescend

The millionaire at the gala - a grammar lesson.

Ungreatful or Ungrateful

A grammar lesson with a farewell message 🙁

It’s not an Oscar, but I won a teacher’s award.

Sycophant - Yes, my students said they all have been one. 😳

Test your writing skills - Let’s correct the errors in this essay.

Using commas and semicolons

A simple detailed lesson on improving your writing skills - join my class and learn with us.

Teacher’s or Teachers’ -an apostrophe and subject-verb agreement lesson

Plethora (a lot) of grammar mistakes to find

Autobiography Biography Memoir Journal - Types of books

Vocabulary lesson: reverberate, rapturous, deliverance, afflicts

My responsibility as a teacher - explained to my students.

What does foster mean? My students examine the real meaning of the word.

Unanimous and the apostrophe - a grammar and vocabulary lesson

How to use apostrophes correctly.

Nouns of direct address and commas example - Teacher, this is a fun lesson.

An in- depth grammar quiz - Grade yourself.

10 item or fewer❌ or less ✅ Let me explain.

Starting a sentence with “if” requires the use of a comma.

Who Who’s Whose - Let’s learn the trick to determine which to use.

February 13, 2025

Defamation of character- more than a grammar lesson

When or Whenever - when to use each 😜

Myself Yourself Me I or You - grammar quiz

My student “predicted” Samuel L Jackson as Uncle Sam - a foreshadowing lesson

Surreptitiously -

Never confuse theme and summary again.

Civil Rights tour with Charles Mauldin

February 3, 2025

“Than” as a conjunction needs a comma before it.

January 28, 2025

Grammar Quiz - Test your grammar

Apostrophe - another lesson - simplified

Rhetoric or Realty - ethos pathos logos

Latin root word study “cede” - let’s proceed

Through Threw Thru - Let’s work through the confusion these words often cause.

Semicolon lesson; nevertheless, this one is quite unique. Question- did you learn something new?

aplomb - not a fruit - but it is a noun. So, what’s the definition of aplomb? #grammar

Ms James — My Teaching Story

Writing 101 - Composing compound and complex sentences using commas and semicolons

Grandmother: Defining, Connecting and Renaming - more than a grammar lesson

Using semicolon and commas - a fun grammar lesson

Mastering the Tricky Two: Apostrophes and Semicolons Made Easy

Put Your Grammar Skills to the Test! Grammar Quiz - Can you pass this quiz?

See Saw Seen I seen you. ❌ I have seen you. ✅ Here’s a quick way to remember.