Teaching Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics High School Lessons, Remedial Worksheets, and Tests
4.9 · 29 teacher reviewsFor a multiple-order discount, email penningtonpublishing7@gmail.com.
Program Description
Teaching Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics High School is a full-year program with plenty of remedial practice to help your students catch up while they keep up with grade-level standards. The resources feature 64, twice-per-week, 30-minute, no prep grammar, usage, and mechanics lessons. 593 pages.
Lessons are set up as Cornell Notes and provide mentor text and response activities, simple sentence diagrams, guided practice, graphic organizers, and sentence dictations.
Biweekly tests in Google self-correcting Google forms or print and a final exam.
Plus, remedial independent worksheets (each with a formative assessment) target skill deficits determined by the diagnostic assessment in self-correcting Google forms or print.
All program components are digital downloads (no print books).
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Instructional Sequence (Grade-level CCSS Anchor Standards for Language and Language Strand Progressive Skills Review)
- The i before e Spelling Rule and Proper Nouns Review
- The Final y Spelling Rule and Common Nouns Review
- The Silent e Spelling Rule and Pronouns Review
- The Double the Consonant Spelling Rule and Adjectives Review
- The Ending “an” or “en” Spelling Rule and Verbs Review
- The “able” or “ible” Spelling Rule and Adverbs Review
- The Ending “ion” Spelling Rule and Conjunctions Review
- The Plurals Spelling Rule and Prepositions Review
- Proper Nouns and Common Nouns and Periods in Latin Expressions
- Personal Pronouns and Periods in Names, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
- Subject (Nominative) Case Pronouns and Periods in Indirect Questions and Intentional Fragments
- Object Case Pronouns and Periods in Decimal Outlines
- Possessive Case Pronouns and Semicolons with Conjunctions
- Adjectives and Apostrophes for Singular Possessive Nouns
- Verbs *Subject-Verb Agreement and Apostrophes for Plural Possessive Nouns
- Adverbs and Apostrophes for Apostrophes for Possessive Compound Nouns and Possessive Subjects and Objects
- Coordinating Conjunctions and Apostrophes in Contractions
- Correlative Conjunctions and Commas for Geographical Places
- Subordinating Conjunctions and Commas for Dates
- Prepositions and Commas for Letters
- Subjects and Predicates and Commas in Addresses
- Direct and Indirect Objects and Commas for Names
- Phrases and Clauses and Commas between Adjectives
- *Complete Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons and Commas for Tag Questions
- Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences and Commas for Direct Speech
- Types of Sentences and Commas in a Series
- *Noun Phrases and Commas after Introductory Words and Phrases
- *Noun Clauses and after Introductory Clauses
- Gerunds and Commas and Quotation Marks with Speaker Tags
- Gerund Phrases and Commas before Conjunctions in Compound Sentences
- Reflexive, Intensive, and Reciprocal Pronouns and Commas in Complex Sentences
- Indefinite Pronouns and Commas with Parenthetical Expressions
- *Pronoun Antecedents and Commas with Coordinate Adjectives
- *Pronoun Number and Person Shifts and Commas with Hierarchical Adjectives
- Demonstrative Pronouns and *Vague Pronoun References and Commas with Appositives
- Nonrestrictive *Adjective Clauses and Relative Pronouns and Punctuation in Restrictive Clauses
- Restrictive *Adjective Clauses and Relative Pronouns and Punctuation with Relative Pronouns
- Predicate Adjectives and *Adjectival Phrases and Dialogue and Direct Quotations
- Past Participles and Punctuation of Direct Quotations
- Past Participial Phrases and Ellipses
- Present Participles and Quotations within Quotations
- Present Participial Phrases and Punctuation of Non-standard Usage Quotations
- Comparative Modifiers and In-text Citations and Indirect Quotations
- Superlative Modifiers and MLA Works Cited Page
- *Misplaced Modifiers and Italics and Underlining: Book, Website, Newspaper, and Magazine Titles
- *Dangling Modifiers and Italics and Underlining: Play, Television Show, Movie, and Works of Art Titles
- *Squinting Modifiers and Quotation Marks: Song, Poem, and Book Titles
- *Verb Phrases and Quotation Marks: Newspaper, Magazine, and Blog Article Titles
- *Shifts in Verb Tense and Quotation Marks: Short Story and Document Titles
- Progressive Verb Forms and Capitalization of Named People, Places, Things, and Products
- Perfect Verb Forms and Capitalization of Titles
- Infinitives and Capitalization of Holidays and Dates
- Indicative Mood and Capitalization Special Events and Historical Periods
- Imperative Mood and Capitalization Organizations and Businesses
- Interrogative Mood and Capitalization of Languages and People Groups
- Conditional Mood and Question Marks
- Subjunctive Mood and Exclamation Points
- Verb Voice and Mood Shifts and Colons to Introduce Long Direct Quotations
- Subordinating Conjunctions and *Adverbial Clauses and Parentheses
- Relative Adverbs and *Adverbial Clauses and Dashes
- Adverb Order and Brackets
- *Non-standard English Deletions and Hyphens
- *Non-standard English Additions and Slashes
- *Non-standard English Substitutions and Numbers
*Denotes Progressive Language Skill.
No other grammar and mechanics curriculum matches the comprehensive resources of Teaching Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics (High School). You can teach rigorous grade-level standards and also individualize instruction.
What teachers say
All reviews“Excellent resource. My students were highly engaged”
“I have enjoyed using this resource for my high school students”
“This is one of the best resources I have found on TpT! Thank you so much!!!!!”
“A very thorough resource!”
“It is a fantastic product. Thank you for the resource. My students will benefit greatly”
“Great resource for teaching grammar and mechanics! This resource requires that you put in some time learning how to use it, but it's a good starting point!”
“I've been using the product for a while now and enjoy using it”
“I wish this had more practice items with it, but I truly believe it is a valuable teaching asset. It is obvious lots of hard work was put into making this material”
“As a newer ELA teacher, this is an awesome product to have. It's very thorough and easy to use!”
“This is a great product for teaching grammar and mechanics. I like how it allows for students to achieve mastery. It has great step by step directions for teaching the skills as well as help on differentiating instruction. It seems overwhelming when you first look at it, but once you take "10 minutes" to figure it out, it's awesome!”
“I use twice a week as openers. Excellent material”
“Thanks...great for struggling students”
“Very useful resource! This is exactly what I was hoping to find for my high school Language Arts classroom”
“Excellent way to teach an, if not the, important and essential, although to students boring, part of English classes!!!”
“This has been very useful. It really helped me come up with a way to teach grammar effectively and in a time saving manner”
“Good differentiation”
“This is an expensive product, but the price seems fair for the nearly 400 pages of thorough, well-organized, highly usable materials it includes. I have already printed and laminated two sets of the grammar cartoons, in color, for use in both of my classrooms. Interestingly, after taking the pre-assessments, my 10th graders seem to be looking forward to their upcoming grammar and mechanics studies, expressing their belief that they need to improve those skills”
“Excellent lessons, assessments, and worksheets. Can easily pick and choose according to the needs of my students. Worth the (substantial) money!”
“This is amazing! Thank you! I am a first-time ELA teacher, so this will help me a great deal. I am very excited about using the product in the coming year”
“School year and Common Core standards for grammar and mechanics are covered. Thank you for making the teaching of grammar and mechanics more fun!”
“I’ve been teaching for quite a while and seen quite a few grammar programs. This one is the best I’ve used.”
“This is an amazing product. It makes individualized instruction a breeze!”
“As a newer ELA teacher, this is an awesome product to have. It's very thorough and easy to use!”
“Great resource to teach grammar essentials.”
“Great resource for revisiting this skill set. The students are enjoying the variety of the handouts. I love the fact that I can access whether or not if I need to reteach these skills to my students.”
“This is a great product for teaching grammar and mechanics. I like how it allows for students to achieve mastery. It has great step by step directions for teaching the skills as well as help on differentiating instruction. It seems overwhelming when you first look at it, but once you take "10 minutes" to figure it out, it's awesome!”
“This has been very useful. It really helped me come up with a way to teach grammar effectively and in a time saving manner.”
“Excellent resource. My students were highly engaged.”
“You definitely write the way I like to teach! :)”
FAQ
Questions teachers ask
How much class time does it take?
The program is built around 64 lessons taught twice per week at about 30 minutes each, which covers a full school year. Biweekly tests and a final exam are scheduled on top of the lessons.
What does a lesson look like?
Lessons are set up as Cornell Notes and include mentor text and response activities, simple sentence diagrams, guided practice, graphic organizers, and sentence dictations. They are written as no prep lessons, so you display and teach.
How are students tested?
Students take biweekly tests plus a final exam. The tests come in self-correcting Google Forms or in print, so you can choose the format that fits your classroom.
What do I do about students who are behind grade level?
A diagnostic assessment identifies each student's skill deficits, and remedial independent worksheets target those specific gaps. Each remedial worksheet includes a formative assessment, and the worksheets are available in self-correcting Google Forms or print.
Can I look at the program before I buy it?
Yes. The product page has a free preview of the entire program, not just samples. Everything is a digital download, so no print books are shipped.
Does one purchase cover all of my sections?
The license is per teacher and covers that teacher and all of their classes and students. Schools and districts that need to pay by purchase order can email penningtonpublishing7@gmail.com.
