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Michael Clay Thompson: Classroom Posters

Michael Clay Thompson: Classroom Posters Series Cover

For years, participants in Michael Clay Thompson’s workshops have asked for copies of the images he uses to explain the workings of grammar, poetry, and other aspects of language arts. Now we are proud to make them available for classroom teachers as bright and colorful posters for the classroom wall, posters that will help students visualize the simplicity and beauty of important concepts of language.

Each poster is 17.25" by 22.5", printed on light card stock, and environmentally-friendly laminated to remain bright and fresh for many years.

For a complete overview of the program, go to the Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts Curriculum page.

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Language Arts Poster: The Parts of Speech Cover

Language Arts Poster: The Parts of Speech

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
325Y
Price:
$10.00

View larger image - The Parts of Speech

Beautifully shows the eight parts of speech, with the special importance of the noun and verb.

View larger image - The Parts of Speech

Beautifully shows the eight parts of speech, with the special importance of the noun and verb.

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Language Arts Poster: The Nucleus of the Clause Cover

Language Arts Poster: The Nucleus of the Clause

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3277
Price:
$10.00

View larger image - The Nucleus of the Clause

A poster that displays the beautiful essence of clauses

View larger image - The Nucleus of the Clause

A poster that displays the beautiful essence of clauses

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Language Arts Poster:  A Place for the Adjective Cover

Language Arts Poster: A Place for the Adjective

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3284
Price:
$10.00

View a larger image - A Place for the Adjective

Shows the presence of the parts of speech within the parts of sentence, with special emphasis on the opportunity for an adjective in the subject complement.

View a larger image - A Place for the Adjective

Shows the presence of the parts of speech within the parts of sentence, with special emphasis on the opportunity for an adjective in the subject complement.

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Language Arts Poster: The Complexity of Thought Cover

Language Arts Poster: The Complexity of Thought

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3291
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View larger image - The Complexity of Thought

Using a sentence from the Lord of the Rings, this poster identifies the parts of speech, clauses, parts of a sentence, and the phrases in a single sentence of eighteen words

 

 

View larger image - The Complexity of Thought

Using a sentence from the Lord of the Rings, this poster identifies the parts of speech, clauses, parts of a sentence, and the phrases in a single sentence of eighteen words

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Language Arts Poster: Writing Is Thinking Cover

Language Arts Poster: Writing Is Thinking

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3307
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View larger image - Writing Is Thinking

This poster probes the difference between the apparently similar process of speaking and writing, showing that writing good sentences is a form of higher-order thinking.

 

 

View larger image - Writing Is Thinking

This poster probes the difference between the apparently similar process of speaking and writing, showing that writing good sentences is a form of higher-order thinking.

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Language Arts Poster: The Beauty of the Ballad Cover

Language Arts Poster: The Beauty of the Ballad

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Poetry
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3314
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View larger image - The Beauty of the Ballad

A poster that reveals the beautiful simplicity and formal clarity of the ballad.

 

 

View larger image - The Beauty of the Ballad

A poster that reveals the beautiful simplicity and formal clarity of the ballad.

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Language Arts Poster: Poetry Is Everywhere Cover

Language Arts Poster: Poetry Is Everywhere

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Poetry
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3321
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View larger image - Poetry Is Everywhere

William Shakespeare: Sonnet 73

A poster that shows the intense use of alliteration, the stanza format, the use of some key consonants, the end rhyme, and the metaphors.

 

 

View larger image - Poetry Is Everywhere

William Shakespeare: Sonnet 73

A poster that shows the intense use of alliteration, the stanza format, the use of some key consonants, the end rhyme, and the metaphors.

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Language Arts Poster:  Subject/Verb Agreement Cover

Language Arts Poster: Subject/Verb Agreement

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3338
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View larger image - Subject/Verb Agreement

"They must agree, or the sentence is dead," the poster declares, and illustrates the point with "The man are here."

 

 

View larger image - Subject/Verb Agreement

"They must agree, or the sentence is dead," the poster declares, and illustrates the point with "The man are here."

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Language Arts Poster: The Verb Is the Switch Cover

Language Arts Poster: The Verb Is the Switch

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3345
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View larger image - The Verb Is the Switch

A poster to illustrate the potential of a verb to be either an action or a linking verb, and the resulting difference in the sentence with objects or subject complements.

 

 

View larger image - The Verb Is the Switch

A poster to illustrate the potential of a verb to be either an action or a linking verb, and the resulting difference in the sentence with objects or subject complements.

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Language Arts Poster: Pronoun Usage Cover

Language Arts Poster: Pronoun Usage

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3352
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View larger image - Pronoun Usage

A poster that illustrates Thompson’s Law: “The subject is a subject, and the object is an object”; the focus is on pronoun usage.

 

 

View larger image - Pronoun Usage

A poster that illustrates Thompson’s Law: “The subject is a subject, and the object is an object”; the focus is on pronoun usage.

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Language Arts Poster: Parts of the Sentence Cover

Language Arts Poster: Parts of the Sentence

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3260
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View larger image - Parts of the Sentence

Highlights the divide between the subject and the predicate and illustrates the flow from action verbs to direct and indirect objects, and from linking verbs to subject complements.

 

 

View larger image - Parts of the Sentence

Highlights the divide between the subject and the predicate and illustrates the flow from action verbs to direct and indirect objects, and from linking verbs to subject complements.

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Language Arts Poster:  Clause Punctuation Cover

Language Arts Poster: Clause Punctuation

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
3369
Price:
$10.00

 

 

View a larger image - Clause Punctuation

Illustrates the logical simplicity of clause punctuation.

 

 

View a larger image - Clause Punctuation

Illustrates the logical simplicity of clause punctuation.

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Language Arts Posters: Set of 12

Author:
Thompson, Michael Clay
Subjects:
Language Arts; Classroom Posters; Writing; Grammar
Age:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Grade:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order code:
325S
Price:
$100.00

The full set of 12 Language Arts Posters for $100.00 (save $20.00 on purchasing them individually), plus shipping.

The full set of 12 Language Arts Posters for $100.00 (save $20.00 on purchasing them individually), plus shipping.

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