Highlight the Links

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 strengthen grammar awareness by identifying and color-coding conjunctions within a connected passage. Through close reading, text annotation, and sentence structure analysis, learners highlight coordinating conjunctions in one color and subordinating conjunctions in another, building a clear understanding of how different conjunctions function in real writing.

Learning Goals

• Identifying Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions (Grades 5-7) – Students distinguish between conjunctions that join equal ideas and those that introduce dependent clauses.
• Text Annotation and Highlighting for Grammar – Learners practice marking grammatical features directly in a passage.
• Reading Comprehension and Syntax Awareness – Students analyze how conjunctions affect meaning and sentence flow.
• Sentence Structure Analysis – The activity reinforces understanding of simple, compound, and complex sentence relationships.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with upper-elementary and middle school ELA grammar standards.
• Color-Coding Strategy – Visual differentiation supports retention and helps students see patterns quickly.
• Grammar in Authentic Text – Uses continuous writing rather than isolated sentences for deeper understanding.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for grammar lessons, close-reading activities, independent practice, or review.

This conjunction-highlighting worksheet supports grammar mastery, close reading, and syntactic awareness. By identifying and categorizing conjunctions within a passage, students gain confidence recognizing how ideas are linked in writing. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool language arts setting, this printable provides focused, no-prep practice that strengthens understanding of sentence structure and cohesive writing.

This worksheet is part of our Coordinating vs. Subordinating Conjunctions Worksheets collection.