Curated OER
ADd IT-- ADjectives and ADverbs
Descriptive writing is a must for students to understand. Using adverbs and adjectives, they turn simple sentences into works of art. Each simple sentence gets a descriptive make-over. This lesson suggests using Laptops and SMART board...
Curated OER
Find The Errors
In this grammar practice worksheet, students correct 2 short letters. Each letter has numerous errors that students must find, circle, and correct.
Curated OER
The Editing Process
Students edit and critique essays. In this editing and critiquing activity, students examine a sample essay and edit it. Students read the essay aloud to determine the areas that need to be revised. Students then write their own essay...
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Grammar and Usage: Editing Practice
In this editing learning exercise, students read 10 sentences and decide whether the underlined portion is correct as it is or choose the correction that should be made.
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Grammar Usage: Editing
in this editing worksheet, students correct the underlined portion of 10 sentences for grammar mistakes. Some sentences have no grammar mistakes.
Purdue University
Sentence Fragments Exercise 2
For this sentence fragment exercise, learners are given paragraphs to proofread for sentence fragments. Students are given space to make revisions.
Curated OER
Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 2
For this writing exercise, learners are given five pairs of sentences and are asked to combine each set to make one concise sentence.
Education World
Every Day Edit - President James Madison
For this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President James Madison. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - "Peanuts" Comic Strip
Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about "Peanuts" Comic Strip. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal activity to hand out at the beginning of...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Martin Luther King, Jr. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - The Fabulous Frisbee
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the invention of the frisbee. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Aquarius, the Water Carrier
For this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Greek myth of Aquarius. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Winnie the Pooh
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Winnie the Pooh. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - The Concorde
For this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the supersonic Concorde aircraft. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Benedict Arnold
In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Benedict Arnold. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Curated OER
Revising Comma Splices, Fragments, and Run-on Sentences
In this grammar worksheet, learners correct comma splices, fragments and run-on mistakes in twenty-five sentences to help make each one grammatically correct.
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Peer writing evaluation (myth)
Students compose myths. In this creative writing lesson students use their knowledge of the features of myths to compose their own, then share with a peer for feedback.
Curated OER
Daily Edit
Students edit a short story. For this editing lesson, students read a short story and correct errors. Students look for misspelled words and grammatical errors.
Curated OER
You Are Uniquely You; Reflecting and Sharing
Students write a letter as a culminating activity to a service project. In this reflection project, students draw something that occurred during the project and attach words to their drawings. Students pair share to edit their work.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Grammar and Usage: Section 2
In this online interactive grammar and usage learning exercise, middle schoolers examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #2
In this online interactive grammar and usage worksheet, middle schoolers examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #3
In this online interactive grammar and usage instructional activity, learners examine a paragraph that is missing words or phrase. Students select the appropriate words or phrases to complete each of the sentences and submit their...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Grammar and Usage: Section 2, #4
In this online interactive grammar and usage worksheet, students examine 10 sentences, select the appropriate revision using the rules of standard formal English for each sentences, and submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Beginning Paragraph Correction #9
In this editing worksheet, students read a short paragraph. Students will correct 8 errors that are underlined within the passage and choose the correct format in the form of multiple choice questions for each mistake.