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Collaborative Editing
With the use of an online editing site, budding authors revise their writing. This is a creative way to have your class practice essay revision. Instead of being a tedious process, editing and revising can be fun.
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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...
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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" are featured in this lesson. Slides provide information about the genre of poetry, sequencing, and graphic organizers. Seven words from the poem are defined and 17 guided reading questions...
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Editing to Eliminate Fragments
Students practice their writing skills. For this writing revision lesson, students read the provided writing samples and make corrections to the sentence fragments that are evident in each of them.
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Sentence Editing
In this sentence editing practice activity, 5th graders edit 8 sentences. Students must insert commas and semi-colons in the appropriate places.
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Medieval Newspaper Continued
Students write an article in a newspaper. In this writing and editing lesson plan, students review how to write for a newspaper, type their articles, and engage in peer editing.
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The Black Snowman
Sixth graders write a paper. For this writing and retelling lesson, 6th graders read the book The Black Snowman and answer comprehension questions. Students learn how to write good paragraphs and how to retell a story. Students write a 3...
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Proofreading Sentences--Week 26
In this sentence editing worksheet, students read each of the five sentences and proofread them for errors. Students rewrite each sentence on the line.
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Around Town
Young scholars explore their community. In this picture taking lesson, students visit different places in the community. Young scholars take pictures at each place they visit. Students use adjectives to describe the pictures they took...
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Peer Review and Collaboration Using Chat Tools and /or Voice Recorders
Learners use audio devices to record a text and have a peer edit it. In this peer review and collaboration lesson, students write a short text on a topic provided by the teacher. After recording their text the message is sent...
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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.
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Editing a Newspaper Article
Students investigate article editing in today's society by writing their own news articles. In this journalism lesson, students create a word web based on the word "editing." Students write their own news articles and peer...
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Let Me Tell You About My State
Fifth graders research one of the 50 U.S. States that they were unfamiliar with. In this U.S. Geography lesson, 5th graders utilize encyclopedias as well as the Internet to research a chosen U.S. State in order to write a report....
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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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Business Letter
Students create a business letter using "Letter Generator". In this letter writing lesson plan, students use a computer program to learn what the proper business letter consists of. After the instruction, the students are...
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Dali & Desnos: Surrealism in Poetry and Art
Young scholars research the surrealism movement and its primary artists. Language is also analyzed, and students will create their own original poem utilizing surrealistic techniques.
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Dear Fifth Grader
Students write a friendly letter to 5th graders welcoming incoming students. In this writing lesson, students identify the five parts of a friendly letter, write a friendly letter to a current 5th grader, and perform a peer review and...
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Vocabulary Practice: Cross Out the Incorrect Word
In this editing worksheet, students read ten sentences and look for the error. Students cross out the incorrect word and replace it with the logical word from the word list.
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Grammar and Usage: Editing Practice
In this editing activity, 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.
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Sentence Fragments Exercise 2
In this sentence fragment exercise, learners are given paragraphs to proofread for sentence fragments. Students are given space to make revisions.
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Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 2
In this writing exercise, students are given five pairs of sentences and are asked to combine each set to make one concise sentence.
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #9
This editing worksheet has students read a short passage with 8 errors and choose the multiple choice answer that best corrects each error in the passage. This worksheet provides students with valuable practice for standardized tests; as...
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #10
Students read a short passage with 8 errors and then choose the appropriate multiple choice answer that best corrects each error. This excellent worksheet also provides effective standardized test taking practice, as there are many...