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Spelling Exercise: -ible or -able
From the Purdue Online Writing Lab, an editing practice exercise that focuses on the correct spelling of words that end in -ible or -able. Young authors proofread a paragraph about a date gone awry (high interest content). Onscreen it...
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Find the Main Idea
Can your class find the main idea for the short passages provided here? Not only do they identify the main idea out of four selections, but they must also write a supporting idea for their choice. The answer sheet provides example...
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Articles: Exercise 2
Learners are presented with three paragraphs with missing articles. Students must supply the correct article using "a," "an," or "the."
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Color and Write
In this color and write worksheet, students color indicated clothing items. All items are given a predetermined color. Finally, students draw a picture and write a description of their own clothing. This one page worksheet contains...
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Beginning, Middle, End in Paragraph Writing
In this descriptive writing activity, students use the titles to each page to write a beginning, middle, and ending paragraph for each title. Students write 5 stories.
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Paragraph Writing-Using -ed in Regular Verbs
For this paragraph writing worksheet, students write a paragraph about different places they have lived, using a set of 4 given sample sentences that use verbs with "ed" endings.
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #4
In this grammar worksheet, students read the passage and then answer the questions about errors in the passage. There are 8 questions to answer.
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You Be the Judge
In this reading analysis and writing analysis activity, students review their previous skills and judge a letter for its strengths and weaknesses. The three paragraph letter has some grammatical errors, but the goal is to determine the...
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Do Some Research: Reflection
Designed to provide learners with a quick research opportunity, this worksheet focuses on the idea of reflection. Learners are supposed to find the answer, write a short paragraph detailing their answer, and illustrate their written...
Lesson Locker
Z for Zachariah: Questions for Study on Chapters 1 - 10
An efficient study guide for the first 10 chapters of Z for Zachariah that covers basic recall questions concerning the characters and the plot. It also includes short writing prompts for selected chapters that extend into the...
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Passive Voice Exercises
Strengthen understanding of grammar and syntax with this task. First, grammarians identify the active and passive voices, then they rewrite individual sentences to be in the active voice before manipulating an entire paragraph. Great...
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Georgia CRCT - 7th Grade Language Arts Quiz
Writing conventions are the focus of this standardized practice test. Designed for the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT), these fifteen questions address grammar (capitalization, parts of speech, homonyms) and writing...
Achievement Technologies
Language Arts Worksheets
Looking for some quick grammar warm-ups? What about handy spelling crossword puzzles? Find everything you need with a resource that contains practice worksheets for parts of speech, parts of a sentence, common grammatical errors, tricky...
Ziptales
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Scholars create a brochure that features three aspects of the poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." The program details information about Robert Browning, the poem's setting, and its events.
K12 Reader
Waves & Currents
Challenge your young readers with a passage about physical science. After reading about sound waves and electric currents, kids answer five reading comprehension questions about what they have read.
K5 Learning
Clara Barton: Civil War Hero
Gain information about Clara Barton, a Civil War hero, and enhance reading comprehension skills with a activity that challenges scholars to read an informational passage and answer five short answer questions.
Purdue University
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.
Education World
Every Day Edit - The Hope Diamond
Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about one of the most famous diamonds in the world, the Hope Diamond. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal...
Education World
Every Day Edit - The Fabulous Frisbee
In this everyday editing worksheet, 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 - Jane Goodall
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Jane Goodall. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Silly Putty
In this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about silly putty. The errors range in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
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Every-Day Edit: Harry Potter
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical errors in a short paragraph about Harry Potter. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: American Red Cross
For this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the American Red Cross. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Peer Editing for Expository Essay
You're class just finished writing an expository essay! Instead of having them do a self-edit, pair them up and give each person this guide. This is not your average peer editing checklist; it is a list of 35 things to look for in your...