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Proofreading
In this proofreading learning exercise, students rewrite sentences that they proofread. Students rewrite 5 sentences total on this learning exercise.
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Proofreading Lesson 6
Explore proofreading strategies with this lesson. Eighth graders practice finding errors in punctuation, capitalization, and formatting. Then, they write about a given topic and then proofread their compositions, looking for errors in...
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Editing
Explore the writing process by reviewing previously written work. First, middle schoolers analyze a handout in which they must read the text and correct the mistakes with an editing checklist. They proofread their editing and share their...
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It’s Your Birthday! – Conventions: Revision and Proofreading
Happy birthday! Celebrate everyone's birthday with this writing activity, which prompts seventh graders to research historical events in a country at the time of their birth to create an essay. Working in pairs, they proofread each...
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Sentence Fragment Exercises #1
In this language arts activity, students read 16 sentences and mark a C if the sentence is complete and an F is there is a sentence fragment.
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Writing: Revision
Looking for a worksheet on editing and revising punctuation? In this writing skills worksheet, young writers read a writing sample and identify the punctuation, spelling, and grammatical errors in the selection.
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Improving Sentences
Help your class improve their writing with this handy presentation. Learners discuss how to use adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases to enhance their work. This is a terrific way to connect grammar to its everyday use.
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All That's Fit To Print
Students use an editor's checklist to help them proofread examples of other students writing, then edit a worksheet embedded in the plan. In this writing and editing lesson, students look for capitalization, spelling, and grammatical...
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Friendly Letter to a Leprechaun
Students write friendly letters. In this friendly letter writing lesson, students write a friendly letter to a leprechaun. Students review the parts of a friendly letter then watch the teacher model how to write a friendly letter, then...
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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...
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #5
This learning exercise provides intermediate ESL learners with an opportunity to correct identified errors with grammar, verb tenses and syntax in a written passage.
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BBC Learning English, Grammar (Error Correction)
In this grammar worksheet, students correct mistakes in the ten sentences provided. The number of mistakes in each sentence is provided.
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BBC Learning English, Writing
For this proofreading worksheet, students correctly rewrite a passage that contains paragraph, spelling, and punctuation mistakes.
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Every-Day Edit: Wind Cave
In this editing instructional activity, learners read and edit an article about the national park, Wind Cave, and find the 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Pupils correct each error they find.
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Proofreading
In this editing worksheet, learners read eight sentences, find the two mistakes found in each one and then rewrite the corrected version of each sentence. Students study the first one done for them.
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Finding More Violators
In this editing activity, students read twelve sentences and find the word or punctuation mark in each sentence that is used incorrectly. Students underline the mistake and write the correct word or punctuation mark at the end of each...
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Write It Right? Scavenger Hunt
In this writing process instructional activity, students access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five short answer questions associated with the writing process.
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Daily Writing
In this writing learning exercise, students practice proofreading skills by using editing marks to fix one sentence, then rewriting it correctly. Students also examine a humorous picture and write what they think will happen next.
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Beat the Spell Checker 1-- Going on Holiday
For this language arts worksheet, 4th graders practice proofreading skills by reading and correcting the errors in 8 sentences. The words that are misspelled are highlighted; students write the correct spelling underneath each...
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Our Solar System
Second graders research the Solar System using the Internet to complete questions. They sing The Planet Song and study the names of the planets using an acrostic poem. They write descriptive paragraphs with a partner with whom they check...
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Proofreading Practice
Have your scholars search for spelling errors in a passage about presenting in public. They find 10 spelling errors total.
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Peer Editing and Proofreading
Students present their editorials to a small group and peer edit and proofread the papers. In this peer editing and proofreading instructional activity, students watch as the instructor models a peer editing on the Smart Board. ...
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Proofreading
In this proofreading worksheet, students label verbs and subjects and edit paragraphs. Students complete this for 3 paragraphs on this worksheet.