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Curated OER

Peer Editing for Expository Essay

For Students 8th - 11th
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...
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Curated OER

Peer Editing Checklist

For Students 7th - 11th
A handout to guide peer editors, this checklist delineates common problems with paragraph structure and specific proofreading items to check. It also provides encouragement about the collaborative part of the writing process. Formats...
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Curated OER

Editing a Paragraph

For Students 7th - 10th
In this paragraph worksheet, learners edit and proofread a paragraph. Students correct all punctuation and capital letter errors.
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Curated OER

Peer Editing Form

For Students 9th - 10th
Save time by downloading a template for peer editing. Included, you will find a one-form-per-page format and a four-forms-per-page format.
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Curated OER

Every Day Edit - Jim Henson's Muppets

For Students 8th - 10th
Read about Jim Henson's Muppets! Cut this activity in two, so that each learner can have a bell-ringer activity. As they read the excerpt, they correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors. 
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Curated OER

Intermediate Paragraph Correction #8

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
If you are looking for a activity to challenge intermediate English learners on verb tense, syntax, and punctuation, you might want to check out this activity. Readers select the correct revisions to a passage in eight multiple choice...
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Curated OER

Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 9th
The focus of this writing learning exercise is to have writers revise and edit a three-paragraph passage to eliminate wordiness and repetition. The paragraphs are quite long, and this should take most students quite a while to complete.
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Curated OER

Peer Editing Worksheet, #2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this peer editing worksheet, students read and review a teacher-supplied article and respond to 6 short answer questions in order to edit the article's introductory paragraph and body.
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Curated OER

Spelling Proofreading Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
Looking for a quick spelling activity to use as a quiz or warm-up? This resource provides a paragraph of eleven sentences, all of which contain a spelling error. Young learners list the mistakes on the lines below. Make a game out of...
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Curated OER

Narrative Revision Sheet

For Students 7th - 12th
After completing a narrative essay, provide this self-editing worksheet for your class. Four simple questions ask for the purpose, tone, and any rhetorical devices used in the essay. Editors fill this section out themselves before...
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Curated OER

Advanced Paragraph Correction #6

For Students 4th - 9th
In this paragraph correction worksheet, students read a 7 line passage. Then students respond to 8 multiple choice questions regarding grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.
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Sinclair Community College

Sentence Sense Editing Exercise

For Students 6th - 9th
This one-page sentence editing practice is a beast! Grammar masters make corrections in punctuation and capitalization in a lengthy paragraph that is about writing process (how post-modern). This efficient resource can be used as...
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Curated OER

Paragraph Editing: Using agreement with an essay

For Students 6th - 10th
In this editing activity, students read 4 paragraphs and edit the sentences in them. Students edit 28 sentences total and can check their answers.
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Purdue University

Sentence Fragments Exercise 2

For Students 5th - 9th
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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Curated OER

BBC Learning English, Writing

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this proofreading worksheet, students correctly rewrite a passage that contains paragraph, spelling, and punctuation mistakes.
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Curated OER

Peer Edit Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
HUH? WHAT? YES! Peers are prompted to label parts of a peer's writing where they find information inadequate, confusing, or effective.
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Curated OER

Sentence Fragments Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 9th
In this sentence fragment worksheet, students are asked to edit and correct a paragraph for errors in capitalization and punctuation. Students must focus on making sure there are no sentence fragments.
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Curated OER

Spanish Sentence Construction

For Students 8th - 9th
After reviewing Spanish articles, nouns, noun gender, subject pronouns, and the verb ser, give your emerging Spanish speakers this practice packet. Several activities are included: an unscrambling exercise, translation practice, an...
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Curated OER

Spelling Exercise: -ible or -able

For Students 5th - 9th
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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Clever Student Training Company

Analyzing the Essay

For Students 9th - 12th
The skill set required of readers of informational text includes the ability to identify an article’s thesis or main idea, as well as the supporting points. Learners can practice these skills by analyzing an essay about the treatment of...
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Interactive
McGraw Hill

Proofreading Practice

For Students 8th - 10th
In this proofreading worksheet, students discover five misspelled words in a paragraph. Students then place the correct spelling of the word in a box below the paragraph.
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Interactive
McGraw Hill

Proofreading Exercise

For Students 7th - 9th
In this proofreading activity, students rewrite a paragraph to correct various errors. Students must find and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.
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Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Problem Solving

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
School subjects connect when your young scholars use math to edit English. Math allows you to convert an entire paragraph into a simple equation or inequality. Examples encourage learners to write expressions, equations, and inequalities...
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Handout
San José State University

Essay Outline Template

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Inspire essay organization with this handout and exercise about outlining. Writers read through a brief outline model and then practice writing their own outline by completing a second model. Scholars not only complete the outline, they...

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