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Advanced Spelling Challenge 8
For this spelling worksheet, 11th graders examine 15 words which are spelled wrong. Students correct the spelling , then translate the word "into your own language." This is intended for ELL students.
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 1
In this spelling worksheet, learners examine 3 boxes with 30 common words. Students identify and correct the 5 misspelled words in each box.
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 4
In this spelling worksheet, students examine 3 large boxes which contain 30 commonly used words. Students identify the 5 misspelled words in each and correct them.
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Mistakes That English Native Speakers Make 3
In this grammar worksheet, students analyze 20 sentences and mark the one error in each. Students look for errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling or writing style. This page is intended for ESL adults, but is usable for proofreading...
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Proofreading Exercise
In this writing and grammar worksheet, students proofread 24 sentences. Students correct wordiness, noun use, subject-verb agreement, tenses and spelling.
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Proofreading
Fourth graders explore the proofreading process. They practice proofreading for errors in sentence structure, usage, and mechanics. Students develop strategies for proofreading and differentiate between commonly confused words.
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Using a Writing Prompt
Fourth graders explore the writing process. They practice responding to a writing prompt. Students practice their proofreading skills and proofread their writing. They include a beginning, middle, and ending in their writing.
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Responding to a Writing Prompt
Fourth graders explore the writing and proofreading process. They practice responding to a writing prompt. Students write three paragraphs about the given prompt and proofread their work.
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Proofreading Lesson 5
Fourth graders explore various proofreading strategies. They develop their proofreading strategies. Students find and correct errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. They discuss sentence formation, usage, and mechanics.
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Busy Beaver
Learners practice editing for conventions, focusing on one element at a time after reviewing conventions poster. They examine how to use proofreader's marks and discuss how to edit using them.
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Letter Writing: An English Language Arts Lesson For Writing/Proofreading
Ninth graders write a letter to someone who is deserving of thanks. Peer and self-editing takes place. After the writing process is completed and a copy is made for the portfolio, envelopes are distributed, addressed, sealed, and mailed.
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Getting to Know You Through Peer Editing
Sixth graders get to know their classmates through 'personalized' sentences that feature one student each day, and offer practice in proofreading and peer-editing related to capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and/or grammar rules.
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Keyboarding - Tab & Enter Practice 1-2
Young scholars set tabs and type words between the tabs. They practice proofreading.
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Keyboarding - Correct the Story
Students read a story that has several blank words and letters. They proofread, edit and type the story filling in the blanks with logical answers.
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Keyboarding - Complete the Paragraphs
Students read a paragraph that is missing vowels and contains other errors as well. They proofread, fill in vowels, type, edit and print the corrected paragraph.
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Sentence Auctions
Students proofread sentence to determine which are grammatically correct and which contain errors. They bid on grammatically correct sentences and try to buy as many possible. Points are awarded for purchased sentences that contain no...
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Wagons West: Proofreading
Students proofread each others journal entries. In this proofreading lesson, students exchange journal entries to proofread according to instructions given by the teacher. Students will read a different journal each day, giving helpful...
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Transforming Fairy Tales: Editing
Students edit fairy tales. In this transforming fairy tales instructional activity, students edit their previously written fairy tales for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Students also have the opportunity to peer edit.
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Strategy for Spelling Success Instant Activity
Second graders write to dictated sentences. In this high-use words spelling assessment, 2nd graders respond to three dictated sentences. Following the assessment lesson, students self-check the sentences and respond to a question on...
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Here's an Instant Activity for February 16, 2004
Fourth graders complete a spelling activity that also improves their proofreading skills. In this spelling lesson, 4th graders read a list of words and proofread to find the word spelled correctly in each row.
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #5
For this paragraph correction worksheet, learners read a paragraph about a man giving a speech. Students correct 8 errors by choosing the proper answer from 6 choices.
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Present Tense
In this error correction worksheet, students read 10 sentences that may have mistakes in grammar. Students rewrite and correct the errors in the sentences. Note: There is a teacher's name at the top of the page.
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #9
For this advanced paragraph correction worksheet, students read a text about urban planning. Students correct the errors in 8 sentences by selecting the right answer from 5 possible choices.
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #7
In this error correction learning exercise, learners read a paragraph about the Spitzer Space Telescope. Students correct 8 errors by selecting the right answers from 5 choices. There are 8 mistakes to correct.