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21st Century Book Club
After reading a self-selected book, young reviewers plan, draft, revise, edit and polish a book review as their report on the book. Reviewers record and edit their report which is then placed in the digital library for others to enjoy.
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Intermediate Sentence Correction - 5
In this sentence correction worksheet, students proofread and make correction to 5 out of 6 sentences. They correct the slang terms, verb tenses, and spelling in the sentences. They recognize the one sentence that does not need any...
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Proofreading Sentences
In this grammar editing worksheet, students edit five sentences to correct any grammatical or spelling errors. Students rewrite the sentences on the line.
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Punctuation Errors in Text: ESL
In this ESL punctuation worksheet, students read an article about a legal case involving student truancy. Students correct all the punctuation errors.
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Strategy for Spelling Success - Proofreading Dictated Sentences
Eighth graders write and proofread dictated sentences. In this spelling lesson, 8th graders practice writing 4 dictated sentences. They proofread the sentences for spelling, written conventions, apostrophes, plurals, "ie"/"ei" spellings,...
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Proofreading Activity: "The Twentieth Century"
For this proofreading worksheet, students mark infinitives, prepositional phrases, subjects and verbs in a paragraph titled "The Twentieth Century,"then edit for missing commas.
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Find the Error 49
In this language arts worksheet, students examine a newspaper article which appeared in print in the U.K. Kids identify the errors in grammar, spelling or punctuation. In this particular text, there are several errors in the use of...
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Writing Quiz
In this writing worksheet, students complete a 9 question on-line interactive exercise about correcting errors in sentences. Students correct one misspelled or misused word in each sentence.
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Using Capital Letters 3
In this grammar worksheet, students demonstrate that they know capitalization rules by correcting a 2 paragraph text about a man living in the UK.
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Daily Writing
For this writing worksheet, 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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BBC Learning English, Writing
In this proofreading worksheet, students correctly rewrite a passage that contains paragraph, spelling, and punctuation mistakes.
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #5
This worksheet 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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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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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 instructional activity also provides effective standardized test taking practice, as there...
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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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The Black Snowman
Sixth graders write a paper. In this writing and retelling lesson plan, 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...
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Where Are the Mistakes?
In this proofreading worksheet, learners read 17 sentences and look for errors in spelling, grammar, verb agreement and punctuation. Students correct the mistakes. This is intended for ESL learners.
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Error Correction Worksheet
In this error correction worksheet, students analyze 22 sentences which may contain errors in grammar. Students decide if there are mistakes and correct them.
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Error Correction in a Letter
In this ESL friendly letter correction worksheet, students read a letter and look for the 20 mistakes. Students correct the errors in the friendly letter.
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Practice Test: Grammar
In this language arts worksheet, learners find grammatical errors in 20 sentences. Students find the error and write each sentences correctly. No line is provided to write on.
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Correct Sentences
For this language arts worksheet, students read 4 sentences. All except one sentence contain errors. Students choose the sentence that is written correctly.
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Capital Letters in Sentences
In this capitalization worksheet, students read 10 sentences that contain errors. Students rewrite each sentence, inserting correct capitalization.
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To Quote or Not to Quote
Introduce your middle and high schoolers to the correct use of quotation marks. They identify examples of correct and incorrect quotations in magazines and edit a paragraph in groups. Use this lesson as a way to reinforce proofreading...