Students read a short biography of Jacob Early, a member of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1862. In this Civil War lesson, students rewrite a letter written by him, editing for spelling, grammar and punctuation. Students further discuss...

In this writing activity, students choose one of 6 fairy tales to rewrite. They change story elements such as the character, location, viewpoint, or problem to create a "fractured fairy tale".

Students discuss effective ways to solve and communicate problems. In this word problem lesson plan, students solve a variety of word problems written by varying authors. They rewrite words using algebraic terminology.

Young scholars replace nouns, verbs, pronouns, and adjectives in a poem. They identify the parts of speech, and rewrite the poem using their own selection of parts of speech.

Young scholars search in newspapers for words that describe them or what they like. They gather the words and use them to create a self-portrait. They read "boring" sentences and rewrite them using more descriptive words. They write 10...

Students, after reading the novel, Out of the Dust, describe the language used in the novel. They cite examples of words or phrases that are from that time period. Then they are given sentences and must rewrite them in modern-day language.

Second graders brainstorm unique qualities they possess in a All About Me worksheet. They write free verse poems about things that most people don't know about them. They brainstorm descriptive words to enhance their poems and rewrite them.

Students rewrite and perform various scenes from the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. In groups, they include the main quotes and ideas from their scene, perform it for the class, and identify which scene each group is performing.

Students access the Internet. They explore various areas of the culture of Japan. They answers questions in their Travel Journals. They read a Japanese fairy tale and rewrite the ending.

Students create found poetry using lines from hip hop songs and Shakespeare's plays. They try to rewrite the words to music so that more people can explain Shakespeare's plays. They discuss the results of the activity.

Seventh graders translate word sentences to algebraic expressions. In groups of three, 7th graders determine the number of times their heart beats in fifteen seconds. Using this data, they calculate the heartbeats per minute, in five...

Pupils read and analyze the meaning of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. They read and discuss the Preamble, look up difficult words in a dictionary, rewrite the Preamble in more common words, and create posters displaying the...

Young scholars, while reading a novel together in class, jot in their journals any connections to their own lives they can make between the text and self, text to text or text to the world. Various themes are connected to open more doors...

Students research the contributions of Ira Hayes. They research Ira Hayes as a World War II Marine hero. They write a report on his contributions and explain why he has been "forgotten" in American history despite his role at Iwo Jima....

Students study literary devices used in poetry. They gain access to a specific Internet poetry site that provides a step-by-step guide on how to write a poem. They each write a poem and then exchange it with others in a group for peer...

Students examine the three dimensions of health, wealth, and happiness from both emotional and social perspectives. Among the week-long activities are discussions about good and poor habits, minimizing risks by proper planning and...

Learners engage in a lesson about finding the values of different graphs written in the vertex form. They rewrite each quadratic equation in vertex form while graphing the equation with the visual display of a parabola that matches the...

In this literacy worksheet, 5th graders unscramble the letters and rewrite the proper words. The answers are found when clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

In this Algebra activity, learners find the Greatest Common Factor of two or three terms and divide it out. They rewrite the expression using parenthesis. Students may self check their answers by selecting the link at the end of the...

In this writing worksheet, 2nd graders read each sentence, rewrite each sentence and then draw a line to the picture that matches the sentence stated.

In this grammar worksheet, students read 20 sentences about everyday conversation. Students rewrite each sentence correctly, checking for apostrophe errors.

In this grammar worksheet, learners will replace an incorrect preposition of time with the correct preposition by rewriting 15 sentences.

In this sentence building learning exercise, students will rewrite eight scrambled sentences in the correct order to make proper sentences.

In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite sentences with capital letters and correct punctuation. Ten sentences are to be corrected and rewritten.