Worksheet
Curated OER

Editing Skills

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar activity, learners read ten sentences and find the punctuation mistakes in each one and then correct them as needed.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Wind Cave

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Hot Dogs!

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing learning exercise, students read a short paragraph on "Hot Dogs!" and find the 10 errors in the paragraph dealing with capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Longest Road on Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing instructional activity, students read a short paragraph on "Longest Road on Earth" and find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - The First Mail-Order Catalog

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing learning exercise, students read and edit a short paragraph on "The First Mail-Order Catalog" to find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - How Dry Can a Desert Get?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing a paragraph worksheet, students read and edit a short paragraph on "How Dry Can a Desert Get?" and find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct the errors.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: President John Adams

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President John Adams. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: The Netherlands Rivers

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing worksheet, learners read and edit a short paragraph on "The Netherlands Rivers" to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Learners correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Bachelor President

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing worksheet, learners read and edit a short paragraph about the only president that never married to find 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Learners correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: "World's Smallest Nations"

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this editing instructional activity, students read and edit a short paragraph entitled, "World's Smallest Nation's", to find the ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: "Levi Strauss Heads West"

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing instructional activity, students read and edit the short paragraph, "Levi Strauss Heads West", to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Red Stockings Are Popular

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing worksheet, students read and edit a short paragraph on red stockings to find ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Greece's Beaches

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about the beaches of Greece. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal activity to hand out at the beginning of...
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Cola Success Story

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing learning exercise, students read and edit a short paragraph entitled, "Cola Success Story." Young grammarians find and correct the 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: The World's Largest Bay

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing instructional activity, learners read and edit a short paragraph about the world's largest bay. Students find and correct the 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Robert F. Kennedy

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Robert F. Kennedy. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Labor Day

For Students 3rd - 8th
Elementary grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about Labor Day. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal activity to hand out at the beginning of the...
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: The Mail Gallops West

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing worksheet, learners read and edit a passage entitled, "The Mail Gallops West." Students look for 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

6 Traits: conventions

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students watch a video and write using conventions. In this conventions lesson plan, students edit their writing for the correct spelling, grammar, and paragraph usage.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Language Arts Review Quiz #5

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises. Students correct 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization errors, circle 2 words spelled correctly, circle the words that go together, and choose the correct...
Worksheet
Curated OER

What's Wrong With This Picture

For Students 6th - 8th
In this punctuation activity, students examine a picture that contains a sign that is found outside of Norwich Cathedral. They find the error in the sign which deals with the use of an apostrophe in a possessive.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Grade 2 Language Arts Review Quiz

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises: students rewrite 2 sentences with the correct grammar and punctuation, complete a plural spelling activity, a synonym activity, a vowel sound activity, and a syllable...
Unit Plan
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British Council

Unit 8: Proofreading

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Plagued by punctuation or stymied by spelling? Lesson eight in a nine-part series of career education and skills activities introduces the importance of proofreading. Learners categorize common writing errors and construct error-free...
Organizer
Curated OER

Peer Editing Checklist

For Students 7th - 12th
Peer editing can be fun and enlightening if it's done effectively. If you're having your class peer edit a general piece of writing (perhaps a personal response or short answer response), this graphic organizer could help. Reviewers look...