In this writing skills worksheet, learners check a piece of writing they've completed using the check list. The check list includes sixteen different items to check.

Designed to help writers strengthen their elaboration, revision, and proofreading skills, this 48-page workbook is packed with information about and exercises in personal, narrative, persuasive, and report writing.

Students write about goals, responsibility, and persistence, and listen to President Obama's speech. In this President Obama lesson students create concept webs, listen with a purpose, and list the challenges of our generation.

In this writing worksheet, students read techniques for quoting material. Students read about how to correctly use quotations, textual references and footnotes, and a bibliography.

Before graphing and finding distances, learners investigate the coordinate plane and look at patterns related to plotted points. Points are plotted and the goal is to look at the horizontal and vertical distances between coordinates and...

Shoo fly. Scholars read DDT Spray Scares Mosquitoes Away, Study Finds and You Think You Have It Tough? to complete a mid-unit assessment. The learners compare and contrast author presentation and conduct a credibility check on each...

In this punctuation worksheet, students determine the correct punctuation mark that matches a given description. Students may check answers by clicking an answer button beneath each sentence.

In this literature response worksheet, learners answer 20 short essay questions about Chapters 39-44 of the book Holes by Louis Sachar.

Students submit their newsletter articles and a newsletter team proofreads them. Revisions are suggested. Writers revise their articles. Using a template from a word processing program, articles are typed in final form.

Eighth graders search a website and locate a poem written by a specific poet whose work appears in the grade 8 anthology. After listening to poetry, 8th graders present oral or written examples of imagery and an analysis of the imagery.

Learners explore how to use PowerPoint.

In this proofreading worksheet, students read a paragraph about the great builders of ancient civilizations. Students answer 10 multiple choice grammar and vocabulary questions about the text.

Students brainstorm a list of inventions that have affected their lives. In groups, they use the internet to research a specific inventor and their invention. They use the information to write two paragraphs and share their information...

Students consider the responsibilities of Senate Judiciary Committee members. In this judicial hearings instructional activity, students participate in a mock Supreme Court Confirmation and discuss the outcome.

Fourth graders listen to the story, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish" and complete a cartoon drawing containing dialogue that shows an understanding of conventions used in dialogue by using the bubble form.

In this incorrect punctuation worksheet, students circle the incorrect punctuation marks they see in a paragraph. Students read the paragraph and point out all of the mistakes.

Students complete sentence structure activities. In this sentence structure lesson plan, students discuss ways to piece together a sentence using the given words from the teacher. Students may also participate in related activities that...

Fourth graders examine instructions for proofreading activities and develop strategies to use in proofreading. They find and correct errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics in different writing samples.

Sixth graders create human sentences in this hands-on activity to practice using comas correctly when punctuating dates in sentences.

Students investigate the elements found in a media image. The image is used to compose a descriptive paragraph. They exchange papers to discuss the writing and make changes using constructive criticism. Students also make connections...

Students identify twelve different types of landforms, and create a slideshow about each landform that includes a title, pictures, definitions, conclusions and a reference page.

Second graders explore how people find out about history. They use previously gathered research to produce tourist pamphlets that highlight historical county events.

Second graders read "The Hundred Penny Box" by Sharon Mathis Bell. They research each year of their life in preparation for writing an autobiography and develop notes to help them in later writing.