This entry explains active and passive voice and how to change active to passive and passive to active in sentences. It provides detailed examples of each.

A description of active and passive voice with examples and explanations.

Three page, PDF format handout that explains passive verbs, and when and how to avoid them. The third page contains some practice exercises. Colorful page with a good amount of information packed in to a fairly small space.

In this lesson, students will develop a narrative in opposing voices.

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Test your knowledge of active and passive voice by changing the passive voice sentences into active voice.

Test your knowledge of active and passive voice by changing the passive voice sentences into active voice.

How can you avoid the passive voice in your writing? Explore this website to learn how and why not to use this voice in your writing.

In this learning module, students will expand their range of editing skills and improve your writing by replacing passive verbs with active verbs and learning to use verb tense consistently. It will improve their voice, tenses, and mood.

This lesson focuses on editing voice, verb tense, and syntax. It includes practice exercises.

Contains plans for eight 45-minute lessons that ask middle schoolers to write monologues from different perspectives in the child labor debate. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to...

This site offers links to each section of Writing, Module 8, Lessons 1-9 and Practices 1-3. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions; spell correctly; and edit drafts for...

A video lesson introduces the passive voice and demonstrates how it is formed within a sentence. [7:09]

Contains plans for four lessons that teach young scholars the difficult concept of voice using a book that uses four specific voices: "Voices in the Park" by Anthony Browne. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...

Thirteen day poetry unit plan provided by The Academy of American Poets designed for ninth or tenth grade students. Contains individual lessons on spoken poetry, written poetry, poetry as social commentary, and voice. Each lesson...

This site by University of St. Thomas focuses on the basics for writing any paragraph. It is developed in outline fashion and is very easy to follow. This site provides a basic overview of the process of writing without going into a...

A helpful outline of verb structures, including active and passive voice. Imperative, indicative, and subjunctive moods are also included. A printable version is linked.

The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 7 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 7. Focus of the...

This entry focuses on sentence pattern transformations including to active/passive voice, cleft, interrogative with yes or no answer, negative, emphasis, and to interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. It includes an explanation and...

Accomplished Native American author Leslie Marmon Silko is featured in this resource. Some of her writings include "Ceremony" and "Laguna Woman." Click on the "Leslie Marmon Silko Activities" tab for class activities and a collection of...

This teaching pack will introduce students to Ignatius Sancho in his own words through a selection of his letters and invite students to offer a variety of creative responses to Sancho's life, work, and unique voice. Students will work...

This site has information on the active and passive verb voice. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.

In this lesson, students will experiment with word choice as it relates to persuasion.

In this lesson plan, learners will create a persuasive narrative by correctly incorporating interjections and imperative commands.