Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: President Warren G. Harding

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing learning exercise, students read and edit a short paragraph on President Warren G. Harding to find 10 errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Basketball's Beginnings

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

Every-Day Edit: Thurgood Marshall

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing activity, learners read and edit a paragraph about Thurgood Marshall, and find the 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Learners correct each error they find.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Gandhi

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

Every Day Edit - Dr. Seuss

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing worksheet about Dr. Seuss, pupils read and edit a short paragraph. Students look for 10 errors in capitalization punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Eloise

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization. The errors occur in a paragraph about the children's book Eloise.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Marie Curie

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

Every Day Edit - "Iceman" the Mummy

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct mistakes in a short paragraph about the "Iceman" mummy. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Yankee Stadium

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

Every-Day Edit: Rabbits

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about rabbits. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Language Arts: Writing Skills Development

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students improve writing skills by expanding their self-perceptions. Next, they develop idea lists for writing topics. Their ideas become the basis for a class newspaper. following the creation of a group composition, students write...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Punctuation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners complete punctuation activities. In this punctuation lesson plan, students write and analyze an unpunctuated sentence, and then discuss what is wrong with the sentence. Learners rewrite the sentence using the correct...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Punctuation

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this punctuating sentences activity, students add a period or add an exclamation point to complete the 12 sentences.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Desegregation at Central High

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the desegregation at Central High in Little Rock, AR. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and...
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - George Gershwin

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

Every-Day Edit: Volcanic Iceland

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing a paragraph activity, learners read and edit a short paragraph on "Volcanic Iceland" and find the ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct the errors.
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Larsen Ice Shelf

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Larsen B Ice Shelf. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: "Island of Copper"

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing activity, students read and edit a short paragraph on "Island of Copper" to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error found.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: "U.S.-Africa Capital Connection"

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing worksheet, students read and edit a paragraph on "U.S.--Africa Capital Connections" to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: President Gerald R. Ford

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this proofreading instructional activity, students identify spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar mistakes in a descriptive paragraph and use editing marks to correct them.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Play Ball: A Major League Review Game

For Teachers K - 12th
Apply the game of baseball to a fun review activity. Pupils earn a "base" for each subject question that they answer correctly. This activity can be modified and used for any subject area, including math, social studies, and language arts.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Editing and Publishing: Accessing Books Around the World Informative Paragraph

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Provide time to polish paragraphs in class. Pupils, who have been working on these informational pieces for several days now, will have a chance to check for spelling and grammar before publishing their work. Sure to be a rewarding final...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences

For Students 7th - 8th
Identifying when to use commas, semicolons and other forms of punctuation can be difficult for students. This 10 question activity which relates to sentence fragments, could be used to help students identify correct use of punctuation.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students 7th - 9th
Start by reading the information provided for both misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. The entire first page is explanation and examples-perfect for those who need extra support. On page two, you will find a short, 10-question...