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San Agustin y La Florida
Read about San Agustin, Florida, and the Spanish influence on the American city during the 1500's. The text itself is five paragraphs long, and there is a bolded list of words that the reader needs to place correctly in the text. To...
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Proofreading Practice
In this proofreading activity, learners discover five misspelled words in a paragraph. Students then place the correct spelling of the word in a box below the paragraph.
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Quiz on Comma Usage
In this punctuation worksheet, students complete an on-line interactive exercise in which the correct punctuation is inserted into three separate paragraphs.
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Malaria? In Canada?
For this using verb forms correctly worksheet, students add the correct form of the verb given in parenthesis to complete sentences in a paragraph.
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Creative Writing Using the Senses
Fifth graders, utilizing a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and meanings, eat a sweet treat and then list eight different adjectives for each of the five senses. They then describe a sweet with at least then adjectives...
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
Students explore and review punctuation. They discuss examples of poorly punctuated paragraphs and how it affects writing. Students describe the types of punctuation used for writing. They correctly punctuate a variety of sentences and...
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Relating to Franklin's Age of Reason
Fourth graders read a selection describing 13 virtues from "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." They keep track of their behavior and whether or not they can keep up with 5 chosen virtues. They write a 5 paragraph essay on their...
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Context Clues
Learners review and discuss what context clues are and then read six sentences and paragraphs and circle the correct context clue for each one.
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Disasters - Where, When, Why
Fourth graders research natural disasters that have occurred in the US in the twentieth century. They create computer based database and use the information to write a paragraph.
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If I Could Have Lived in Another Time or Culture
Third graders develop multi-paragraph compositions. They include an introduction, first and second level support, and a conclusion. They use a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound/complex) and sentence types (i.e.,...
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Verb Tense Worksheet 1
In this grammar activity, students identify the incorrect verb forms in a paragraph and correct each one. Students also circle the correct verb in nine additional sentences.
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Every-Day Edit: Fastest Sport in the World
In this proof reading instructional activity, students read a paragraph about Jai Alai, Arguably "The Fastest Sport in the World." Students locate and correct 10 errors in the paragraph.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 3--Obtaining Employment
Students, while identifying/examining/researching required requirements for particular jobs, prepare to seek employment in the United States. In addition, they practice writing paragraphs for further employment prospects.
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Every Day Edit - Eloise
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.
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Every Day Edit - Marie Curie
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Marie Curie. The errors range from punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization.
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Every Day Edit - "Iceman" the Mummy
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.
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Every-Day Edits: Ellis Island
In this proof reading instructional activity, learners read a paragraph about Ellis Island. Students locate and correct 10 errors in the paragraph.
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CTBS Practice Test #5
In this CTBS practice test, students: condense two sentences into one, choose the correct topic sentence for a paragraph, and identify sentences that do not belong in a paragraph and simple subjects. Nineteen questions are asked.
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Worksheet on Commas
In this grammar worksheet, students investigate the proper use of commas by reading 20 sentences and inserting commas when necessary. Students then read the comma rules and write a sentence using the rule indicated. Students read a...
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"The Puke"
In this grammar worksheet, students complete the first paragraph of the story "The Puke" by filling in fifty-five blanks with the appropriate preposition that makes each one grammatically correct.
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Homonym Worksheet 2
In this grammar learning exercise, students proofread a paragraph for diction problems and numerous homonym errors. Students underline each error and then write the correct form of the word right above the line.
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Prepositions
In this grammar worksheet, students read four paragraphs and draw circles around the correct prepositions in each set of parenthesis.
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BBC Learning English, Writing
In this proofreading instructional activity, students correctly rewrite a passage that contains paragraph, spelling, and punctuation mistakes.
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Who is Mr. Green?
In this who is Mr. Green worksheet, students read a paragraph and chart about Mr. Green to rewrite sentences using the negative form of to be. Students answer seven questions.