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Lesson Plan
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Examining Letters to the Editor

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars write letters to the editor. In this written communication lesson, students read sample letters to the editor and use the active voice to compose letters to the editor about issues they are interested in.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter of Complaint

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students write letters of complaint. In this written communication lesson, students use the active voice to compose letters of complaint to selected audiences. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Informational Essay Planning: Essay Rubric and Planner

For Teachers 8th Standards
Pupils walk through the process of writing essays for their final assessment of Unbroken. They begin by reviewing the rubric using Rubric Criteria strips that assign a portion of the rubric to each pair of learners. They then participate...
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Lesson Plan
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Passive Voice Verbs Worksheet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this passive voice verb worksheet, they rewrite 5 sentence using a passive verbs, rewrite 4 sentences to maintain meaning, change 10 sentences to the passive form, and change 10 passive sentences into the active form.
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Interactive
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Passive

For Students 4th - 6th
In this passive verbs worksheet, students read the sentences and re-write them in the passive voice. Students complete 15 online exercises.
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Worksheet
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Making Passive Sentences

For Students 4th - 7th
In this making passive sentences worksheet, students are given a list of subjects and verbs. Students write sentences in the passive tense using the words provided.
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Interactive
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Passive 4

For Students 4th - 5th
In this passive worksheet, students read the sentences and re-write them in the passive voice. Students complete 12 exercises.
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Lesson Plan
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Nominalization and Passive Voice Exercise

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students distinguish between passive voice and nomialization.
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Worksheet
Prestwick House

Ten Days to A+ Grammar: Verbs

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
What are you doing today? What have you done this week? What will you be doing next month? Focus on verb usage with a series of fill-in-the-black exercises on basic tenses, inappropriate shifts in tense, and active and passive voice.
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Activity
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Things Fall Apart: Research, Writing & Presentation Project

For Teachers 9th - 11th
A great resource for your unit on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Small groups conduct research about related topics (list included), write papers, present PowerPoint slide shows, and take a student-created test. Fill in a few gaps to...
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Interactive
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Parts of Speech

For Students 7th - 8th
Review advanced grammar concepts with this standard online interactive multiple choice quiz. Young grammarians must know simple grammar principles such as verbs, prepositions and adverbs as well as higher-level knowledge like passive vs....
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Worksheet
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Rewrite the Following Sentences in the Passive Voice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this passive voice writing review activity, students read 7 sentences and then rewrite each one of them in the passive voice.
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Interactive
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Passive Voice Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this interactive sentence rephrasing worksheet, students rewrite each of the 29 sentences in a passive voice. This worksheet is interactive.
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Handout
San José State University

Avoiding Nominalization

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Improve syntax with this explanatory handout. It clarifies one way to make writing more precise: avoiding nominalization. This resource provides four ways to find and change nominalization problems and 10 sentences to correct. There are...
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PPT
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Verb Issues I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
See the variety of verbs spelled out in these slides. From infinitives to intransitives, each verb is defined and shown with examples. Relationships of verbs to other parts of a sentence are clearly explained. This complex subject is...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Informational Essay Planning: Essay Rubric and Essay Planner

For Teachers 8th Standards
Class members dig into the expectations for the end-of-unit assessment for A Mighty Long Way by studying the rubric. The Rubric Criteria strips help pairs of readers look more closely at specific rubric points. They share ideas with the...
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Unit Plan
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Teacher Kit Unit 1

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Nine lessons makeup a unit designed to reinforce grammar and vocabulary through practice pages based on readings of African folktales. Each lesson consists of a mini lesson, a vocabulary review, and a worksheet. Topics include...
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Worksheet
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Passive Interview

For Students 3rd
In this passive worksheet, 3rd graders ask two students 5 questions and write their answers. For homework students choose one answer from each question and write a complete sentence.
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Interactive
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ESL: Grammar Revision and Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL grammar revision and practice worksheet, learners complete activities choosing correct prepositions of time, active and passive voice verbs, and comparatives, complete reported speech and "say/tell" activities and correct...
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Interactive
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Passive Voice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this passive voice worksheet, students complete the sentences with am, are, or is, also complete them with verbs, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Interactive
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Passive voice - Present Simple

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this passive voice worksheet, students rewrite the sentences to be in the passive voice. Students complete 10 sentences total.
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Lesson Plan
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Tense Buster

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students, after using the "Intermediate" selection of the Tense Buster software, recognize and practice using passive voice in their writing. As a result of this task, they correctly use five new vocabulary terms with passive voice in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Passive Voice Sentences

For Students 5th - 7th
For this passive voice worksheet, students change a set of 9 sentences from the passive to active tense, writing answers beneath sentences already given.
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Lesson Plan
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From Ordinary To Extraordinary Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the quality of writing while focusing on the use of sensory words to convey meaning and ideas. The power of similes and metaphors is emphasized while they create and edit works of writing. The skill of descriptive...