Students read a piece of literature and locate the descriptive verbs in the piece. In this descriptive verbs instructional activity, students understand the value of using descriptive verbs. Students rewrite a story they've written with...

Students read about Scheherazade and Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp. In this literature/writing lesson, students understand the excitement of foreign places as the setting for a story. Students rewrite their own version of Scheherazade.

In this algebra learning exercise, students rewrite a word problem using algebra symbols. They calculate the length of a banana used to estimate the age of a monkey. There is answer key.

Students practice communication skills through brochure writing.  In this child safety brochure lesson, students gather important child safety information and rewrite it into a brochure.  Students must use correct language....

Need an active voice exercise? Learners rewrite a series of sentences to ensure that the subject of the sentence is doing the action. Beware the typos, especially in the title.

After an explanation of double negatives, young grammarians rewrite a series of sentences to eliminate the double or multiple negatives. An answer sheet is included.

Pupils examine how to avoid run on sentences. They look at the sentences containing run ons and rewrite the sentence on the line the way it should be written. They work independently to gain practice.

Students examine characteristics of informal writing. Students read through a class story. They rewrite the story so that it sounds if they were explaining the story to a friend. Students discover the use of apostrophes and...

Young scholars explore characteristics of informal writing. They read a class story. Students rewrite the story in an informal style. Young scholars discover that contractions and exclamation marks are used in the informal style.

Young scholars explore characteristics of a good speech. They use speech marks to demarcate direct speech. Students read a report and rewrite it, using verbs that describe people speaking.

Your English learners, or young native speakers, can practice converting affirmative sentences into negative ones using various verb forms. Forty-five opportunities are provided. Page contains links to additional resources and audio...

Young writers are asked to revise and modify a series of sentences to make them stronger and relay a sense of voice. No definitions or models are given. You might use the instructional activity to check for understanding after a...

In this end marks worksheet, students rewrite 8 incorrect sentences using a capital letter and the correct end mark for each statement or question.

High schoolers engage in daily spelling and vocabulary practice of workplace-related terms with definition matching exercises, word scrambles, dictation, sentence writing. Finally, they compose a short essay in which they use the words...

Clarify pronoun references and pronoun antecedent agreement with this learning exercise. This resource could act as a quiz or activity and could lead to teachable moments. The errors in these sentences are subtle, so this might be more...

Pupils explore the function of verbs when considering tense. They transform a text from future to past tense. Students read a story and discover it is written in past tense. In groups, pupils rewrite the verbs in the text to future...

For this writing worksheet, learners participate in a variety of punctuation activities. For example, rewrite a text using correct punctuation and unscramble words to create sentences.

In this online grammar worksheet, students identify fragments and run-ons. After the students make the identification, they correct the fragments or run-ons to form complete sentences.

Poetry is everywhere you look! Create found poems using headlines from newspapers and magazines. Young poetry focus on creating alliterative phrases with words they find in headlines, tying their poems to a central theme.

Raise children's awareness about conservation with this series of vocabulary activities. Offering riddles about endangered species and a crossword puzzle involving key terms relating to conservation, these fun worksheets will...

Don't simply proofread ... revise instead! Revising drafts is the topic of the 17th handout in UNC's Writing the Paper series of 24 lessons. Writers discover the importance of revision, as well as steps to follow during the process.

Students examine and discuss various pairs of opposites, repeating the words in Spanish. They draw a picture to illustrate each opposite and write sentences containing the Spanish opposites.

In this identifying double negatives instructional activity, students read sentences containing double negatives and rewrite them so they make sense using a single negative. Students rewrite seven sentences.

In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite 6 sentences with 6 specific verbs into questions. Students rewrite 5 sentences into original questions utilizing 1 of 6 specific interrogative words.