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Investigate the significance of adjectives with a newspaper activity that addresses effective language. Readers probe teacher-provided articles in search of the mighty modifiers, and practice by replacing them with a different word, and...

Put on your Sherlock Holmes hat and become a spelling detective! Scholars hunt down the spelling errors in a short passage of a high-interest current events text. Here is a great way to develop editing and reading skills.

Help your secondary reader/writers assess texts by studying press releases from Statistics Canada and drafting articles based on them. They then compare the press release, their own articles, and actual news stories they find online. I'd...

In this grammar worksheet, students read an extract from a national magazine for teachers. Students locate a mistake in either apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, or spelling.

In this grammar worksheet, students find an error in an extract adapted from an international news website. Students locate an error in singular/plural usage.

In this grammar worksheet, students read a paragraph about a sit-com. Students locate mistakes in apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, and spelling.

In this grammar worksheet, students read an advertisement for a Christmas activity set. Students locate a mistake either in apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, or spelling.

In this grammar instructional activity, students read a short clipping from a newspaper article. Students locate a mistake in apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, or spelling.

For this grammar worksheet, students read a paragraph about British breakfast foods. Students locate mistakes in apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, and spelling.

In this ESL spelling worksheet, students will focus on error correction and editing. Students will read a short passage correcting any spelling mistakes or omissions from the article.