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Sophia: Making the Passive Voice Active Instructional VideoSophia: Making the Passive Voice Active Instructional Video
Publisher
Sophia Learning
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Instructional Videos
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Instructional Video

Sophia: Making the Passive Voice Active

Curated by ACT

This video lesson focuses on changing passive voice sentences into active voice. It begins by asking students to think of sentences as a parking lot with reserved spaces for parts. It shows active voice sentences as SVO order and passive voice as OVS order. It then explains a 4-step process to change the passive voice sentences into active voice and vice versa. Real Player is required.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

active voice, passive voice

Additional Tags

changing active voice to passive, changing passive voice to active, sophia learning, sophia english, active and passive voice

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

L.8.1.d L.8.1.b

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Worksheet

Active and Passive Voice

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How are the active and passive voices different, and when should you use each one? The first page of this two-page worksheet contains the rules and several examples. On the second page, your grammarians will be able to put pen to paper...
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Active and Passive Voice

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Six quick slides show the difference between the active and passive voice and how to eliminate the passive voice in one's writing. Identify the subject and verb of the sentences shown, and rearrange them to change the voice. Encourage...
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Passive Voice

Prairie View A&M University
Often deemed the weak voice, the passive voice is often a stylistic choice in many narratives. This presentation, created by Prairie View A&M University, details the pros and cons of using the passive voice. 
9th - 12th English Language Arts
PPT

Active and Passive Voices

Curated OER
Work on identifying the passive and active voice with your learners. Show them what each voice emphasizes and the typical syntax for each type. The active voice is encouraged, but the reasons for effectively utilizing passive voice are...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
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Sophia: Making the Passive Voice Active

Sophia Learning
This lesson explains how to change a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
PPT

Sophia: Making the Passive Voice Active

Sophia Learning
This lesson explains how to change a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Instructional Video

Sophia: Making Passive Voice Active

Sophia Learning
This screencast explains when and why to use active voice and passive voice in writing and how to change from one voice form to the other. It also includes links to additional web resources for changing voices. [3:08]
9th - 10th English Language Arts
PPT

Sophia: The Passive Voice

Sophia Learning
This slideshow lesson focuses on the passive voice. It defines it, explains the effective uses of passive voice, discusses how to write effective sentences using passive voice, and provides examples.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Sophia: The Passive Voice

Sophia Learning
This screencast [2:25] defines passive voice, offers reasons for its use, explains how to write using it, and provides examples throughout. It also offers links to more information about passive voice.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Instructional Video

Sophia: Making the Passive Voice Active

Sophia Learning
This lesson explains how to change a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice. [8:25]
9th - 10th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
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