Editing
This section contains activities and resources related to editing.
Commas and Quotations
Description: This online exercise requires students to form sentences with quotations using commas. There are three sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
The Semicolon Wars: the Fight for Punctuation Island - Online Game
Description: Throughout history the semicolons of Punctuation Island have been forced to live on the swampy side of the island by their more powerful neighbors, the period, comma, and the dreaded colon. For thousands of years the semicolons have endured the abuse. Not until the present have they had the kind of leader to help them rise up and conquer their neighbors. Luckily, you have arrived. Lead the semicolons to stirring victories over their neighbors by using semicolons, periods, commas, and colons correctly by blasting them into their correct places in the sentences that appear! If you succeed, you can print out your semicolon supreme ruler certificate. Classified under: ELA game, ELA games, punctuation game, punctuation games, grammar game, grammar games, semicolon game, semicolon games
It's All Wrong - Correcting the Causes of the Civil War
Description: This paragraph is full of misinformation about the Causes of the Civil War. Students must correct the mistakes. We advise using the Civil War Causes section for this activity. Challenging!
New York Sentence Puzzles
Description: This fun online activity requires students to re-arrange the words and punctuation to form a coherent sentence about New York. There are three total sentences. immediate feedback is given.
California Sentence Puzzles
Description: This fun online activity requires students to re-arrange the words and punctuation to form a coherent sentence about California. There are three total sentences. immediate feedback is given.
Pennsylvania Sentence Puzzles
Description: This fun online activity requires students to re-arrange the words and punctuation to form a coherent sentence about Pennsylvania. There are three total sentences. immediate feedback is given.
Arizona Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
California Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
New England Pariots Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
New York Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected. In the New York version, the first two sentences require students to add a SEMICOLON and COLON where applicable.
Commas Interactive - Online
Description: This handy module explains the many different uses of the comma and gives examples. Flash required.
Commas and Appostive Phrases
Description: This online exercise requires students to form sentences with appositives using commas. There are three sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Commas and Introductory Material
Description: This online exercise requires students to form sentences with introductory material using commas. There are three sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Commas and Independent Clauses
Description: This online exercise requires students to form sentences with independent clauses using commas. There are three sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Thomas Jefferson Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Thomas Jefferson. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Thomas Jefferson biography for reference.
Commas and Nominatives
Description: This online exercise requires students to form sentences with nominatives using commas. There are three sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Commas and Coordinate Adjectives
Description: This online exercise requires students to form sentences with coordinate adjectives using commas. There are three sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Commas , Geography, and Dates
Description: This online exercise requires students to form sentences with dates or locations using commas. There are three sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Commas in Series
Description: This online exercise requires students to form sentences with at least one series using commas. There are three sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Virtual History Teacher - Benjamin Banneker
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Benjamin Banneker. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. It's designed to reinforce the importance of elaboration. Students can use the Benjamin Banneker biography for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - Hank Aaron Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Hank Aaron. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. It's designed to reinforce the importance of elaboration. Students can use the Hank Aaron biography for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - Ruby Bridges
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of ruby Bridges. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. It's designed to reinforce the importance of elaboration. Students can use the Ruby Bridges biography for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - Crispus Attucks Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Crispus Attucks. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. It's designed to reinforce the importance of elaboration. Students can use the Crispus Attucks biography for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - George Washington Carver
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of George Washington Carver. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. It's designed to reinforce the importance of elaboration. Students can use the George Washington Carver biography for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Roberto Clemente Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Roberto Clemente. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Roberto Clemente biography for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Boston Massacre Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the Boston Massacre. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Boston Massacre narrative for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Boston Tea Party Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the Boston Tea Party. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Boston Tea Party narrative for reference.
Pizza Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Students can use the checklist to mark off the errors as they find them.
Extreme Sentence Surgeons: Saving Critically Injured Paragraphs - Online Game
Description: Do you have what it takes to become an Extreme Sentence Surgeon? Your paragraph surgery skills will be put to the test as critically injured paragraphs enter your emergency room. Their injuries are significant: poor spelling, no punctuation, wrong word usage, and much more. It will be gruesome. Use your superior skills to fix the bad spelling words, add commas, capital letters, periods, apostrophes, and change words used incorrectly. The paragraphs are counting on you. Be careful, though. You only get three incorrect fixes before your paragraph dies. You must completely fix two paragraphs before earning your Ph.D. in extreme sentence surgery. Good Luck! Click on the words that need to be fixed and edit them below. Classified under: ELA game, ELA games, punctuation game, punctuation games, grammar game, grammar games, semicolon game, semicolon games
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Harriet Tubman Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Harriet Tubman. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Harriet Tubman biography for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading an Amelia Earhart Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Amelia Earhart. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Amelia Earhart biography for reference.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Statue of Liberty Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the Statue of Liberty. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Statue of Liberty historical passage for reference.
Redwood National Park Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Going Green Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Iroquois Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Inuit Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Cardinals Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Blue Whale Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Spiders Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Donuts Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The printable version includes a checklist so students can mark off the errors as they progress.
Sentence Experts - Online Sentence Correction for Young Students
Description: This fun activity presents young students with flawed sentences for them to correct. Corrections include basic capitalizations, basic spelling, and punctuation. System gives immediate feedback
Rosa Parks Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Students can use the checklist provided to mark off errors as they progress.
Phishing Scheme Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation from a real phishing e-mail designed to trick people into sending money. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Penguins Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Printable versions come with checklists so students can mark off as they correct.
Penguins Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Ice Cream Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The printable version contains a checklist of errors so students can mark them off as they progress.
Jupiter Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The numbers of each error types are listed so students can check them off as they work.
Mars Printable Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The Activity provides the numbers of each error type.
Lobsters Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Bald Eagle Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Starfish Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Explorer Goals Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a George Washington Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of George Washington. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the George Washington biography for reference.
