Use this set of 6th grade revising and editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
A Set of 6th Grade Revising and Editing Passages
A writer’s work is never done! (At least not until the editing process has been completed, that is!)
Teach your students the value of editing with this collection of 20 short passages, tailored specifically for 6th graders. Each passage features familiar, age-appropriate topics and has been purposefully written at a lexile level suitable for 6th grade. This ensures students can concentrate on honing their editing skills without the challenge of deciphering overly complex texts.
The language skills addressed in this set of editing passages include:
- Pronouns
- Capitalisation
- End punctuation
- Quotation marks
- Commas
- Apostrophes
- Dashes
- Parentheses
- Spelling
6th Grade Revising and Editing Passages: What to Expect
Each slide contains a short passage, an image and a set of instructions. The instructions inform students of the mistakes they need to find and fix within the passage.
Following each slide is an answer slide where all of the required changes are highlighted in a different color from the rest of the text.
Prefer task cards to a slide deck? We have you covered! Use the drop-down menu on the Download button to choose your preferred file format for these 6th grade editing passages from the options below:
- Google Slides presentation
- Google Slides editable task cards
- PDF task cards
The task card option can be used in a variety of ways in your editing lessons, such as:
- Whole-class warm-up activity
- Partner or group work
- Timed challenges
- Homework assignment
- Formative assessment
Download These 6th Grade Editing Paragraphs
Use the Download button to access your preferred version of this resource. Before accessing it, you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides presentation.
Brittany Collins, a teacher in Indiana and a Teach Starter collaborator, contributed to this resource.
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