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Grade 11, Language Arts
Std # 1.71: Identify effective use of voice
  • Active voice

  • Passive voice


Lesson Plans:

Verbs
Students will differentiate between action and linking verbs and distinguish the difference between active and passive voice.

Active and Passive Voice
Rules and examples of active and passive voice

Choosing the Best Verb
This mini-lesson explores verb choice in a variety of online resources then encourages students to draw conclusions about verb use which they can apply to their own writing.

Active and Passive Voice 
An activity to help students understand passive voice in present and past tenses
 

 

Resources:
Active or Passive Voice Online activity

Active to Passive Transformation Online Activity

Active and Passive Tense Voice Printable Voice Chart

Active and Passive Voice Tutorials Many different tutorials

Purdue Online Writing Lab  Discusses the use of active and passive voice

University of West Florida Writing Lab  Handouts

Passive Voice  Mini-lesson

Active and Passive Voice PowerPoint presentation using active and passive voice

Active and Passive Voice  Notes on active and passive voice

Integrating Target Structures
This lesson plan focuses on the use of recycling language, namely the passive voice.

Suggestions for English Language Learners:                   

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B) Using a list for reference, students highlight forms of the verb "to be" in written material. 

(I
) Students identify sentences written in the passive voice by highlighting forms of the verb "to be" in written material.
(T) Students rewrite sentences from the passive voice to the active voice and from the active voice to the passive voice. 
 

 

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