Verb Voice Lesson, Grades 6-8: Choosing Active or Passive for Effect

"The class pumpkin was taken last night." "Two raccoons took the class pumpkin last night." Nobody saw who did it, so which sentence fits? In about 45 minutes, students learn that the active voice puts the doer first and makes clear who did the action, and the passive voice puts the receiver of the action first and can leave the doer out when it is unknown or unimportant.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Rule Notes, 1 student page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 6 pages: lesson plan, Rule Notes, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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