Writer's Choice Grade 11

Unit 15: Verb Tenses, Voice, and Mood

Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
In this unit, students have studied verb tenses and voice. In this lesson, they will distinguish between passive and active voice and practice converting the passive voice into the active voice.

Lesson Description
The sentences in this activity are written in the passive voice. Students should rewrite each sentence in the active voice; however, students must note when the use of the passive voice is appropriate by writing correct.

Instructional Objectives

Students will be able to distinguish between the passive and active voices.
Students will be able to use each voice appropriately.
Students will be able to convert the passive voice into the active voice when necessary.

Student Web Activity Answers

All of us experience five senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
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Some of them hear shapes.
Others taste colors.
Different people perceive this quirk of the brain differently.
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Synesthesia, a combination of the Greek words syn (together) and aisthesis (sensation), means “sensing together.”
In people with synesthesia, one sense triggers another.
Many creative people have lived with synesthesia.

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