Writer's Choice Grade 12

Unit 15: Verb Tenses, Voice, and Mood

Unit Activity Lesson Plan

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

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

Student Web Activity Answers

1. The Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov saw the letters of the alphabet in colors.
2. He perceived the letter k, for example, as huckleberry blue.
3. The composer Aleksandr Scriabin associated colors with musical tones.
4. He heard an A major chord as green.
5. One person perceived flavors as shapes.
6. This person once described a bland chicken as not having "enough points."
7. Another person tasted baked beans at the sound of the word Francis.
8. correct
9. A leading researcher concluded that everyone's brain is capable of synesthesia.

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