Time Fix Mission

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen grammar accuracy, editing skills, and writing clarity by revising a paragraph that misuses for and during. Learners carefully read an extended passage, identify incorrect time prepositions, and rewrite the paragraph using precise language that clearly conveys duration or events occurring within a time frame.

Learning Goals

• Editing & Revising (Grades 4-6): Identify and correct grammar errors within a full paragraph to improve accuracy.
• Conventions of Standard English: Apply correct usage of for (duration) and during (within an event or time period).
• Writing for Clarity & Coherence: Rewrite sentences so time relationships are clear and ideas flow smoothly.
• Grammar in Extended Text: Practice applying grammar rules consistently across multiple connected sentences.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA grammar and writing standards.
• Paragraph-Level Practice: Moves beyond single sentences to help students see how grammar affects an entire text.
• Context-Based Reasoning: Requires learners to analyze intended meaning before making corrections.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Suitable for grammar lessons, editing practice, assessments, homework, or small groups.
• Low-Prep Printable: Easy to implement in both classroom and homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence with time-related grammar while strengthening revision and writing skills. By correcting and rewriting a complete paragraph, learners deepen their understanding of for versus during and how precise word choice improves clarity and coherence. Whether used in a classroom language arts block or a homeschool lesson, this resource supports careful reading, accurate editing, and polished written expression.

This worksheet is part of our For vs. During worksheets collection.