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Fit the Task and the Reader is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on shaping a piece for its purpose and audience, aligned to Common Core standard W.4.4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 14 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 22 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 14 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Fit the Task and the Reader

W.4.4

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Write on the lines. Use the checklist.

1.Explain how a beaver dam changes a valley.
  • I used a heading
  • I explained the chain
  • I used precise language
  • I wrote a conclusion
2.Write a story that takes place over a single night.
  • I built the setting
  • I used dialogue
  • I paced the events
  • I gave it a resolution

LessonPrint · W.4.4 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Fit the Task and the Reader

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The chain from dam to pond to silt to wet ground to more species.
  2. 2.A narrative confined to one night, paced across it, with a resolution.

More practice for W.4.4

Match how you organise a piece to its task, purpose and reader.

Teaching this next? Matching Writing to Purpose is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.4.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.