Rewrite for a Different Reader is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on changing register and detail for a new audience, aligned to Common Core standard W.4.6. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 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 14 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 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.
Rewrite for a Different Reader
W.4.6
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Write a story about an old thing that stops working and what people do about it.
I built the situation
I used dialogue
I paced the events
I gave it a resolution
2.Find a paragraph in your writing that does two jobs. Split it and say why.
I found the paragraph
I split it
I explained why
I checked the punctuation
LessonPrint · W.4.6 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Rewrite for a Different Reader
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A narrative about a failing old arrangement and the response to it.
2.A paragraph split at a genuine change of subject, with a reason.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.