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 16 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.Rewrite a piece of your writing so it is a third shorter without losing anything important.
I cut it down
I kept the meaning
I named what I cut
I checked the punctuation
2.Take a paragraph of your writing and rewrite it for a younger reader. Say what you changed.
I rewrote it
I named my changes
I kept the meaning
I checked the punctuation
LessonPrint · W.4.6 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Rewrite for a Different Reader
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A visibly shorter piece that keeps the substance, with the cuts named.
2.A rewritten paragraph plus a statement of what was changed and why.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.