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 9 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.Write a myth that explains why an animal looks the way it does.
I explained the feature
I used dialogue
I paced the events
I gave it a resolution
LessonPrint · W.4.6 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Rewrite for a Different Reader
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A narrative about a failing old arrangement and the response to it.
2.An origin myth that ends by accounting for a real animal feature.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.