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Handout
Get It Write

Get It Write: Commas With Coordinate Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial gives a quick tip on how to figure out whether you should put a comma between adjectives. A brief quiz checks your understanding.
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Handout
ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the each type of punctuation used when building a sentence.
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Handout
ACT360 Media

Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Comma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "comma" in English punctuation.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Punctuate!

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Click on the two cards to match each punctuation mark with one of its usage rules.
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Handout
University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: The Comma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Ottawa's Writing Center developed this site. The major sections of the site are "Comma Usage" and "Superfluous Commas." Right and wrong examples are included, along with links for definitions.
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Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Uses of the Semicolon and Colon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This writing lab site shows students how to correctly use semicolons and colons in punctuation.
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Activity
Application Magazine

Aplicaciones: Ortografia Interactiva De Signos De Puntuacion

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Which punctuation do we use? Here you will find seven different set of exercises so you can test your knowledge of when to use a period, a comma, a colon or parentheses.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the comma and how it is used.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Don't Be Psycho Use Commas

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A learning module with links to twenty-seven images, videos, texts, and activities about the importance of using commas correctly.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ten Minute Grammar Lessons Commas

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] These lessons are intended to be used by English Language Arts teachers in grades 6-8 for a quick, whole-class review of the rules of comma usage.
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Handout
Washington State University

Washington State University: Parentheses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Washington State University is designed to inform the reader of the most common errors regarding the use of parentheses.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Comma Usage

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides extensive teaching examples for the appropriate use of commas. The color and graphics are engaging, and several Activote questions check student knowledge.
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Handout
The Economist

The Economist: Economist Style Guide: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides a brief discussion of each of the following types of punctuation: apostrophes, brackets, colons, commas, dashes, full-stops, inverted commas, question marks, and semi-colons. Examples are included for each type of...
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Handout
Other

Grammar Monster: Using a Comma After an Interjection

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Notes and examples to show how commas are used with interjections.
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Handout
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Guide to Grammar & Style provides this tutorial on two common uses for the semicolon: 1)to separate items in a list after a colon, and 2)to separate two independent clauses in one sentence.