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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Use a Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
It may seem like the semicolon is struggling with an identity crisis. It looks like a comma crossed with a period. Maybe that's why we toss these punctuation marks around like grammatical confetti; we're confused about how to use them...
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Harvard University

Harvard Writing Center: Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rather than lists of rules, this site provides practical advice on the use of commas, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, abbreviations, acronyms, split infinitives, "this," "that," italics, and underlining. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
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English Club

English Club: Punctuation Marks

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub tutorial provides a comprehensive chart of punctuation marks and their respective purposes. Examples of the punctuation marks used in context are also provided.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Lab: Brief Overview of Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides a brief overview of semicolons, colons, parentheses, dashes, quotation marks, italics, and underlining.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Punctuation: Conquering the Comma: Power Point

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A PowerPoint presentation introducing common rules of comma usage as well as how commas are used in phrases and clauses.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hyphenation Conventions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This video [0:48) discusses how hyphens indicate specific nouns from compound words. Without them, they could refer to completely different things! Know when and how to use them.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to the Ellipsis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The ellipsis is used to show a pause in speech or that part of a sentence has been removed.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dashes and Hyphens

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn the uses of--and differences between--dashes and hyphens.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Mini Lessons for Small Group Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This strategy helps students refine their writing skills and use grade-level conventions in writing and speaking.
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English Plus+

English Plus: Grammar Slammar!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An easy-to-use grammar resource containing rules for style, usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, and letter writing. This site also includes a glossary of common grammatical mistakes.
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English Plus+

Grammar Slammer: Hyphens Rules for Use

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Grammar Slammer offers links to each of the uses for hyphens where correct and incorrect examples are provided for each. L.11-12.2a Hyphens
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English Plus+

Grammar Slammer: The Ellipsis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Grammar Slammer at English Plus contains information regarding the correct use of the ellipsis. Several examples of the ellipsis in context are provided.
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Grammar Tips

Are Those Dots Just for Decoration? Ellipsis Usage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource offers a quick explanation of how to use the ellipsis correctly.
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Ellipses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource contains information regarding the correct use of the ellipsis and examples.
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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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ACT360 Media

Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Dash

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "dash" in English punctuation.
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ACT360 Media

Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Hyphen

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

Exclamation Point/rules for Use

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information regarding the use of the exclamation mark, along with one example.
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Other

Stage Door: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains examples of when and how to properly use punctuation marks, including: abbreviations, metric symbols, money, titles and corporate names.
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Other

Sandhills Community College: The Hyphen

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief look at the hyphen in English punctuation. Includes details concerning three uses of the hyphen and provides several examples.
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Other

Exploring English: Hyphen Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a brief outline of the uses of the hyphen and provides examples.
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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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Other

Englishlinx: Interjections Worksheet (Circling Part 1) [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Learn about interjections and how to punctuate them, and then practice with some example sentences.
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Englishlinx: Interjections Worksheet (Writing Part 1) [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Learn about interjections and practice writing and punctuating sentences that contain interjections.