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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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English Club

English Club: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub tutorial explains what punctuation marks are, what punctuation marks do, and why punctuation marks are important. Links to supplemental songs and videos about punctuation are also provided.
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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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Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Ellipsis Mark: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A screencast introducing an ellipsis and explaining its uses. Followed by a three-question quiz to check for understanding. [4:36]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Ellipsis Mark: Lesson 1

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
A slideshow introduces an ellipsis and explaining its uses. Followed by a three-question quiz to check for understanding.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Hyphens and Line Wrapping: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over how to divide a word across a line wrap. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Hyphens and Line Wrapping." L.11-12.2a Hyphens
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Article
Other

Margie Holds Court: Six Thoughts on "Punctuation After "Yes" and "No""

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This is a discussion by a court reporter on when to use a comma or period after yes and no in response sentences with examples.
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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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Washington State University

Washington State University: Other Commonly Misspelled Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Washington State University page lists the correct spelling for hundreds of commonly misspelled words. The list is in paragraph form and does not provide correlated misspellings.
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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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Other

Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this handy guide for a quick reference to punctuation and capitalization rules. Includes rules for end marks, apostrophes, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and many more!
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University of Ottawa (Canada)

Univ. Of Ottawa Hyper Grammar: Punctuation Errors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A ten-sentence punctuation quiz that tests whether or not students can correctly detect punctuation errors. Explanations and answers provided.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Interjections Worksheet

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Learn about interjections and how to punctuate them, and then practice with some example sentences.
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Other

Blue Book: Hyphens

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation contains seven rules for correctly using the hyphen, along with examples for each of the rules.
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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.