Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Colon
Instructional resource providing notes and examples on the rules of using the colon, including two forms of presentations as well as a quiz where students can apply their understanding of colon usage.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Ellipsis
Instructional resource providing notes and examples on the rules of using the ellipsis. A quiz link is provided.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Space Man!
Without understanding spacing, students will not be able to successfully track print. In addition, students who do not understand spacing will also not be able to write appropriately. Students will be introduced to Space Man. This tool...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Zara's Capital Letter Game 1
This reading game focuses on beginning capital letters. Young readers drag a looking glass to where a capital letter needs to be, and the letter becomes capitalized. Then they drag a puzzle piece to Zara's dream cloud. The game continues...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Zed's Capital Letter Game 1
This reading game focuses on capital letters. Young readers drag a looking glass to where a capital letter needs to be, and the letter becomes capitalized. There are multiple capital letters needed and the same number of looking glasses....
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Zed's Capital Letter Game 4
This reading game focuses on capital letters. Young readers drag a looking glass to where a capital letter needs to be, and the letter becomes capitalized. There are multiple capital letters needed and the same number of looking glasses....
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Zed's Capital Letter Game 5
This reading game focuses on capital letters. Young readers drag a looking glass to where a capital letter needs to be, and the letter becomes capitalized. There are multiple capital letters needed and the same number of looking glasses....
ABC Bookworld
Bc Bookworld: Bill Bissett's Acceptance Speech for George Woodcock Award
This speech was written in 2007 by Bill Bissett. It is written in his poetic style with no punctuation or capitals and many missing letters. It would make an interesting challenge and followup discussion to have students decipher it.
Other
Spelling police.com: Proofreaders' Marks
A general list of marks and symbols a proofreader may use in correcting and editing a piece of written work.