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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Hot Diggity Dog

For Students 3rd - 8th
Looking for a bell-ringer activity to get your grammar class started? Pass out this half-sheet on National Hot Dog Month! Budding grammarians will search for the capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar errors included. 
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Sputnik Launched

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the launch of Sputnik. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - A Dino Named "Sue"

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Capitalization and Punctuation

For Students 2nd - 5th
These passages don't look right! It's your grammarians to the rescue as they correct capitalization and punctuation issues in two informational paragraphs. They must circle all words missing a capital letter and fill in blanks where end...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Elementary schoolers explore writing conventions. First they play a ball toss game to practice spelling high frequency words. (A link to a 2nd grade list is attached.) The class works together to correct spelling, punctuation, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stop Sign Punctuation

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners use punctuation and capitalization. In this grammar lesson students use stop signs in the place of periods. Learners cut out sentences and put stop signs in appropriate places. Students indicate capitalization where needed.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Based Capitalization

For Students 2nd
Second graders demonstrate their command of Standard English conventions of capitalization by circling all the letters that should be capitalized in the sentences provided. In addition, they rewrite two sentences in which all the letters...
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PPT
Curated OER

Punctuation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Reinforce punctuation skills with this presentation. Learners view a series of sentences and discuss the correct punctuation that is needed. The resource focuses on quotation marks, exclamation marks, periods, question marks, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Punctuation and Proper Capitalization

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Young scholars write a declarative and an interrogative sentence and capitalize the first words in the sentences, then use the correct punctuation. They write two complete sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

A Mini lesson on Semicolons

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" serves as an exemplar for a mini-lesson on semicolons. Working alone or in small groups, class members first circle all the semicolons in the letter, and then consider how this...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Punctuation and Capital Letters

For Students K - 5th
Here is a writing worksheet that has learners review and discuss the importance of correctly-using capital letters. They  write two sentences that begin with a capital letter, and share them with a partner. A good worksheet!
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Worksheet
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Every Day Edit - Jim Henson's Muppets

For Students 8th - 10th
Read about Jim Henson's Muppets! Cut this worksheet in two, so that each learner can have a bell-ringer activity. As they read the excerpt, they correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors. 
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Handout
Syracuse City School District

Capitalization and Punctuation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How many of the pupils in your language arts class can differentiate between a colon and a semicolon? Clarify common conventions, including end punctuation, proper capitalization, and sentence structure, with a series of helpful grammar...
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eBook
Open Oregon Educational Resources

Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Let's eat kids. Let's eat, kids. Commas make a difference! Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation explains ways to teach the importance and use of conventions. Learners take part in...
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PPT
Curated OER

Mechanics Mania

For Teachers 4th
As part of test prep, or a way to cement writing skills, this presentation would be superb. Students often have trouble with capitalization rules and commas. Coverage of mechanics uses well-thought-out examples.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Grade 2 Language Arts Review Quiz - Capitalization, Punctuation, Rhyming Words, Long "ee"

For Students 2nd
In this language arts review worksheet, 2nd graders complete 6 questions. They rewrite 2 sentences while making corrections to capitalization and punctuation. They circle words that go together and the words that rhyme in the next 2...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Mechanics: Section 1

For Students 5th - 7th
Save time and trees by using an online interactive worksheet. Learners examine 10 sentences and select the appropriate revision for each sentence with regard to capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. They then submit their answers to...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Mechanics: Section 2

For Students 5th - 7th
Kids can practice the mechanics of writing as they work through this online review sheet. They examine 10 sentences and select the appropriate revision for each sentence with regard to capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Answers...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Mechanics: Section 2

For Students 5th - 7th
Here are 10 sentences, and each contains a mechanical error. Your class will revise each sentence, correcting capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. This worksheet in online and can be scored immediately.
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - George Gershwin

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about George Gershwin. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Volcanic Iceland

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing a paragraph activity, learners read and edit a short paragraph on "Volcanic Iceland" and find the ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct the errors.
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: "Island of Copper"

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing worksheet, students read and edit a short paragraph on "Island of Copper" to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error found.
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: "U.S.-Africa Capital Connection"

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing worksheet, students read and edit a paragraph on "U.S.--Africa Capital Connections" to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: President Gerald R. Ford

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this proofreading worksheet, students identify spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar mistakes in a descriptive paragraph and use editing marks to correct them.

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