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Tidewater Community College Writing Center: Practical Punctuation Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains practical and useful information about the following: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses and brackets, ellipsis points, quotation marks, and apostrophes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
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The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Quotation Marks

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn more about using quotation marks properly through this informative resource. Students and teachers will benefit from this helpful site.
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Other

Sandhills Community College: Punctuation Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists, defines and describes the uses of many elements of English punctuation, including the period, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, quotation, hyphen, and dash. Includes several examples.
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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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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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Marking His Place: Ben Jonson's Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article proposes a theory for the way the English playwright spelled and puncuated his name with a colon: Ben:Jonson.
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eBook
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: An Educational Companion to Eats, Shoots & Leaves [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Eats, Shoots & Leaves illustrates the necessity of correct punctuation in order to convey intended meaning. Punctuation rules are stated here in a concise manner with accompanying exercises/keys.
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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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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Quotations Within Quotations: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the punctuation rules for including a quotation within a quotation. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Quotations within Quotations."
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Semicolon Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students will learn more about semicolons. Reinforcement worksheets are provided to help students determine when to use a semicolon. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III students.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Kim's Korner: Color Coded Parts of Speech Kinesthetic Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students can brush up on their knowledge of the parts of speech when they do this lesson. This site contains a kinesthetic lesson plan that caters to children with all types of learning styles.