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Pair Editing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Practice thinking critically and editing by finding basic errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Partners read the stories What's Up? and Cold Water Clean. They look for and edit any mistakes they find. Worksheets are available...
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Writing Review 3

For Students 4th - 6th
After reviewing basic capitalization and punctuation rules, give your young grammarians this four-question quiz to assess their understanding of the most basic English language conventions. 
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Using Speech Marks: Quotations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Provide your class with a review of the appropriate way to punctuate dialogue. This presentation goes through a detailed explanation of the use of quotation marks in writing and provides learners with a variety of examples to cement...
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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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Fix It

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Word processing practice and vocabulary blend with proofreading in a multi-purpose lesson that makes excellent use of an hour in the computer lab. Learners edit the grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors in a given paragraph (not...
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Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points, and Quotation Marks

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar activity, students supply all necessary punctuation marks in fifteen sentences. Students place a C in the space provided if the sentence is correct.
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PPT
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Flying Through Quotation Marks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Make discussing quotation marks interesting by using this presentation. Each Disneyland themed slide includes an example, punctuation rule, and Micky Mouse style sound effects. Each example has a context which is important for making...
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Run-On Sentences

For Students 9th - 12th
Have you seen run-on sentences in your learners' writing lately? If you're looking to address this issue, you might use this run-on sentence handout as a reference sheet. This handout lists examples of run-on sentences as well as...
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Using Punctuation Correctly

For Teachers 5th - 12th
A PowerPoint presentation outlines the basic rules for correct comma usage. Viewers then edit texts for correct comma usage, identify which rules are being addressed, and complete worksheets as needed. The PowerPoint is included;...
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Unit 5: Making Arrangements

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Are future entrepreneurs prepared to set up a meeting or schedule a conference call? Lesson five of a nine-part series of career education and skills activities focuses on proper punctuation and great grammar in the business world....
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Grade 9 ELA Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 7

For Teachers 9th Standards
As the unit on research writing draws to a close, class members continue to revise and edit their papers, this time focusing on grammar, spelling, and punctuation (colon and semicolon).
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Declarative, Interrogative and Exclamatory Sentences

For Students 4th - 5th
It's time to identify these sentences as interrogative, exclamatory, or declarative based on their ending punctuation.
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Commas

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Every time you pause while reading, you should insert a comma, right? Not necessarily. Using a comma to indicate a pause is just one of the myths addressed in a handout related to the pesky punctuation mark. After reviewing common...
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End of Unit 3 Assessment: Using Strong Evidence

For Teachers 7th Standards
Young poets view a model two-voice poem while discussing capitalization and punctuation. Pupils also complete an end-of-unit assessment about using strong evidence to support a literary analysis. 
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Capital Letters and Punctuation

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this capital letters and punctuation activity, students edit 8 sentences as they rewrite them using correct capitalization and punctuation.
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Punctuation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice using periods, question marks, and exclamation points correctly. For this punctuation lesson, students review punctuation rules and practice. Students practice together then work independently.
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Choosing Punctuation

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students add punctuation to a short story with none.  In this choosing punctuation instructional activity, students correct the story individually, adding punctuation as they think it is necessary.  Students share their corrections with...
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Sentence Structure and Punctuation 2

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this sentence structure and punctuation worksheet, students rearrange the 10 sets of words to form 10 sentences with the correct punctuation.
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Sentence Structure and Punctuation 3

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this sentence structure and punctuation activity, students rearrange the 10 sets of words to form 10 sentences with the correct punctuation.
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Organizer
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Punctuation

For Students 2nd - 8th
In this punctuation review learning exercise, students study the 11 punctuation marks pictured. This learning exercise may be used as a poster or as study cards.
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Interactive
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Punctuation I Pre Test

For Students 7th - 9th
In this punctuation worksheet, students assess sentences to determine whether or not they are punctuated correctly.
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Punctuation and Book Titles

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in lessons that focus on reading and writing skills. They work on punctuation in sentences with book titles present and not present. The instructional activity has a scaffolding section for ESL. This strategy is...
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Punctuation Exercise

For Students 7th - 8th
In this punctuation exercise worksheet, learners copy down fourteen sentences and punctuate each one as needed so that each one is grammatically correct.
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Punctuation

For Students 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, 3rd graders focus on the correct punctuation and capitalization. Students respond to six multiple choice questions.

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