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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Uses of the Semicolon and Colon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This writing lab site shows students how to correctly use semicolons and colons in punctuation.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Semicolons: The Basics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces semicolons and how they are used.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson demonstrates how to use a semicolon with a conjunctive adverb, such as "however."
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Semi Colons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource discusses two uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each use.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Grammar and Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a grammar reference for students. The rules for using dashes, commas, semicolons, coordinating conjunctions, and conjunctive adverb are included. Topics including subject-verb agreement, how to proofread, and twelve...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about the rules of punctuation in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Terminal Punctuation, The Common Comma, Apostrophes and Quotation Marks, Semicolons, and Your Turn.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Readability: Colons: The Signposts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the differentiating the standard use of semicolons and colons and demonstrating the standard use of colons. It also provides a practice activity.
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ACT360 Media

Writing Tips: Sentence Builder Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of the major elements of punctuation in the English language, including the period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, apostrophe, quotation marks, colon, semicolon, dash, and hyphen. Provides a brief description and the...
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Other

Illinois State University: Punctuation Made Simple

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief tutorial on how to use some of the most confusing punctuation marks: colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and the apostrophe.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Six slides introducing the rules of using capitalization correctly within sentences. Capitalization rules for sentences with colons and semicolons are also included.
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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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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page provides links to punctuation reference materials for apostrophes, colons, dashes, commas, parentheses, italics, quotation marks, and semicolons.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a list of links to punctuation exercises/quizzes including commas, semicolons, quotation marks, apostrophes, and italics.
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Other

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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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Knowing the Basics of Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This grammar tutorial for college students features help on verb agreement, the use of semicolons, sentence structure, and more.
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Website
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 11.1: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples that demonstrate how to identify and correctly use commas with coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and introductory...
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Harvard University

Harvard Writing Center: Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rather than lists of rules, this site provides practical advice on the use of commas, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, abbreviations, acronyms, split infinitives, "this," "that," italics, and underlining. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Lab: Brief Overview of Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides a brief overview of semicolons, colons, parentheses, dashes, quotation marks, italics, and underlining.
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Northern Illinois University

Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center: Punctuation Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
A ten question punctuation quiz utilizing comma, colon, semicolon, and a period. If answered incorrectly, students are able to select a different answer. The percentage of accuracy from their first answer is calculated at the top.
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Curated OER

Sophia: Punctuation Marks

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A red semicolon, exclamation point, and question mark.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: No Nonsense Grammar Collection

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
In this No Nonsense Grammar Collection, students explore a range of commonly taught grammar principles for elementary and middle schoolers with these short, fun videos and activities. From the difference between dependent and independent...
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Website
Other

Semicolon: Review of Margaret Peterson Haddix Books

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This detailed blog posting recommends 4 of Margaret Peterson Haddix's books for young teen girls. Includes comments on some of her other books as well.
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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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