Curated OER
Claims in "The Crisis, No. 1"
"The Crisis, No. 1" is the focus of a series of exercises that ask learners to read closely and annotate Thomas Paine's text. Groups identify claims and evidence in the essay and present their arguments to the class. Teacher background...
Curated OER
You Be the Editor
Young editors work in teams to find all the errors in a text. They identify grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Use this activity to reinforce correct usage of prominent punctuation symbols, such as apostrophes and ellipses. You...
Curated OER
Punctuation 2: Other than Commas
Thoroughly cover the nuances of apostrophes, quotation marks, dashes, hyphens, colons, and semi-colons. Intended for higher-level English classes, the examples given pertain to tricky rules and formal language. There are no animations or...
Curated OER
The Final Word
Although this instructional activity is based on “Final Word,” Craig Wilson’s USA Today column, the strategies could be adapted to any local columnist. After reading three articles independently, groups share observations about content...
Curated OER
Looking North Of The Greek World: The Slavic Folk Poetry of The Balkans
Showing how folk poetry keeps alive national heritage is the stated goal of this proposal for a unit on the poetry of the Balkans.
Curated OER
Active and Passive Voice: Finding Examples Online
Incorporate technological fluency with a search for examples of active and passive voice in online resources. Discuss how use of active or passive voice influences mood or tone and contributes to author's purpose. List of...
Curated OER
Olympic Sports Spelling Quiz
Archerie, archery, arkhery, arhcery? Language learners are presented with the definition of various Olympic sports and challenged to select the correct spelling of the name of that sport. No answer key is provided.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Using Hyphens
Do you know when to use hyphens? Here's a resource that lists when to use hyphens in adjectives, in compound numbers, after prefixes, and in between line breaks with examples of each.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: An Educational Companion to Eats, Shoots & Leaves [Pdf]
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar Ii and Technical Writing: Review
This lesson focuses on capitalization and punctuation including links to practices and quizzes on capitalization, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Grade Lit and Comp: Grammar Ii and Technical Writing
This is an introduction to a unit on grammar and technical writing; it includes capitalization and punctuation. It provides links to several sites having to do with punctuation and capitalization rules.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar Ii and Technical Writing: Apostrophe
This lesson focuses on the rules for apostrophe use. It includes a list of rules and examples of apostrophe use and links to a website on apostrophe rules.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Colons and Dashes
This tutorial offers two slideshows: one for colons and one for dashes. They each state the purpose of the mark and tell when they are used along with examples.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Online Writing Lab
A great resource for middle-school, high-school, and college writers, with worksheets, articles, model papers, and presentations that will help you with research, grammar, style, job-search and professional writing, and more. Includes...
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Grammar and Punctuation
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...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Center for Writing Studies: Grammar Handbook
Use this handbook to review specific grammar or usage areas, including parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentence structure, and common usage problems. L.9-10.1 Grammar/Usage, L.11-12.1 Gram/Usage Conventions
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Periods
An excellent outline of the usage and rules concerning the "period" in English punctuation. Includes guidelines about acronyms, abbreviations, sentence ending, and more.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Hyphens
This site provides information on various uses for the hyphen with an emphasis on dividing words at the end of a line. For additional information, click on the link "Compound Words."
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Bracket
Instructional resource providing notes and examples on the rules of using brackets.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Slash or Virgule
Instructional resource providing notes and examples on the rules of using a slash, also called a virgule, slant or solidus.
Grammar Tips
Grammar Tips: A Hyphen Is Not a Dash
This resource presents an explanation of the difference between a dash and a hyphen. Discusses the difference between an "n" and "m" dash and how to form each using a word processor.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Punctuation Between 2 Independent Clauses
What is the correct punctuation between two independent clauses? Use this site to learn more about the rules to follow.
Grammar Tips
Grammar and Usage for the Non Expert: Using Commas With Dates
This grammar page begins with examples of how to punctuate dates, then provides the rules that govern those examples.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Numbers, Writing Lists
A lengthy page of rules regarding how to use numbers in writing, as well as how to write lists. Very helpful.