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Macaroni Quotations
Third graders grasp the difficult concept of using quotations. This lesson uses a hands-on approach to assist students in mastering this skill in a fun and easy way! This clever lesson has students use elbow macaroni noodles to highlight...
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Language with Linguistic Legos
Young scholars visualize and manipulate sentences as building blocks, and, given a key, use Legos™ to demonstrate how to construct sentences of variety (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex).
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Find the Error: Apostrophe
Your emerging editors review a newspaper advertisement and hunt for the single grammatical error included. They identify what kind of mistake it is and circle that from a list of six possibilities. Grammatical errors may include:...
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Language Arts: Quotation Marks Practice
After reviewing the eight rules for using quotation marks, class members complete worksheets as independent practice and review how these punctuation marks change the meaning of a sentence. Additional worksheets are provided for homework.
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Comma Comments
Upper elementary and middle schoolers, in pairs, use PowerPoint to link a button to every comma within a piece of writing. The button links to a slide explaining why the comma was used. They present their slides to the class.
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Writing Conventions: Punctuation
First and second graders read the sentences and choose what type of sentence it is based on the punctuation.
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Punctuation Celebration
Second graders read the scrambled words and rewrite the sentences in order to make a complete sentence. They punctuate each sentence with a period.
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Parentheses
Point out the proper uses of parentheses with this informational handout! This resource explains how to use parentheses for side comments, numbers in a list, and citations of outside sources. Learners can read a series of examples for...
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Formula Sheet for Commas and Punctuation of Clauses
This handout illustrates the structure and appropriate punctuation for sentences that include independent and dependent clauses. It differentiates between coordinate and subordinate clauses. No exercises or questions are provided and the...
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Sentences
Review punctuation and the use of adverbs. Learners are guided through a discussion of the use of adverbs. They then talk about the correct use of a question mark, exclamation mark, and period in a series of sentences. The resource is...
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Punctuation
Discuss the use of commas in your class. Learners look at several sentences and identify the correct use of commas. This resource could be enriched with a greater variety of sentences to give learners a more complete experience.
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Learning Objective
Many people have trouble knowing how to use commas. This resource explores this concept. Learners can review the main rules regarding comma usage and answer pertinent questions.
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Statements and Questions
In this statements and questions instructional activity, students rewrite 5 sentences using the correct capital letter and end punctuation. Answers are not given.
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Statements and Questions
In this ending mark worksheet, students write the correct end punctuation for 10 statements and questions. Rules for punctuating statements and questions are provided.
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Statements and Questions
In this statements and questions learning exercise, students rewrite 6 sentences with a capital letter in the beginning and either a period or question mark.
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The Interrupted Quotation
In this interrupted quotation worksheet, learners edit sentences for punctuation and correct quotation placement. Students complete this for 22 sentences.
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Choosing Punctuation
Students add punctuation to a short story with none. For this choosing punctuation lesson, students correct the story individually, adding punctuation as they think it is necessary. Students share their corrections with a...
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First Grade English/Language Arts Test
In this language learning exercise, students complete multiple choice questions about punctuation, forms of sentences, nouns, and more. Students complete 30 questions.
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Fifth Grade English/Language Arts Test
In this language worksheet, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions about punctuation, sentence structure, word order, and more. Students complete 30 questions.
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Lesson on Run-on Sentences
In this lesson on run-on sentences worksheet, 7th graders read the explanation and examples of sentence construction and punctuation, then rewrite 10 sentences correctly.
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Run-on Sentences
Second graders practice using punctuation in run-on sentences. In this punctuation mini-lesson, 2nd graders listen to the book Punctuation Takes a Vacation. They read their own sentences and try to find where they end.
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Types of Sentences and Punctuation
In this sentences and punctuation activity, students choose the correct words to complete the sentences, choose if something is a statement or question, select the subject, and more. Students complete 28 questions total.
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Language Review #7
In this language review #7 worksheet, students edit and punctuate 3 sentences, write fact or opinion for 2 sentences, select words that are spelled correctly and write synonyms for 2 words.
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Proofreading Relay
Sixth graders play a proofreading relay game. In this proofreading lesson, 6th graders are broken up into two teams. Each team has an incorrect sentence and they need to fix it one at time by checking for mistakes in grammar,...