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Bulleted Lists: punctuating items in vertical lists

For Students 7th - 10th
What is easier to read: a bulleted list or a block of text? Look at different examples with your class and then go over the style guidelines for vertical lists. 
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Poetry Workshop: Putting Feelings into Words

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Poetry is a wonderful way for learners to express themselves and develop writing skills. A comprehensive PowerPoint presentation defines, and provides examples of, the types and components of poetry. The presentation concludes with a...
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Commas: Conventional Usage

For Students 9th - 12th
This four-page handout explains in detail when and why to use commas. Three extended sentences provide an opportunity for practice splitting long sentences into shorter ones. Multiple examples help to clarify correct usage.
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Capital Letters Are Used For . . .

For Teachers 2nd
Review capitalization rules. Once learners have reviewed the rules, they can answer the six questions on the final slide. This would be a great center activity.
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Punctuating Dialogue

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What did she say? Invite your class to make sense of these grammatically incorrect sentences by adding in punctuation and capitalization. All of the sentences include dialogue, so learners will have to practice their knowledge about how...
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Verbs And Tenses

For Students 7th - 10th
In this verbs and tenses worksheet, students write a short sentence for each of the twenty verb tense directives and then underline the particular structure requested. This would be a good resource for reviewing each of the verb tenses...
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Speech Marks

For Students 2nd - 4th
The question marks, periods, commas, and quotation marks are missing. It's up to your class to fix each of six statements by adding proper punctuation. Early finishers are encouraged to compose properly punctuated sentences of their own.
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Speech Marks 2

For Students 2nd - 4th
Fixing incorrect punctuation can be a great way to teach where quotation marks should go when writing dialogue. Learners fix eight sentences, then write a few of their own.
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Semicolons

For Teachers 7th - 12th
When do you need a semicolon? Help your class better understand this tricky punctuation by offering this presentation. Although the PowerPoint is very short, the slides are text heavy. Provide some opportunities to practice using the...
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Comma Usage

For Students 4th - 10th Standards
Sometimes it feels like young writers just place commas as they please! Ensure that your pupils uses these important punctuation marks properly by requiring them to study the information here and complete the grammar exercise....
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Run-on Sentences

For Teachers 2nd
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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Finding the Violators

For Students 3rd - 7th
In this punctuation worksheet, students respond to 13 questions by underlining the incorrect word or punctuation mark and writing the correct word or punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.
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Punctuating Simple Sentences

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this capital letters and punctuation worksheet, students edit 10 sentences as they add correct capitalization and punctuation to them.
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Positively Periods

For Students 3rd
In this punctuation worksheet, 3rd graders master the usage of periods.  Students rewrite 8 sentences using the correct punctuation marks.
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Questions and exclamations

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars explore the use of question marks and exclamation marks. Students read a story and discuss the proper use of punctuation. They complete a worksheet and place proper punctuation at the end of the sentence. Young scholars...
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Question Marks

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this punctuation worksheet, learners read a sentence and circle "yes" if the sentence needs a question mark, or "no" if it does not. There are 15 questions on this page.
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Can You Feel the Book?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. As a class they identify different expressions and emotions, then create expression cards. Students then discuss appropriate punctuation for the ends...
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Using Quotes as "Thought Shots"

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore how to use quotation marks in writing to add dialogue to a paper. In groups, students observe pictures and add quotations to them. Students follow rules of punctuation and capitalization as they proofread and edit each...
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CTBS Mechanics Practice #2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this grammar practice activity, students identify and correct errors in twelve different sentences. Out of three multiple choice options, students select the sentence with perfect punctuation and grammar.
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Comma Exercises

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this punctuation worksheet, students discover the correct use of the comma. Students read 16 sentences and add or remove a comma where needed. There are no examples.
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Adding Commas

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students read and edit a paragraph for punctuation mistakes. Students copy down the paragraph adding commas where needed.
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Grade 2 Daily Language Review Quiz

For Students 2nd
In this daily language review quiz instructional activity, 2nd graders revise 5 sentences by fixing the capitalization, punctuation, and word usage. They choose the best contraction to complete 1 sentence, and tell if the next sentence...
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The Colon

For Students 4th - 5th
In this punctuation rules learning exercise, students read the 7 uses of the colon and study the example sentences. Students then fill in the missing colons in 9 sentences.
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Sentence Structure Grammar on Noun and Verb

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar activity activity, students rewrite sentences by correcting the punctuation mistakes. Kids also identify the nouns and action verbs in each sentence. Students complete 7 sentences.

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