An interesting article on editors helps young writers understand the conventions of written English. They read a news article about an editor traveling America correcting spelling and punctuation errors on signs.  They discuss...

Sixth graders create a travel brochure for a selected destination of their choice using information gathered from the Internet.

This lesson introduces how to use commas with numbers, people, and places. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Commas with Numbers, People, and Places."