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Every-Day Edit: President James Garfield

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President James Garfield. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Worksheet
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Advanced Sentence Correction 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this advanced sentence correction learning exercise, students find and fix errors in sentences. In this sentence writing learning exercise, students write five answers.
Worksheet
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #2

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this beginning paragraph correction worksheet, students read a passage and determine corrections to underlined errors. Students choose multiple choice answers for eight questions.
Worksheet
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #15

For Students 4th - 6th
In this beginning paragraph correction worksheet, students read a passage and correct underlined errors. Students determine corrections from eight multiple choice answers.
Worksheet
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #5

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this beginning paragraph correction activity, students read a passage and determine corrections for underlined errors. Students choose eight multiple choice answers.
Worksheet
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Mistakes That English Native Speakers Make

For Students 6th - 7th
In this grammar mistakes worksheet, students find the mistakes English native speakers make when using their own language. Students identify one mistake in each sentence below and write the letter of the category that it belongs to....
Lesson Plan
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Stop Sign Punctuation

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use punctuation and capitalization. In this grammar lesson students use stop signs in the place of periods. Students cut out sentences and put stop signs in appropriate places. Students indicate capitalization where needed.
PPT
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Apostrophes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
After “a brief history of the abused apostrophe” viewers are introduced to the various rules for the use of this punctuation. Model sentences are included.
Interactive
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Grammar-Quizzes.com: Adjective Clauses and Comma Usage

For Students 6th - 12th
An online interactive quiz provides grammarians a chance to check their expertise with adjective clauses and comma usage. Many of the 15 examples deal with correct usage to avoid clauses that end in a preposition. Select the answer you...
Worksheet
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Grammar Worksheets: Apostrophe Errors

For Students 6th - 8th
Do your young grammarians confuse their it’s and its?  Their they’re, there, and their? You’re lucky because help is here! After a brief but succinct explanation of the proper use of apostrophes and homophones, learners show what...
Organizer
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Semicolons

For Students 9th - 12th
This one-page handout provides an overview and examples of how and when to use a semicolon. It does not include any questions or exercises; however, it does address relevant grammar rules at the secondary level.
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The Posse in Austrailia

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the use of commas and periods. They compose a friendly letter without commas or periods to give to a partner to revise. In addition, they discuss how these punctuation marks helped readers better understand the meanings...
PPT
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The Mighty Apostrophe

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Here is a well-designed presentation on apostrophes and their many uses. The apostrophe is used in many different ways, and this PowerPoint does a great job of showing how it's used. There is a nice interactive component built in, and...
Lesson Plan
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Proofreading Relay

For Teachers 6th
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,...
Organizer
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15 Common Grammar Mistakes in Written and Oral Work

For Students 5th - 12th
In this grammar worksheet, students will read 5 of the 15 most common grammatical mistakes in oral and written language. There are 2 examples of each mistake and 2 examples of how to correct the mistake.
Interactive
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Punctuation Review

For Students 4th - 5th
In this punctuation review learning exercise, students determine sentences that are punctuated correctly/incorrectly. Students may correct answers on-line. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
Worksheet
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Ending Punctuation

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ending punctuation learning exercise, students place a question mark, period or exclamation point at the end of 14 sentences. An answer key is provided.
Interactive
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Grammar Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this interactive sentence structure worksheet, students make a sentence by re-ordering the words and punctuation. Students add the words to the sentence by clicking on them and dragging them to the sentence. All of the words and...
Worksheet
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Capitalization and Punctuation in Sentences

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this capitalization and punctuation worksheet, students answer 5 yes/no questions about whether or not there are errors in sentences. Students then write 8 sentences, using correct capital letters and punctuation. This page appears to...
PPT
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The English House of Commas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This nicely-designed presentation does an excellent job of introducing the comma and its many uses. Each of the slides shows different ways in which the comma is used. Learners are given a chance to practice what they have learned in the...
Lesson Plan
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Creative Writing Workshop (Middle, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Bring this lesson into your unit about creative writing and precise language. First, middle schoolers create a piece of writing with the help of their classmates. In the second part of this workshop, they edit their own piece of writing....
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End of Unit 1, Assessment, Part 2: Revise Essay Drafts

For Teachers 7th Standards
As a culminating unit activity, pupils revise their argumentative essays based on the novel Lyddie by Katherine Paterson. Paying careful attention to grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary, they incorporate teacher feedback to revise and...
Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Second Grade Skills Unit 2: Bedtime Tales

For Teachers 2nd Standards
A unit covering second-grade skills reviews 16 letter-sound correspondences, tricky words, and punctuation. Readers provide context for examining story elements, and pupils participate in close reading and write narratives retelling a...
Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Second Grade Skills Unit 3: Kids Excel

For Teachers 2nd Standards
The unit offers second graders skills practice in tricky spelling and words, grammar—nouns and punctuation, reading decodable texts, and writing a personal narrative. Lessons begin with a warm-up and go into a concept review, word work,...