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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page provides links to punctuation reference materials for apostrophes, colons, dashes, commas, parentheses, italics, quotation marks, and semicolons.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a list of links to punctuation exercises/quizzes including commas, semicolons, quotation marks, apostrophes, and italics.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Text Features

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart describes different text features, including captions, italics, diagrams, labels, and titles.
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Expansion Learning

Expansion Learning: Is This Correctly Punctuated? (Quotation Marks/titles)

For Students 3rd Standards
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of punctuating quotation marks in titles. Immediate feedback is given.
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Formatting Titles: The Box Office [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Practice formatting titles correctly by rewriting the titles of the movie posters on this worksheet.
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Other

Illinois Valley Community College: Stylebook: Formatting Titles in Mla Style

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Notes and examples for formatting titles using MLA style.
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English Club

English Club: Type

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
EnglishClub provides information about different forms of "type" on this resource. Functions of "bold" and "italics" are discussed.
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Vancouver Island University

Malaspina: Punctuating Quotations Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Passage B - Rewrite this passage in order to improve the grammar, punctuation, parallelism, and format for titles. Passage C - Rewrite this passage in order to improve the style and correct quotation mark errors.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: An Educational Companion to Eats, Shoots & Leaves [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Get It Write

Get It Write: One Space of Two After Periods? (And Other Typography Issues)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read some rules about typography that have changed because of the use of word processing rather than typewriters. This tutorial explains spacing after all punctuation, the use of em dashes and en dashes, and the use of italics.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Quotation Marks Advanced Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Quotation Marks.
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Other

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay: Sample Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an example of a basic five-paragraph essay on cats. The thesis of the essay is in bold, topic sentences are in italics, and each main idea is underlined.
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Other

Stage Door: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains examples of when and how to properly use punctuation marks, including: abbreviations, metric symbols, money, titles and corporate names.
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Other

Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this handy guide for a quick reference to punctuation and capitalization rules. Includes rules for end marks, apostrophes, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and many more!
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, per the Treaty of Versailles. This map shows major cities and...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Native Territories and European Possessions in Africa, 1876

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa in 1876 showing native African States and European possessions of Britain, France, Spain and Portugal prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885. On this map, European possessions include Algeria, Cape Colony, Griquala Land...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Roman Britain, 55 Bc to Ad 449

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of England (Britannia) under the Roman Empire, from the time of the first invasion by Julius Caesar (55 BC) extending to the invasion of the Saxons (AD 449). The Roman Period of control of Britannia is generally considered AD 43 to...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: England Under the Romans, 55 Bc to Ad 410

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of England (Britannia) under the Roman Empire, from the time of the first invasion by Julius Caesar (55 BC) to the Roman withdrawal in AD 410. The Roman Period of control of Britannia is generally considered AD 43 to 410. On this...