Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Fanboys

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners explore coordinating conjunctions in order to explore how to properly use them in compound sentences. The differences in structure between simple and compound sentences are analyzed.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Quotation Marks

For Students 5th - 6th
In this quotation marks worksheet, students learn the proper use of quotation marks. Students read the 6 primary functions and examples for each. Students write one sentence each to illustrate the 6 uses for quotation marks.
Interactive
Curated OER

Quiz on Using Quotation Marks

For Students 5th - 6th
In this quotation marks worksheet, students complete a 10 question on-line interactive quiz about the correct use of quotation marks. Students read the given sentence and type in all needed punctuation marks.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gathering and Evaluating Sources for the "Greatest American" Speech

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students brainstorm a list of criteria for determining credible sources for their research. They research information to include in their "Greatest American" speech. Students will evaluate all sources by applying the criteria they agreed...
Handout
SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Italics & Underlining

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains information regarding the correct use of italics and underlining, along with many examples.
Handout
Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Italics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry provides the rules and examples for when and how to use italics and quotation marks in titles, quotations, and more.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Italics, Underlines, and Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to use italics, underlines, and quotes when writing titles of books, movies, songs, etc.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Italics and Underlining: Titles of Works

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples using italics/underlining when writing titles.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Italics and Quotations With Titles Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Italics and Quotations with Titles.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Italics and Quotations With Titles Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Italics and Quotations with Titles.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Italics and Quotations With Special Words Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Italics and Quotations with Special Words.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Italics and Underlining: Foreign Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples using italics/underlining when writing foreign words in a sentence.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Italics and Underlining: Names Ships and Trains

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples using italics/underlining when writing the names of spacecraft, aircraft, ships, and trains.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: No Nonsense Grammar: Using Proper Punctuation for Titles

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
This video focuses on correctly punctuating titles. Small works (short stories, essays, magazine and newspaper articles, etc.) are indicated with the use of quotation marks. Larger works, such as books or movies, are indicated either...
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Italics and Underlining

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of the uses of italics and underlining. Links to additional information are provided.
Handout
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Titles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains information regarding the correct use of italics in titles.
Handout
Other

Carson Newman Univ.: Punctuating Titles: Italics, Underlining, Quotation Marks

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Learn the rules for punctuating and capitalizing different types of titles in this PowerPoint.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Title Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A nine-slide presentation explaining how to format the titles within a text. Formatting examples include the titles of books, articles, poems, short stories, films, and plays.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Italics and Underlining: Words, Letters, Numbers Gram. Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples underlining/italicizing words, letters, and numbers when they refer to themselves.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Quotation Marks Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using quotation marks and italics in this brief exercise. Check your answers when you're done.
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Formatting Titles: Rules for Formatting Titles [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A activity in which students decide which formatting rules apply to each sentence containing a title.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Quotation Marks in Titles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using quotation marks correctly when writing titles of short works.
Handout
Harvard University

Harvard Writing Center: Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rather than lists of rules, this site provides practical advice on the use of commas, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, abbreviations, acronyms, split infinitives, "this," "that," italics, and underlining. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Lab: Brief Overview of Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides a brief overview of semicolons, colons, parentheses, dashes, quotation marks, italics, and underlining.