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Animals A to Z: Gorilla

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this editing sentences worksheet, students read and edit four sentences about gorillas to find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Animals A to Z: Gecko

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this editing sentences worksheet, students read and edit five sentences about geckos to find ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Animals A to Z: Eagle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this editing sentences worksheet, students read and edit six sentences about eagles to find ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct the errors found.
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Animals A to Z: Flamingo

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this editing sentences worksheet, students read and edit six sentences about flamingos to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Reading Aloud

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Reading aloud is a great way to engage learners in pacing and pronunciation! They practice using voice, pitch and intonation correctly. The teacher introduces the lesson plan by example, correctly stressing punctuation and using...
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Convey Ideas in Writing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Write an unsent letter about a consumer scam, paying attention to the writing conventions of punctuation and spelling. This lesson could be adapted to fit a variety of social issues in which letter writing is appropriate. 4
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Yay for Expression!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Review the concept of expressive reading. Through modeling, the teacher shows them that more expression makes reading more interesting and enjoyable to listen to. They review ending punctuation marks and the types of expression and...
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School-Home Links: Describe Your Family

For Students 1st - 2nd
Choose a familiar topic to practice writing. A prompt is given asking learners to write two complete sentences that describe their families. Pointers are written at the bottom to help writers check that they started each sentence with a...
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Revision for the Writing Test

For Teachers 4th - 6th
If you're looking for a presentation that highlights important things to check when writing, then this PowerPoint is for you! The slides include reminders of how to properly open a paragraph, how to use punctuation, to use good...
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Enhancing Your Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Help your class enrich their writing using this presentation. It focuses on direct and indirect speech, and identifies the way to incorporate it into writing. It provides a great way to review punctuation rules and usage as well.
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Proofreading

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Reading backward and moving from word to word with a pencil are just two of the many strategies employed by proofreaders that are included in a presentation about the editing stage of the writing process. In addition, viewers are asked...
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How to Use Commas Correctly

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Commas can be quite confusing. Young writers target troublesome grammar skills by focusing on the four most troubling uses: joining two independent clauses, separating introductory materials in a sentence, separating unnecessary...
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Subordinating Conjunctions and Subordinate Clauses

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Trying to help your learners improve their writing? Experiment with complex sentences with this handout and short exercise. This handout presents definitions of different types of clauses, a table explaining subordinating conjunctions,...
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Spinning a Web

For Students 1st - 3rd
Lisa Trumbauer's big book, Spinning a Web, provides kids with an opportunity to practice word sequencing, to use correct punctuation, and to develop comprehension skills with a cloze reading evercise.
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Language Arts Review for Grade 5 (5.3)

For Teachers 5th
In this language arts review for grade 5 (5.3) worksheet, 5th graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format.
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Direct Quotations

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this quotation instructional activity, students use quotation marks as a form of punctuation. Students complete 22 short answer questions filling in the correct punctuation wherever necessary and completing 4 multiple choice questions...
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Apostrophes - possession

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students examine the use of apostrophes. From a given reading, students locate all words with apostrophes. Using these words as examples, students discuss rules for using apostrophes. Students match a person an an object from a list...
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Compound Sentences

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write sentences that have the same topic using a comma and and, as well as practice writing new compound sentences by combining five pairs of sentences on paper. They then work in pairs and take turns writing simple...
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Writing with Commas

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar activity, students read and correctly supply the commas where they are needed in twenty sentences. Students place a C in the space provided if the sentence is correct as is.
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Apostrophe Worksheet 2

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students insert the missing apostrophes in fourteen sentences. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Apostrophe Worksheet 1

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite a paragraph placing needed apostrophes where applicable. Students check their answers when done with the assignment.
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Separating Run-together Sentences With a Period

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar instructional activity, students rewrite ten pairs of run-on sentences into two complete sentences each by utilizing periods and capital letters.
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Avoiding Incorrect Use of Apostrophes

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar activity, students cross out the incorrect forms in parentheses and then write the correct form in the blank for all ten sentences.
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Commas and Semicolons Worksheet 1

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students punctuate eight groups of sentences with commas and semicolons where needed. Students check their answers when completed.

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