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Punctuating a Paragraph
Do your fourth graders need a little help with punctuation? Use this run-on paragraph to demonstrate proofreading for capitalization, punctuation, and separating ideas into separate paragraphs. At the end of the activity, learners...
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The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - Direct Speech
Direct speech, and the use of quotation marks, are the focus of this language arts presentation. The story, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is used to illustrate examples of direct speech and how quotation marks are used. The final...
School City of Hobart
Too Many Types Of Titles
Direct instruction on punctuation rules for titles is followed by collaborative practice in class. Two worksheets with aesthetically engaging graphic design provide practice. For 12 examples, small groups either underline, italicize, or...
Scholastic
Smart Quotes Mini-Lesson
Prepare for an interview project with a set of worksheets about asking questions and quoting people. After completing a grammar exercise about quotation marks, kids write out the questions they want to ask their interviewee, and record...
Education World
Every-Day Edit - Harriet Tubman
Young editors use this half-sheet paragraph about Harriet Tubman to practice proofreading skills. Errors needing correction include spelling, quotation marks, commas, there/their usage, and capitalization.
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Speech Marks
Well, here is a fun way to practice punctuating dialogue. There are eight different images each containing an incomplete speech phrase. It's up to the kids to conceive and write what the people in each image might say. Tip: Do the...
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Macaroni Quotation Marks
Students practice using quotation marks. In this writing skills lesson plan, students listen to a story, read quotations aloud, and use macaroni as quotation marks where they are needed in the provided sentences.
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Language Arts: Quotation Marks Practice
After reviewing the eight rules for using quotation marks, class members complete worksheets as independent practice and review how these punctuation marks change the meaning of a sentence. Additional worksheets are provided for homework.
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Quotation Marks
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.
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Quotation Marks
In this quotation marks worksheet, learners read each sentence and add the missing quotation marks. Students complete 12 sentences.
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How to Integrate Quotations
Quotations add validity to an argument or an analysis, but how do you integrate them into your writing? Several examples are provided, and your emerging writers will surely benefit from looking at different ways to add quotations....
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Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points, and Quotation Marks
For this grammar worksheet, students supply all necessary punctuation marks in fifteen sentences. Students place a C in the space provided if the sentence is correct.
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Quiz on Using Quotation Marks
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.
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Quotation Marks Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students read three passages to find and correct ten pairs of quotation marks that are missing. Students share their responses with their classmates.
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Learning To Use Quotation Marks
Students explore the use of quotation marks. In this grammar lesson, students read dialogue and explore the rules of quotation mark use as they practice using the marks on a worksheet assignment.
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Question Marks, Quotation Marks, and Parentheses Quiz
For this online interactive grammar quiz worksheet, students answer 12 multiple choice questions regarding question marks, quotation marks, and parentheses. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Using Quotation Marks
Students explore the use of quotation marks. In this language arts lesson, students discuss when to use quotation marks. Students practice putting quotation marks where needed.
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Speech Marks
In this quotation marks review worksheet, students use their grammatical skills to add quotation marks where they are needed in 4 sentences and write 8 sentences that show the proper use of quotation marks.
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Quotation Marks
For this quotation marks worksheet, students choose the correct usage of quotation marks used in sentences. Students choose the correct sentence for 10 problems.
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Quotation marks
In this quotation marks learning exercise, students fill in quotation marks where they are needed in a paragraph. Students read the entire paragraph and fill in the quotation marks where they are needed.
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ESL: Punctuating Titles
When are titles underlined, italicized, or placed in quotation marks? Take your class to the computer lab to give them some independent practice. Here they read through the information, examples, and explanations provided. They then...
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Spanish Punctuation & Capitalization
Grammar rules in all languages, but that doesn't mean it's the same from English to Spanish. This informational webpage describes the similarities and differences between English and Spanish for the following: periods, commas, question...
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Candy Heart Stories
Learners will write stories using the words that are found on candy conversation hearts. They show the proper use of quotation marks while writing the stories with modifications. Randomly, hearts will be selected to start a conversation...
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Speech Marks
In this quotation marks learning exercise, students read the 5 sentences in the first set and tick the boxes that have the quotation marks punctuated correctly. Students then insert quotation marks in the second set of 5 sentences.