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Fragments, Run-ons, and Complete Sentences
Mr. Griot provides an overview of sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and complete sentences.
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Finally, Punctuation Rules for IELTS Writing!
Today you’ll learn the most important punctuation rules for IELTS Writing.
Today we aren’t going to delve into every punctua
tion rule.
At IELTS Energy, we don’t teach you anything...
Today we aren’t going to delve into every punctua
tion rule.
At IELTS Energy, we don’t teach you anything...
Curated Video
4 Types of Sentences {Sentence Writing}
In this video, we explore the four types of sentences and practice identifying them along with using the correct punctuation mark at the end—a crucial step in building strong writing skills for students of all ages. We cover...
Curated Video
Scrambled Sentences {Sentence Writing}
In this educational video, we will discover an engaging way to help students improve their writing skills by practicing scrambled sentences. This interactive activity is designed to teach kids how to form complete, grammatically correct...
Cerebellum
English Punctuation: Commas
By illustrating all of the rules and tricks, the Standard Deviants show you when and where you should - and shouldn't - use these punctuation marks. How to create pauses in a sentence. This is part 3 in the series: 'English Punctuation:...
Cerebellum
English Punctuation: Dependent Clauses and Commas continued
Learn how to use commas for fun and profit, and how to make colons work for you. We continue looking at pauses in a sentence, with a focus on dependent clauses and how to support them. This is part 1 in the series: 'English Punctuation...
Cerebellum
English Punctuation: Parenthesis, Quotation Marks, Brackets
Everything you need to know about punctuation marks that come in pairs, like parentheses, quotation marks, and brackets. You'll also learn about slashes, ellipses and more. This is part 4 in the series: 'English Punctuation 2: A...
Wonderscape
Building Strong Sentences: A Guide to Grammar and Capitalization
Students will learn how to write and comprehend the four types of sentences, identify parts of speech and understand the basic rules of capitalization.
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How to Avoid a Run-On Sentence
Howcast -Learn how to avoid a run-on sentence from Gotham Writers' Workshop instructor Stephanie Paterik in this Howcast grammar video.
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Structures
A complete sentence has a capital letter, a subject and a verb, punctuation, and is a complete thought. Fragments and run-on sentences are two sentences that are not complete.
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Editing for Grammar and Spelling: Improving Your Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how to ensure that readers can read and understand your writing by correcting grammar and spelling mistakes. The teacher emphasizes the importance of rereading and looking for specific types of...
Curated Video
Writing Rules: Uppercase Letters, Periods, and Question Marks
In this lesson, we learn all about sentences and how to write them down. Students learn about capitalization, word spacing, and ending punctuation. We help Isabella edit her letter to Sue.
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Peer editing a persuasive letter to Sherlock Holmes
Pupil outcome: I can edit my own and my peer's persuasive letter to Sherlock Holmes. Key learning points: - Editing is a critical part of the writing process. - Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink, rephrase and...
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Peer editing a non-chronological report about pandas
Pupil outcome: I can edit my own and my peer's non-chronological report about pandas. Key learning points: - Editing is a critical part of the writing process. - Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink, rephrase and...
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Preparing to write an essay
Pupil outcome: I can orally rehearse a logical argument and I can practise using a range of linguistic features and punctuation to connect ideas. Key learning points: - A logical argument should run through an essay, leading towards a...
Curated Video
One Thought or Two?
Mr. Griot teaches the elements of a simple sentence. He also explains the process of joining simple sentences with a coordinating conjunction to create a compound sentence.
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Four types of simple sentence
Pupil outcome: You can write four types of simple sentence with accurate punctuation. Key learning points: - A simple sentence is a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense. - There are four types of simple sentence: statements,...
Kids Academy
Commas in Dates - Learn Punctuation | Kids Academy
Using commas in sentences is tricky enough, but using commas in dates presents a completely different challenge! This video tutorial is here to the rescue to review comma usage in dates with your budding writer. Your child will watch as...
Oxford Online English
How To Use Commas - English Writing Lesson
Learn how to use commas correctly in this English lesson. Get feedback from a certified English teacher in an online less.
Commas are difficult to use correctly in English - why is...
Commas are difficult to use correctly in English - why is...
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Self-editing the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'
Pupil outcome: I can edit my own climax of ’A Kind of Spark’, aiming to improve the punctuation, text cohesion and vocabulary. Key learning points: - Editing is a critical part of the writing process. - Writing is most successful when...
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Fronted adverbials: single words and phrases
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and punctuate a fronted adverbial of time, place or manner. Key learning points: - A fronted adverbial is a sentence starter that is followed by a comma. - A fronted adverbial can be a single word. - A...
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Colons: first function
Pupil outcome: I can use the colon to introduce a list or a question. Key learning points: - A colon is a piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. - A colon is always placed after a main clause. - A colon can introduce a list or...
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Crafting an engaging narrative
Pupil outcome: I can plan, write and proofread a complete narrative piece of writing. Key learning points: - We need to plan our creative writing to ensure it is clear, cohesive and engaging. - We can use a range of language and...
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Colons: second function
Pupil outcome: I can use the colon to introduce an explanation. Key learning points: - A colon is a piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. - A colon is always placed after a main clause. - A colon can introduce an explanation...