This tutorial offers two slideshows: one for colons and one for dashes. They each state the purpose of the mark and tell when they are used along with examples.

This lesson focuses on colons and dashes: it includes why and how to use them and practice using them. It offers a slide show and a YouTube video covering colons and a slide show and a YouTube video covering dashes, including how dashes...

This tutorial provides two short slideshows. The first explains the uses of colons with examples of each; it also explains when NOT to use a colon. The second explains the uses of dashes with examples.

Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand children's use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. Molly and her friend Tooey use a fictional app to access information that will help...

A set of two cartoon videos. The first [5:08] explains colons and how they can be used properly in sentences. The second [3:42] introducing dashes, their usage, and how they can be used to create tone.

This lesson introduces hyphens and dashes. It explains the hyphen, en dash, em dash, and dash and the uses of each. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Dashes and Hyphens." L.11-12.2a Hyphens

This lesson introduces the em dash and explains when and how it is used. An audio version is provided [1:28], and the lesson is followed by a three-question quiz to check for understanding. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "The Em Dash."

A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "dash" in English punctuation.

Use your powers to guide your character to the portal. Using magic ink help your character bounce off objects and avoid spikes to make it to the portal.

Play this games to expand use of informational text, as well as knowledge of Alaska Native culture. As you play, you can learn about sleds, sled dogs, and the Alaskan environment, while using navigational and graphical features of...

The University of Ottawa developed this site about quotation mark usage. Discusses using quotation marks to set off dialogue, titles, short works, and special terms. Also instructs learners in using quotation marks with other forms of...

Punctuation indicates how one should read any sentence. Commas, for example, indicate when a reader should take a brief pause, either for emphasis or for comprehension. [0:40]

A tutorial about the en-dash and how to use it properly. Audio [1:30] and a three-question quiz are available.

Game will engage students in a turtle race by identifying a word using vowel combinations.

This site from Grammar Slammer offers links to each of the uses for hyphens where correct and incorrect examples are provided for each. L.11-12.2a Hyphens

Brief tutorial on how to use some of the most confusing punctuation marks: colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and the apostrophe.

This slideshow lesson focuses on appositives by defining them, showing they can have modifiers, explaining when to use/not use commas, and how to use dashes, parenthesis, and colons with appositives.

This lesson focuses on appositives including the definition and the two purposes: to rename a noun or to add extra description. It provides 5 practice sentences for students to identify the appositives with answers and explanation to...

This website provides information about how to use separation punctuation. There is a video clip [0:47] on why periods go inside quotation marks, and a second video clip [1:07] showing the effects of using too many exclamation points.

This grammar tutorial for college students features help on verb agreement, the use of semicolons, sentence structure, and more.

A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the each type of punctuation used when building a sentence.

This activity was developed to be used in conjunction with the NUMB3RS episode "Undercurrent," in which a victim is found with a Chinese hexagram tattoo. Students will learn about trigrams and hexagrams, Chinese characters made from...

This site provides the punctuation rules.

A map from 1916 of Asia, showing physical features, general elevations, and mean isotherms for January and July. This map uses color-contours to show land elevations ranging from below sea level around the Caspian Sea to over 12000 feet,...