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Quotation Marks, Commas, And More

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Correctly punctuating a character's dialogue can become a fun activity as students learn to use quotation marks, commas, and more.
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Handout
San José State University

The Quotation Mark

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Review where quotation marks belong and what they are used to indicate. From direct speech to in-text citations, young writers will find this worksheet quite useful. Several exercises at the bottom, along with a key, give learners...
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Lesson Plan
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Italics or Quotation Marks?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Be sure to click "Download this Activity" to view the plan in its formatted version. The first worksheet has learners review what types of titles are italicized, underlined, or placed in quotation marks. The second page contains the...
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Worksheet
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Punctuation: Quotation Marks, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks

For Students K - 1st
There are four children pictured, each is saying a different phrase. It's up to you and your first graders to complete each phrase by adding proper punctuation. Read the dialogue-driven passage, then read what each child is saying,...
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Lesson Plan
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To Quote or Not to Quote

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Quotation marks are the focus of this resource. In it, youngsters discover how to correctly use punctuation marks. It is meant to be carried out over a three-day period. You could shorten it, but I wouldn't. The activities are...
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Worksheet
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Rewriting a Dialogue (removing quotes)

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
This is a great activity! Upper elementary learners read a dialogue-driven passage. Then, they rewrite lines of dialogue by removing the quotation marks and shifting the verb tense to past. Grammar and great writing skills all in one. An...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pendemonium Unnatural Selection: Quotation Marks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners practice the correct use of quotation marks. In this grammar lesson, students watch and then discuss a video on the use of quotation marks. Learners find examples of quotation marks in books and periodicals and then convert...
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Lesson Plan
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Conventions: Quotation Marks

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders determine the difference between indirect and direct quotations. In this grammar lesson, 5th graders recognize that direct quotations have quotation marks and understand what the rules are for using quotation marks.
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Lesson Plan
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Using Comic Strips to Teach the Use of Quotation Marks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars identify when and why quotations are used. Using comic strips and speech bubbles, they read and discuss examples of quotation marks, and in pairs write text for a cartoon on a piece of paper using quotation marks around...
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Lesson Plan
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Writing Conversation: Using Quotation Marks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to use quotation marks in written conversation. Students proofread 5 sentences and add the necessary punctuation. Then students write a conversation, starting a new line and indenting with...
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Lesson Plan
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Lesson 6 - Quotation Marks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature lesson, students read, discuss, and review vocabulary from Chapter 6. They make a list of quotations and review how to use quotation marks. 
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Lesson Plan
School City of Hobart

Too Many Types Of Titles

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Conventions - Punctuation Research

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Study unusual punctuation marks in this punctuation lesson. Young grammarians work in small groups to research one of the unusual punctuation marks (semi-colon, colon, dash, comma, ellipses, or quotation marks) and discuss how the mark...
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PPT
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The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - Direct Speech

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Writing
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Punctuating a Paragraph

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
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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Website
University of North Carolina

Quotations

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
According to A.A. Milne, "[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself." However, as part of a larger series of handouts discusses, quotations also have the ability to enhance a piece of...
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Scholastic

Smart Quotes Mini-Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
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...
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit - Harriet Tubman

For Students 3rd - 8th
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Quotation Marks Exercise

For Students 5th - 9th
In this quotation marks worksheet, learners must edit sentences for quotation marks and underline words that should be italicized.
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Lesson Plan
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Quotation Station: Using Quotes in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
An informative list compiled with quotes, authors, and discussion questions, along with 20 out-of-the-box application ideas, make up the collection of lessons geared to spark dialogue and creative thinking about quotations. 
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Lesson Plan
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Underlining or Italics and Quotation Marks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheets learners will focus upon the correct usage of titles. Learners will focus on 14 sentences noting the correct way to punctuate the given proper nouns.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Macaroni Quotations

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders grasp the difficult concept of using quotations. This lesson plan uses a hands-on approach to assist students in mastering this skill in a fun and easy way! This clever lesson plan has students use elbow macaroni noodles to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Revising/Editing (3-5): Editing Marks. Part II and Literary Tools. Part II

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Familiarize your class with commonly used editing marks. They apply the use of editing marks to a letter and examine different types of literary tools before making a note card resource for the tools. They add their own examples for each...
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Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Third Grade Skills Unit 4: Stories of Ancient Rome

For Teachers 3rd Standards
A unit covering stories of Ancient Rome examines spelling rules, suffixes, verbs, quotation marks, writing, and dictionary skills. Lessons follow a similar routine; reading, skills practice, and extension activities, followed by...

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