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Guide to Grammar and Writing: A Gap Fill Exercise: Whatever Happened to the News Unknown TypeGuide to Grammar and Writing: A Gap Fill Exercise: Whatever Happened to the News Unknown Type
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Capital Community College Foundation
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Guide to Grammar and Writing: A Gap Fill Exercise: Whatever Happened to the News

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In this exercise, students read the article "Whatever Happened to the News?", and stop wherever boxes are provided to add commas if needed or small x if none is necessary. When finished, they check answers. Hints are also available. Java is required.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

commas, punctuation

Additional Tags

comma exercise, comma quizzes, grammar practice, punctuation practice, reading and editing practice, guide to grammar and writing

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

L.8.2.a L.9-10.2.b L.8.2.b L.9-10.1.a L.7.2.a L.9-10.2.c

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