Should that pause in your sentence be long, short, or somewhere in between? Practice using commas and semicolons with a series of grammar activities. High schoolers read a series of sentences and paragraphs and decide where they should add the appropriate punctuation mark. Additionally, they work on the difference between colons and semicolons with a few rewriting exercises.

Concepts

punctuation, commas, semicolons, sentence structure, colons

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as review for high schoolers or instruction for younger learners
• Bring to an ELD curriculum to practice sentence structure

Classroom Considerations

• Includes specific information about the school and class for the lesson; consider changing this part of the worksheet
• Lesson provides instructions for completion with a tablet pen

Pros

• Includes examples for the sections in which learners rewrite sentences
• Provides a variety of ways to practice different punctuation concepts
• Differentiates between colons and semicolons

Cons

• Does not include an answer key
• Refers to a specific slideshow presentation that is not available