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Every-Day Edit: Longest Road on Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing instructional activity, students read a short paragraph on "Longest Road on Earth" and find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Every Day Edit - The First Mail-Order Catalog

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing learning exercise, students read and edit a short paragraph on "The First Mail-Order Catalog" to find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Education World

Every Day Edit - How Dry Can a Desert Get?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing a paragraph worksheet, students read and edit a short paragraph on "How Dry Can a Desert Get?" and find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct the errors.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Apostrophes

For Students 6th
In this apostrophes instructional activity, 6th graders fill in a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to fourteen clues associated with spelling words with apostrophes.
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Comma Worksheet 7

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar activity, students use commas to set off nonrestrictive elements, parenthetical expressions, transitional connectives and contrasted elements in eighteen sentences.
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Commas With Conjunctions Worksheet

For Students 8th - 11th
In this grammar activity, students complete a variety of activities including identifying whether sentences are correct or have a comma splice, correct comma splices in sentences and insert a comma to combine two sentences or more for...
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Sentence Combining Exercise

For Students 9th - 11th
For this grammar worksheet, students combine seventeen sets of basic sentences into compound and complex sentences using commas where needed.
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Punctuation

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar instructional activity, students punctuate seventeen pairs of sentences in accordance with the directions printed below each pair.
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Separating Sentences With Commas and Conjunctions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, students analyze and correct ten sentences with proper commas and conjunctions. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Questions And Statements

For Students 4th - 6th
In this questions and statements instructional activity, students review the differences between the two and put the correct end punctuation on ten sentences. Students, in addition, unscramble three groups of words to form a question and...
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Punctuation

For Students 1st Standards
Your never to young to know where to put commas, periods, or question marks. Little learners practice their punctuation by completing a developmentally appropriate worksheet, perfect for developing readers. They'll punctuate 10 sentences...
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Punctuation

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this writing worksheet, students read twenty sentences and insert the correct punctuation for each sentence. For example, "I am in elementary school..."
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Writing Conversation: Using Quotation Marks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, learners learn to use quotation marks in written conversation. Students proofread 5 sentences and add the necessary punctuation. Then learners write a conversation, starting a new line and indenting with...
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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. Students will focus on 14 sentences noting the correct way to punctuate the given proper nouns.
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Punctuation

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this grammar worksheet, learners read 10 sentences and place a "C" next to the correct ones. If the sentence is not correct, students fix the mistakes.
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Worksheet on Commas

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, students investigate the proper use of commas by reading 20 sentences and inserting commas when necessary. Students then read the comma rules and write a sentence using the rule indicated. Students read a...
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Language Testing Practice: Level 1 & 2

For Students 5th - 7th
In this language skills worksheet, students test their skills on answering forty three questions that deal with the eight parts of speech, punctuation, spelling, etc.
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CTBS Usage Practice #4: Grammar

For Students 7th - 8th
In this CTBS usage practice worksheet, learners identify the incorrect sentence from four multiple choice options, with seventeen questions total.
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The Posse in Austrailia

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the use of commas and periods. They compose a friendly letter without commas or periods to give to a partner to revise. In addition, they discuss how these punctuation marks helped readers better understand the meanings...
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Reading With Expression, Fluency, And Accuracy Makes Reading Fun!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of reading expression strategies. They listen to the teacher read different sentences with and without expression and discuss the difference, then in pairs read an "I Can Read" book using their...
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Paragraph Writing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders receive Gummi hamburgers. They discuss parts and structure of a (real) hamburger. Students dissect the gummi hamburger and rearrange the pieces. Students discuss the problems that would be caused by this with a real...
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Language Arts: Writing Skills Development

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students improve writing skills by expanding their self-perceptions. Next, they develop idea lists for writing topics. Their ideas become the basis for a class newspaper. following the creation of a group composition, students write...
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Do You Hear What I Hear?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and review punctuation. They discuss examples of poorly punctuated paragraphs and how it affects writing. Students describe the types of punctuation used for writing. They correctly punctuate a variety of sentences and...
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Commas, Commas Everywhere

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students explore all the uses of commas by finding sentences using commas and describing how they are used by comparing the sentences to the rules for utilizing commas. They create a poster with five rules of commas and examples for each...