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Lesson Plan
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Using Punctuation Correctly

For Teachers 5th - 12th
A PowerPoint presentation outlines the basic rules for correct comma usage. Viewers then edit texts for correct comma usage, identify which rules are being addressed, and complete worksheets as needed. The PowerPoint is included;...
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Lesson Plan
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Summer Bridge Activities

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Youngsters start by writing a story about going to outer space. They then solve math word problems, match words to their correct meaning by using a dictionary, solve multiplication and division problems, and add the correct prefixes and...
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Lesson Plan
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Proofreading: Lesson 2

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Identify and develop strategies for proofreading with your class. They read and identify the grammar rules for capitalization, end punctuation, and commas, correct errors as a class, and complete three worksheets. This resource includes...
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Lesson Plan
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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
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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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Lesson Plan
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What's In a Noun: Grammar and Usage

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Nine lessons in a grammar and usage unit provide endless opportunities for drill and practice. Topics include the four types of sentences, subject and predicates, nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs and prepositions, conjunctions...
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Interactive
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Bulleted Lists: punctuating items in vertical lists

For Students 7th - 10th
What is easier to read: a bulleted list or a block of text? Look at different examples with your class and then go over the style guidelines for vertical lists. 
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Worksheet
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Intermediate Sentence Correction 9

For Students 5th - 8th
Give your English language learners practice editing and correcting sentences. There are six sentences for your group to correct. Consider giving struggling learners the number of corrections needed in each sentence to help them. 
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PPT
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Commas: Where Do They Go?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Help your class use commas properly using this resource. Learners discuss the use of commas in a list, before a conjunction, and as part of a qualifying statement. At the end of the presentation there is a quiz.
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Lesson Plan
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Commas in a Series; Making an Advertisement!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Language arts learners practice using commas in a series while designing their own advertisement! This creative assignment calls for learners to create their own visual advertisement describing a product of their choice. Their poster...
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Worksheet
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Using Quotation Marks: Around Titles of Short Works

For Students 4th - 6th
When do you use quotation marks around titles? Review the rules at the top of the page, and then let learners decide if the sentences that follow use the quotations correctly. An answer sheet is included. 
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Lesson Plan
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Those Baffling Bibliographies!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Are you working on a research and citation unit? Have your young writers listen to a lecture on how to cite research sources correctly and how to distinguish new information that requires citing. They compile a list of works cited from...
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Lesson Plan
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Presidents: Bibliography

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Give credit where credit is due! After listening to a lecture/demo about why creating a bibliography is important, what should be included in a bibliography, and how to craft a bibliography, class members draft one for their own research.
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Interactive
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ESL: Punctuating Titles

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
When are titles underlined, italicized, or placed in quotation marks? Take your class to the computer lab to give them some independent practice. Here they read through the information, examples, and explanations provided. They then...
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Interactive
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Tag Questions with "Be"

For Students 3rd - 6th
A quickie-clickie, online interactive matching exercise has learners choose the correct tag to turn each of 10 declarative sentences into questions. Answers are available at the click of a button, and learners don't need to even attempt...
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Worksheet
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Question Tags Using Verbs Could, Would, and Should - 2

For Students 4th - 7th
Help your English language learners develop grammar skills! There are 20 questions, and for each question the learner must use a question tag including could, would, or should. An answer sheet is included. 
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Interactive
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ESL: Tag Questions

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Review tag questions with this short quiz. It's an online quiz, so you'll have to bring your class to the computer lab to have them complete it. There are nine questions, and learners must complete each with its appropriate tag.
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Interactive
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Tag Questions: Has he? Hasn't he? Had he?

For Students 3rd - 6th
Your English learners can use an online, interactive worksheet to choose the correct question tag to transform 10 declarative sentences that use the verb to be into interrogatives. They must know to switch the value of the verb from a...
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Worksheet
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Test Your Grammar Skills

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Question tags are tough for English language learners. Print this practice sheet to help them use could, would, and should correctly. Twenty questions make up this worksheet, and an answer page is included. 
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Worksheet
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Question Tags Practice

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Young grammarians complete 20 interrogative sentences by adding formulaic question tags. They use the verbs could, would or should with an appropriate pronoun in question tags to complete each sentence. Example: They would listen,...
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Worksheet
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Question Tags

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
This resource assesses learners on their knowledge of question tags and their placement in sentences. Six multiple-choice questions are provided, and learners must select the appropriate answer for each. A detailed answer guide is also...
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Interactive
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Does She? Doesn't She? Did She?

For Students 3rd - 6th
Designed for English language learners, this online, interactive activity has kids work with the phrases does she, doesn't she, and did she to complete 10 questions. Each answer is available directly below the question by clicking answer. 
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Worksheet
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Practice With Commas

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
The instructions say to put commas where they belong, and that is just what your class will do as they practice comma placement and use. There are 20 sentences in desperate need of commas and four extensions exercises where comma use is...
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Worksheet
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ESL: Match the Answer to the Tag Question

For Students 4th - 6th
English language learners practice answering tag questions. There are 10 total, and as the learner clicks on the letter to select the answer, the score is posted at the top of the sheet.