Remind your writers that not everything needs to be capitalized with a grammar presentation. Quotations should only be used for dialogue, titles of short works, and some phrases that are being emphasized.

What are the rules for punctuating titles? Review the rules at the top of the first page before having your class complete the practice opportunities posted below. There are two parts: in the first, learners punctuate titles as...

Review guidelines regarding correct form in titles. Using an informative review box at the top of the page for guidance, learners underline, add quotation marks, and capitalize titles in 20 example sentences. They then write five...

A handy learning exercise is here for you to help coach your writers on how to construct a complete sentence, how to correctly punctuate it, and what kinds of words should go in them. After a discussion, pupils are charged with writing a...

In this language arts worksheet, students practice their skills in writing and placing punctuation marks for exclamatory, declarative, imperative, and interrogative sentences. Students complete 16 problems, and an answer key is provided....

In this review of language arts skills worksheet, students correct capitalization and punctuation mistakes, identify the root/base words, determine synonyms for given words, and combine sentences to create compound sentences. Students...

Using Georges Seurat's painting "Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," this lesson launches into a discussion of punctuation. Pupils go on to listen to the book Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, and identify...

In this recognizing the four types of sentences and their ending punctuations worksheet, students identify a group of sentences as sentences or not sentences, identify the types of sentences, add capitalizations and ending punctuations,...

Fourth graders explore the two main parts of sentences, subject and predicate. They, in groups, mix up their sentence strips and then place them face down and have a contest to see which group can rebuild the sentences correctly in the...

How many of the pupils in your language arts class can differentiate between a colon and a semicolon? Clarify common conventions, including end punctuation, proper capitalization, and sentence structure, with a series of helpful grammar...

In this language arts worksheet, 2nd graders complete multiple choice questions about ending sounds, capitals, completing sentences, punctuation, and more. Students complete 25 questions.

In this sentence worksheet, students unscramble groups of words to form a complete sentence, then correctly capitalize beginning words and punctuate correctly.

Students stop their sentences with the correct punctuation marks. They choose which punctuation mark is needed to write sentences in their journals.

Fourth graders use the smart board and their workbook to complete writing assignments based on parts of speech and sentence structure. In this writing lesson plan, 4th graders write, question, punctuate, and more.

For this tracing sentences worksheet, learners trace two dotted examples of phrases: "One big box" and "One little box." These phrases are capitalized and punctuated like sentences.

Pupils locate and select riddles in library books to share, write riddles using template, select appropriate parts of speech to complete riddle template using AlphaSmart, correctly capitalize and punctuate riddle, and illustrate their...

As part of a review on forming sentences, this activity could be used with adults to teach English language concepts, or with younger students to cement basic skills. While this 8 question fill-in-the-blank exercise is short, it could...

In this capital letters worksheet, learners review capitalization rules, capitalize the I in four sentences and correctly capitalize and punctuate six sentences on the lines provided.

Using proper punctuation and capitalization is very important, and can be difficult for younger students to remember. Second graders use Microsoft Word to learn how to type sentences using the shift key to make capital letters. They...

Review the basic rules for capitalization and quotation marks before handing your class this simple practice. Forty sentences are shown, and your editors need to add punctuation and correct capitalization errors. Assign for homework or...

Third graders compose two or more simple sentences in response to a picture. They construct sentences and produce captions with 3 or more sentences that extend the subject/verb pattern. They demonstrate age appropriate correct use of...

In this tracing words worksheet, students trace dotted phrases: "One big horse" and "Two big horses." The phrases are capitalized and punctuated like sentences.

Students practice composing sentences that pertain to the description of a picture. They use critical observation skills in order to derive the best details. The sentences are required to follow the correct subject and verb pattern.

In this language arts worksheet, students learn the capitalization rules. Students read the information, then complete 8 pages of exercises. Students capitalize names, license plates, post codes (UK) and abbreviations. Students rewrite...