Need a quick refresher on proper punctuation? This easy to read guide covers common types of punctuation and provides examples. Included are links to practice sites.

Learn about using end marks, commas, semicolons, and apostrophes correctly. Practice identifying correct usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.

A nine-slide presentation discussing how to use punctuation to create or reflect the author's style. W.9-10.1d Style/tone/conv

This slideshow lesson focuses on divided (split) quotations and how to punctuate them. It presents four uses of the divided quote, explains how to punctuate each, and provides examples.

This lesson explains the punctuation rules for a divided quote. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.

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This slideshow lesson introduces the punctuation rules for including a quotation within a quotation. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Quotations within Quotations."

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This infographic is provided to alert writing students about the worst mistakes. Spelling, usage, and punctuation errors are highlighted as being the worst writing mistakes that employers will note.

An eight-slide presentation explaining how to properly punctuate a divided quote.

This slideshow tutorial focuses on punctuating short quotations; it defines short quotations, explains how to smoothly integrate quotations into your writing, and gives the rules for punctuating them according to method of integration.

This lesson explains the use of apostrophes to form contractions.

This lesson introduces the punctuation rules for including a quotation within a quotation. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow and provides review questions over the lesson's content.

This lesson introduces hyphens and dashes. [3:45]

This lesson introduces hyphens and dashes.

This lesson introduces periods and how they are used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.

This lesson introduces semicolons and how they are used.

This lesson introduces slash marks and how they are used.

This workshop launches will launch students into the writing process. Read advice from Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nigel Jaquiss, and read work from other students. The Sandwich Critique is an excellent way to peer review. Finally,...

One of the more complete lists of proofreader's marks. Includes meanings and examples of their use. Divides marks into seven categories: style of type, position, spacing, insertion and deletion, paragraphing, punctuation, and...

This slideshow lesson focuses on conjunctions; it defines conjunctions. It explains each of the three types of conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating, and correlative. It defines each, lists the conjunctions, and provides sentences...

Lots of ideas for teaching Grade 5 students about commas. Includes an anchor chart showing the comma rules they need to understand, four videos, an idea for making a comma rules booklet, and links to additional resources.

This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of "i.e." and "e.g." including similarities and differences between them, the specific meanings of each, and how to use them in writing including the proper punctuation.

A fifteen-slide presentation discussing the proper rules, usage, and punctuation of abbreviations. Examples are provided.