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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Peanuts Comic Strip

For Students 3rd - 8th
Catch up with the Peanuts gang and correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph. Learners will correct errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - President Theodore Roosevelt

For Students 3rd - 8th
Introduce your grammarians to Teddy Roosevelt with this half-sheet editing assignment. Present it at the beginning of class as a bell-ringer, or send it home for a quick homework assignment. Middle schoolers will search for errors in...
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edits: Where is Helvetia?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about Helvetia and practice editing at the same time. Learners read a short passage then work to identify 10 punctuation, capitalization, spelling, or grammar errors. This exercise prints with two passages on one page, so you use...
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Handout
San José State University

Independent Clauses in Compound Sentences

For Students 9th - 12th
Does your class dread using semicolons? Use this resource to join two independent clauses using either a comma, semicolon, or colon. Several examples and six practice sentences are available at the bottom for learners to choose the...
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Handout
Indian River State College

Comma Rules and Practice

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Keep those commas in line by applying the rules! Pupils can use the first page here as a reference (it includes thirteen comma rules and examples for each) as they work through the two exercises provided for practicing proper punctuation.
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Superfudge: Novel Study

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Has everyone heard the news about the herd of antelope? Scholars explore homonyms with the novel study for Superfudge by beloved children's author Judy Blume. Additionally, they answer text questions and engage in language activities....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Funny Question Marks

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this punctuation worksheet, students read a poem about a question mark. Students also write their own sentence that asks a question.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Macaroni Punctuation

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students punctuate their writing with macaroni. They review and reinforce use of periods, commas, quotation marks, exclamation marks, and question marks.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Punctuating Sentences

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students read and punctuate correctly ten sentences associated with a strange desert plant. Students share their findings with their classmates.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Punctuation

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this punctuating sentences activity, students add a period or add an exclamation point to complete the 12 sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Punctuation Marks 2- Test Your Spelling Skills

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students solve anagram puzzles to determine the names of punctuation marks that are shown a the top of the page. They write the names on 10 blank lines at the bottom half of the page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Oh, You Funny Question Mark

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this punctuation learning exercise, students will read a short poem about question marks. Then students will practice writing asking sentences and using question marks.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Commas vs. Semicolons Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders use correct punctuation when writing. After defining the use of commas and semicolons, they discuss how punctuation can help eliminate confusion. They listen to a letter, first with correct punctuation, and then without...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Sentence for Life

For Teachers 2nd
What is a sentence? Second graders will explore the components of a sentence in the ten lessons of this unit. The subject, predicate, the process of proofreading, punctuation, and sentence sequence are analyzed in this unit. Handouts and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Semicolons and Commas Review

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young grammarians review the proper usage of colons and semicolons in writing. Given a list of sentences, they determine which are direct characterizations and which are indirect characterizations. They also decide where the punctuation...
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PPT
Curated OER

Colons: Where Should They Go?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Using colons properly can be tricky. This resource explores the use of this form of punctuation in lists, dialogue, and more. While only a cursory look at the topic, there is a quiz at the end to check for learners' understanding of the...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Question Formation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this grammar and punctuation worksheet, students complete a ten question on-line interactive quiz. Students read a sentence and mark if it is correct or incorrect.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The ea and ear sounds

For Students K - 1st Standards
Focus on the /ea/ and /ear/ sounds. Learners complete three sentences by adding the appropriate ea word from a word bank, re-writing each sentence. Then, they read an excerpt from Little Red Riding Hood and find all the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Question Marks

For Students K - 1st Standards
Context clues are important when understanding the intent of a sentence. Kindergartners read eight sentences, and decide if each should end in a period or in a question mark. The last two questions prompt kids to draw a mouse and a cat,...
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Lesson Plan
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Chocolate

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Here is an amazing lesson on story writing for young writers. After listening to a history of chocolate, learners utilize the many worksheets embedded in the plan to construct their own stories about chocolate. They must cut out the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Comma Exercise: Exercise 1

For Students 5th - 9th
In an exercise from the Purdue Online Writing Lab, learners can review 11 rules for comma usage. They then either label 21 sample sentences C for correct as is, or they identify which rule of comma usage is being broken. Though the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Paragraph Editing

For Students 3rd - 5th
This learning exercise includes a list of proofreading marks and asks readers to edit the paragraph provided. The exercise is replicated twice on the page so that you can cut reproductions in half to save paper. There is also a key.
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PPT
Curated OER

Apostrophes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is some very good, interactive practice for your class regarding when they should, and should not, use apostrophes. Clear examples are given, and learners have ample opportunities to practice the skill. Instant feedback is given for...

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