Break out the slide whistles, triangles, and tambourines. It's time for a punctuation lesson. This richly detailed plan is loaded with ideas and activities for using rhythm instruments to accent the punctuation in folk tales. A great way to play with these very critical marks!

Concepts

punctuation, colons, semicolons, dashes, quotation marks, commas, end punctuation

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• After introducing the various forms of punctuation over the source of several weeks, periodically repeat the process with new tales as a form of review

Pros

• Includes the text of folk tales that work well with the procedure
• The Victor Borge video is sure to engage viewers
• Activities are designed for each of the punctuation marks

Cons

• None