Writer's Choice Grade 12Unit 21:
Punctuation, Abbreviations, and NumbersUnit Activity Lesson PlanIntroduction
Students have studied punctuation rules. In this lesson, they will identify which punctuation marks are used in specific situations. Lesson Description
Students will complete a crossword puzzle, demonstrating their understanding of the uses of various punctuation marks. Instructional Objectives -
Students will review punctuation rules.
- Students will demonstrate their understanding of the various uses of punctuation marks.
Student Web Activity Answers - dash: indicates a change in thought within a sentence
- exclamation point: shows strong feeling
- hyphen: used in a compound adjective that precedes a noun
- quotation marks: used to enclose unfamiliar slang
- parentheses: set off supplemental material
- semicolon: separates two main clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction
- comma: sets off interjections
- ellipsis points: indicate that words were omitted from a quotation
- brackets: enclose a parenthetical phrase that is already inside parentheses
- question mark: indicates a direct question
- colon: used before a formal quote
- period: used at the end of a polite command
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