Use Appropriate End Punctuation
| Use question marks on 3-4 word interrogative sentences |
| Use periods on imperative sentences |
| Use periods on declarative sentences |
| Use exclamation marks on exclamatory sentences |
Use Commas Appropriately
| Correctly place commas in the date |
Use apostrophes
| Use apostrophes in contractions with verb and "not" |
New Vocabulary: comma, contraction, punctuate, right mark, sentence
Use Appropriate End Punctuation
| Identify punctuation never used at the end of the sentence |
| Use question, period, or exclamation mark at the end of 5-8 word sentences |
Use Commas Appropriately
| Use commas in a series |
Use apostrophes
| Use apostrophes in singular possessives |
New Vocabulary: punctuation mark, exclamation point, question mark, apostrophe, period
Use Appropriate End Punctuation
| Use correct end punctuation on a collection of sentences |
| Use question marks correctly when writing a friendly letter |
Use Commas Appropriately
| Use commas in personal greetings |
| Use commas in introductory words, (i.e. well, no, sorry) |
| Use commas between two main clauses |
| Use commas after an introductory clauses |
| Use commas after introductory adverbial clauses |
| Use commas in a letter closing |
| Use commas after direct address |
| Use commas between city and state |
Use Apostrophes
| Use apostrophes in irregular contractions |
Use Enclosing Punctuation
| Use quotation marks for direct conversation |
New Vocabulary: letter, ownership
Use Appropriate End Punctuation
| Use correct end punctuation in 8-10 word sentences |
| Mark each end punctuation correctly when writing a multi-paragraph friendly letter |
Use Commas Appropriately
| Use commas in dependant clauses |
| Use commas after participial phrases |
| Use commas between two main clauses |
| Use commas in a compound sentence |
| Use commas after an introductory adjective phrase |
| Use commas around parenthetical phrases |
| Use commas around appositives |
Use Apostrophes
| Use apostrophes in pronoun contractions |
Use Enclosing Punctuation
| Use quotation on both sides of split direct conversation |
Use Underlining for Titles
| Underline book titles |
New Vocabulary: quotation marks, possession, address, phrase, salutation, colon, semicolon
Use Appropriate End Punctuation
| Identify different meanings of the same sentence when end punctuation is changed |
| Identify incorrect end punctuation |
| Identify periods when given a paragraph |
Use Commas Appropriately
| Use commas after a direct address in an imperative sentence |
| Use commas after participial phrases in a lengthy paragraph |
| Use commas between two main clauses in a complex sentence |
| Use commas in non-essential parenthetical phrases |
| Use commas around interrupting phrases contained within the sentence |
Use Apostrophes
| Use apostrophes in possessive plurals |
| Use apostrophes with helping verb and "not" |
Use Enclosing Punctuation
| Use quotations in titles |
| Use parentheses around non-essential phrases |
New Vocabulary: parentheses, hyphen, rough draft
Use Appropriate End Punctuation
| Identify correct punctuation in a 16-20 word compound sentence |
| Use correct punctuation when sentence ends with an abbreviation |
| Identify correct punctuation in a 5-7 sentence paragraph |
Use Commas Appropriately
| Use commas in a direct quotation |
| Use commas between two main clauses in a compound complex sentence |
| Use commas around non-essential phrases |
Use Apostrophes
| Use apostrophes for subject and helping verb contractions |
Use Enclosing Punctuation
| Use quotations in quoted material |
| Use single quotation inside quotation marks |
Use Underlining for Titles
| Underline movie titles |
| Underline magazine titles |
New Vocabulary: possessive noun
Use Commas Appropriately
| Use commas to separate adverbial introductory clauses in a complex sentence |
Use Apostrophes
| Use apostrophes for plural possessives in a compound sentence |
Use Underlining for Titles
| Underline play titles |
New Vocabulary: plural possessive
Use Commas Appropriately
| Use commas around dependant clauses in compound, complex sentences |
New Vocabulary: none