punctuation Archives - The Teachers' Library https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/tag/punctuation/ English Language Arts Resources and Practical Strategies Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:38:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/tl-logo-150x150.jpg punctuation Archives - The Teachers' Library https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/tag/punctuation/ 32 32 115061284 Expanding Sentences with Semicolons, Commas, Parentheses, and Dashes https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/writing-instruction/expanding-sentences-semicolons-commas-parentheses-dashes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expanding-sentences-semicolons-commas-parentheses-dashes Mon, 13 Feb 2017 06:44:24 +0000 http://www.theteacherslibrary.com/?p=495 If your students are anything like mine, they overuse parentheses (where they learned this, I have no idea!) and they view semi-colons to be as about as foreign as hieroglyphics. Although punctuation needs continual revision, reinforcement, and practice throughout the year,  I have included a PowerPoint that I use to bring everyone to a baseline […]

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If students are unfamiliar with independent and dependent clauses, or compound and complex sentences, I have uploaded another PowerPoint to introduce these grammar concepts.

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A great place to find free, printable worksheets is:

http://www.k12reader.com/subject/grammar/punctuation/semicolon/

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