Too Many Question Marks and Exclamation Points?
What do your students do if their sentence is a question (interrogative) but there’s already a question mark in the quotation? Use this tutorial to show them how to handle those end punctuation marks.
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Where to Put the Comma, Period, Colon, and Semicolon When Using Quotation Marks
Students can be baffled by punctuation. Here’s a tutorial on how to use end quotation marks with commas, periods, colons, and semicolons. Let’s make it easy!
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How to Use Commas in Compound Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions
I’m sharing this infographic with you to use with your students as you teach the sticky, dull, boring subject of when to use commas in a compound sentence that is joined by a coordinating conjunction. After the infographic, you’ll find an exercise you can give your students to reinforce the material they’ve just learned. The answers follow the sentences.
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How to Avoid Plagiarism
We all know what cheating on a test looks like, but cheating on a writing assignment? That’s called plagiarism. Learn how to avoid it in this guest blog by Lily Iatridis of Fortuigence.com.
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Create a Character from a Photo
You want to create a character for your story, but you’re stuck. You can’t think of one. Use this trick to get you thinking about characters.
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Proofreading: Three Methods to Make it Easier
Proofreading is not easy, but we can make it a little easier for our students. Let them try these two proven methods of proofreading that professional writers use.
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3 Powerful Tools for Writing Persuasively
Writing a persuasion essay is all about the reader. Give your student these three powerful keys to writing that essay and enjoy the writing activity that follows.
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Help Your Students Avoid These Three Mistakes in Persuasive Writing
It’s easy for our students to make these common mistakes in persuasive writing. Here’s a practical list of three mistakes you can help them avoid. Then enjoy the writing activity that follows.
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Problem to Solution: Invasive Species
The Florida Everglades is being threatened by new and invasive species of plants and animals that have no natural predators. Write your solution to this problem.
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The Introduction’s Super Power
Introductions can be boring. Super boring. Learn how your students can powerfully engage their readers with this writing super power in their introductions.
