ESL Ideas          (B=Beginning; I=Intermediate; T=Transitional)
(B) Students highlight quotation marks in a newspaper article or other written material. 
(B) Students highlight italicized words in a newspaper article or other written material. 
(B, I) Students use word cards to create sentences and correct punctuation.
(I, T) Students keep a writing log for which the teacher provides sentences that are incorrect which students then correct independently or with peers. See also Punctuation Rules and Practice for rules and exercises.

OWL: Quotation Marks: Exercise
(I, T) Activity is an online self-checking quiz the students puts quotation marks wherever they are needed following explanation handout

ESL Clubhouse
(T) Activity is online self-checking quiz student identifies who made quotation statements

Brief Overview of Punctuation
(I, T) Provides short explanations and examples of the following punctuation: semicolon, colon, parenthesis, dash, quotation marks, and italics

Humanities Grammar Handbook
(I, T) Underlining rule is summarized followed by revision examples

MLA Rules For Punctuating Titles of Sources
(I, T) MLA rules and examples are summarized for the following: underline titles, set in quotations

General Rules
(T) Quotation rules are explained followed by examples

Carnegie Mellon: Titles
(I, T) General quotation and underling rules are explained including examples

Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources
(T) Handout provides explanations and examples for the following: introducing a quotation, formatting quotations, punctuating with quotation marks, and indicating changes in quotations

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