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Grade 5, Language Arts Language Mechanics: Distinguish correct punctuation - period, question mark, exclamation mark, apostrophe (contractions and possessives), and comma (cities and states/ items in a series/ compound sentences/ to set off appositives/ dialogue/ in a direct address), quotation marks with dialogue/ titles of poems and short stories, book titles (underlining and italicizing), and colons (introducing a listing) (COS 26/ SAT10)

Lesson Plans: Appositive Action In this lesson, students will learn to combine two or more descriptive sentences and action sentences into one sentence with an appositive phrase. Heart to Heart After reviewing the use of conventions through teacher directed experiences, students complete a writing using dialogue to tell a narrative story using correct punctuation. Compound Capers This lesson addresses compound words, contractions, and possessives.

Resources: Edit Dan's Copy: Have students practice their proofreading skills with this game from Scholastic. Punctuation Paintball: Choose the advanced level to work on capitalization and punctuation. It asks you to register for free, but you can click "maybe later" and skip that step. Punctuation Resources: This site has several language arts resources. Scroll down to find several fifth grade punctuation links. Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B, D) Students manipulate word cards to create sentences and correct punctuation. (D, E) Students keep a writing log in which teachers create sentences that are incorrect that students self-correct or work in small groups/partners to correct.
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