CCSS ELA Standard: 6.L.2

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

In a sentence, punctuation may seem meek when compared to those mighty words, but punctuation has incredible power over the meaning of a sentence. Students will try re-punctuating sentences to find new meanings - without changing a single word!

Let's spice up a typically dull lesson about the difference between "its" and "it's" by asking students to write a children's story about the adventures of a critter named It.