Grade 8
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Composition
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Language
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Reading: Informational
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Reading: Literature
KAS ELA Standard: L.8.2.a
Demonstrate appropriate use of punctuation to indicate a pause or break.
Fixing Shakespearean Run-Ons
Can your students help The Bard? We’ll fix five Shakespearean run-ons in three different ways.
Punctuation Power
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!